Had to get two bikes into work this morning so tied one to the box trailer, works pretty well. Next up: fitting a bike rack to the trailer so i can do more than one 🙂
Who needs a car?
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 13:18
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Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He’s won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and likes to ride increasingly long audaxes decreasingly fast as time goes by.
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mark1212123 15 hours ago
I don't know what others think but I thought it was a mistake to cancel the event. I live in one of the areas they cycle though and it didn't seem to bad. Even the few accounts I have watched didn't show cancelling weather, waiting under a tree maybe.
ChrisA 19 hours ago
@chrisonabike exactly, words are cheap. They can safely bang the drum knowing that little will or can be done. OK, some things could be done, but the chance of nobody cocking something up . . ? Realist or pessimist, take your pick; but still optimistic enough to hope that things will work out :-)
chrisonabike 19 hours ago
@ChrisA isn't this story more along the lines of "tobacco company is demanding government crackdown on nasty rolling papers and dangerous pipes?" Silly of me! How could there be any conflict between and "improving things for their ... definitely not employees ... and the public at large" and these companies' entire business model...?
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Rendel Harris 24 hours ago
@Nigel Garage The Mercedes driver drove through the light three seconds after it turned amber. Official government text: "AMBER means STOP. You may go on only if the amber appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident." Three seconds is more than enough time to stop safely at the speed the Mercedes was going so the driver was breaking the law and therefore committing a prosecutable offence. Deliberately putting others at risk and breaking the law is not "acceptable" and if you saw a cyclist running a red in those circumstances you would rightly condemn it. Is there anything you can't be completely wrong about?
captain_slog 2 days ago
I see quite a few MAAP items out in the Surrey Hills. The new shop has a cafe and they're from Melbourne so the coffee should be good: I'm looking forward to visiting.
jackcycles 2 days ago
@chrisonabike Mercedes was acceptable, but the second one (old Toyota people carrier/ex-taxi) was a prosecutable offence.
Rendel Harris 2 days ago
I wasn't saying that nor talking about people who say that. I said it was silly to claim that wearing a helmet indicates acceptance of dangerous driving and poor infrastructure. I choose to wear a helmet; I also regularly report dangerous driving to the police and correspond with councils and road authorities about ways infrastructure could be improved for cyclists. I rather doubt I'm the only helmet wearer who does so.
3 thoughts on “Who needs a car?”
Is that a home brew trailer
Is that a home brew trailer or something available commercially? I’ve got a Carry Freedom Y-Frame and would definitely need a box or something to raise the bike above the wheels to do this… which I have thought about!
It used to be an adventure
It used to be an adventure AT2 trailer for the kids but i took the seat and cover off. the box is one that my mum and dad used to use to cart around the camping stuff when we went on holiday. it’s pretty heavy 🙂
next plan is to make a new box, with a hub-width attachment (or two) to at the front so i can carry bikes on it without the ratchet tie down… haven’t quite worked it through yet!
I am looking at a Carry
I am looking at a Carry Freedom y-frame trailer.
I would look at:
http://www.carryfreedom.com/images/P_C_TourBike.jpg
and
I suspect you need the 0.9 m extension arm [lowers the carrying capacity of the y-frame trailer from 90 kg to 45 kg]:
http://www.rutlandcycling.com/22344/Carry-Freedom-Y-Frame-Trailer-Accessories.html
Obviously you need the carriers.
Hope this helps.
Disclosure: I am [b]NOT[/b] linked in any way to Carry Freedom; or Rutland Cycling.
But I have been thinking about this problem for some time. And I own two bicycle trailers, neither is suitable for bike carrying or long loads.
Hints:
1) Look at track width [distance between wheels]. Wider is better.
2) Consider fretting due to rubbing / vibration.
3) Keep Centre of gravity as low as possible.
4) Consider the possibility of a roll-over and protect saddle, bars etc. as necessary.
5) Keep speeds down.
6) Avoid high hitches.