Fancy a holiday, by bike, where you can sleep anywhere you like without the hassle of pitching a tent in the cold and dark?
The towable concept micro camper by Wide Path won’t be available in time for Christmas, but should be in the shops by early 2015, allowing you and one (very close) mate – and a child too – to have a few z’s anywhere you please.
It’s not nearly as heavy as you might expect, weighing in at 40 kg (88 lb) unloaded, but don’t plan on taking on any major hills just yet.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, it was designed by a Dane, Mads Johansen, who seemingly thought of everything – more than 300 litres of storage space for all your kit and caboodle (be careful of that additional weight though), and a solar cell to keep your phone and GPS charged.
The Wide Path is surprisingly roomy inside, withna couple of seating areas and a fold-up table. The seating folds into a bed when required, and although cosy, it’s not too claustrophobic thanks to a couple of windows with curtains for privacy.
If you’re still not sure if it’s for you, why not head over to Sønderborg in Denmark, where you can rent one for a few days’ holiday and see how you get on?
The Wide Path Camper should go on sale for around £1,600 next year.
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21 thoughts on “Open up a whole new realm of bike touring holidays with this foldable caravan you can tow by BIKE”
I don’t fancy towing that
I don’t fancy towing that into a headwind.
Did someone invent this just
Did someone invent this just to wind Jeremy Clarkson up?
A caravan towed by a bike.
A caravan towed by a bike. That’ll get cap wearing Rover driving cyclist haters frothing. Want one just for badness
At 40kgs it is so light for
At 40kgs it is so light for its size that I wouldn’t want to tow it in a cross wind as I’m sure it would just blow over. And when parked in even a moderate breeze it would need to be pegged down like a tent. Not very practical. In fact downright dangerous I’d say. :S
The inventor’s name is Mads
The inventor’s name is Mads 😕
You need to visit the site to
You need to visit the site to see pictures of it…it is a pretty cool design. I wouldn’t be worried about a headwind but sidewinds could be a challenge…maybe a wider wheelbase would help. Put this behind a tandem bike and it could be fun for a couple’s getaway.
…or in my case a divorce
…or in my case a divorce 😀
Well it’s fun, that’s for
Well it’s fun, that’s for sure. I could see the value in a company owning one for PR value and green cred – something to pitch up and do some campaigning/selling from.
The design for serious touring with hills? Don’t think so. But actually a similar idea that was cloth + poles onto a solid base, like a mini version of a pop-top tent camper thing might work.
alotronic wrote:W But
It turns out (thanks to Google) there are a few of these e.g. http://www.gizmag.com/midget-bushtrekka-bicycile-trailer/22167/ or http://www.tonystrailers.com/nomad/. Both get you off the ground which is what you want.
What I like about this one is it has room for two people and based on my camper experience a hardtop beats a pop-up.
That looks ace. 40kg really
That looks ace. 40kg really isn’t much. I’m starting saving up for one!
“unsurprisingly perhaps, it
“unsurprisingly perhaps, it was designed by a dane”
unsurprisingly perhaps, it was designed by someone with mad in his name.
“unsurprisingly perhaps, it
“unsurprisingly perhaps, it was designed by a dane”
unsurprisingly perhaps, it was designed by someone with mad in his name.
Ice cream
Ice cream
I will wait for the ultra
I will wait for the ultra light carbon fibre version weighing in at 5kg!
peterrogers123 wrote:I will
That is below the UCI caravan weight limit I believe so you won’t be allowed in races with it
Imagine sitting in that
Imagine sitting in that pla.ying cards for a week when you pick the wettest 7 days in Wales!
I’m looking forwards to niche
I’m looking forwards to niche race series that involves these being towed by tweed wearing brompton riders with outlandish facial hair.
Imagine trying to play hide
Imagine trying to play hide and seek in that.
‘These ones are small. The ones out there are far away’. :))
Doesn’t this remind anyone of
Doesn’t this remind anyone of that guy in Sightseers?
I wanted to see inside.
I wanted to see inside.
J90 wrote:I wanted to see
The photographer and the camera would fit in it, but not at the same time!