I made a bike trailer to help me haul bikes
I built this using a cheap bike trailer for hauling kids that I picked up off the curb and an old steel bed frame.
The idea is that I can use it to haul bikes around that I am working on for customers in my local community.
My next goals are to:
- Move the wheels backwards by about a foot to improve handling and reduce scraping when going down curbs and driveways
- Obtain a bike hauler that attaches to the roof or tow hitch of a car to allow me to tow more than one bicycle at a time
This version is awesome though because it was made mainly using junk and swearing :)
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Get on the ground, NOW!
Commas are important 🤦♂️
Smart idea to fasten the front fork thingy to the actual trailer frame, allowing you to not have to use so much stuff for fastening the bike.
It works really well. I just can not pick up bicycles with thru axle setups.
I don't know that I would want to carry these bikes on my trailer anyway though as they are often more expensive road bikes and mountain bikes.
The other challenge is that I have found that many customers call me about one bicycle but often times have at least one more for me as well.
My current setup only has one mount for a bike so I wind up having to make multiple trips my service area is only 5sq mi and I am located in the middle so this isn't too big of a problem though.
I can modify the trailer and carry two bikes in the future but first I need to get my hands on another junked trailer to sacrifice as I want to get the wheels further back before I consider more weight.
The trailer currently likes to sway quite a bit which gets worse when I am out of my saddle
This is easy to counteract but does mean the trailer is prone to flipping if I am not careful (only flipped it once during my initial design phases though so its good enough for now)