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700 and a trailer?

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ZoomComp	700 and a trailer?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 310 (08/03/07 19:25:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None I'm leaning hard towards a 700, but I would like to pull a trailer to the store (occasionally) or on a tour (very rarely). Is there anyone out there who does that? I am looking at replacing my old icky trailer with a Burley Nomad. Is it heresy to think of this, kind of like pulling a trailer with a Lambourghini?
dave	Re: 700 and a trailer?	#1	[-]
Posts: 384 (08/03/07 19:45:32) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I haul my homemade flat bed trailer with most of my bikes including my 700 and many other bikes, uprights, low racers.... I have my hitch set up so that it fits under my dropout skewer. The trailer is a simple design made from two normal bicycle forks with some conduit holding them together and a conduit gooseneck and spherical rod end threaded into the end of it. I can put most any size wheel on it but I usually use some 559s with fat slicks. www.veloliner.com/practic...railer.jpg Have fun.
Tickle Pink	Re: 700 and a trailer?	#2	[-]
Posts: 990 (08/04/07 11:23:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I know someone who pulls a BOB trailer. He says it's better than a two wheeled trailer. I had a Burley and still do but haven't pulled it on my trike. I used it for many years with my df. They make a good product. The BOB comes open with no liner to keep things in and isn't as wide. You should check out both to see which one meets your needs.
ZoomComp	Re: 700 and a trailer?	#3	[-]
Posts: 310 (08/04/07 19:25:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	used a BOB on the back of a Screamer tandem on a tour in Japan in '99. Very familiar with it. Not interested for my trike. Question is only about suitability of trailer behind a 700.
wellingtonrock	catrike and a trailer	#4	[-]
Posts: 15 (08/05/07 03:16:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've got a Burley flatbed which I occasionally pull behind my Speed. It took a bit of doing to get the right hitch for it - it came with Burley's 'classic' hitch which fits diamond frames fine, but won't fit the Cat. The hitch I finally got - after MUCH this-ing and that-ing with the (UK) distributor was quite cheap to buy and works a treat - though I have to remove and replace the q/r skewer to fit it. The trailer is easy to pull and happily hauls a week's shopping, though I am even slower on the (one) hill between the shops and the house.
Cunobelin	Trikes and one wheeled trailers?	#5	[-]
Posts: 240 (08/05/07 03:34:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am annoyed with myself for not being able to reference this as would be my normal practice with such a statement. When I was researching the Catike Expedition I came across one of the manufacturer's websites discouraging one wheeled trailers, but whilst I made a mental note I cannot find the original statement. It works like this.... Two wheeled trailers mimic the trike and stay upright, stresses on the hitch / rear frame are linear. One wheeled trailers are designed to lean with the bike. With a trike this does not occur, hence the trailer still tries to lean on a corner, but cannot do so, inducing a rotational stress on the rear frame. For this reason the use of one wheeled trailers was discouraged. Can anyone back this up or comment?
mtbikjoe	Re: Trikes and one wheeled trailers?	#6	[-]
Posts: 84 (08/05/07 04:27:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is a picture of a hitch I bought to use with my grandson's trailer & it works well. I have also towed my Bob with no problems. sports.webshots.com/photo...8332GZkQfF Joe
bkdraft	Trailer	#7	[-]
Posts: 500 (08/08/07 17:51:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I pull a B.O.B. trailer behind my 700 for commuting. Works Great!!! James
Ian Fardoe	Y frame carry freedom	#8	[-]
Posts: 709 (08/13/07 13:21:47) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	www.bentrideronline.com/i...6&blogId=1
SeaZoom	trailer?	#9	[-]
Posts: 912 (08/13/07 23:13:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i use my SPEED to tow my 5 yo in a burley trailer...heck, did it today, will do it tomorrow! i'll be upgrading to a bob or the burley your thinking at some point near in the future. the ONLY problem is you loose the ability to back up properly.
Lalaas	Re: trailer?	#10	[-]
Posts: 44 (08/14/07 04:48:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Joe, SeaZoom, et al, Where are you getting the hitches for the trailers? We've got a trailer for our 2y.o. and it would be good to switch off from my wife's DF to my Cat once in a while. CTR947
SeaZoom	Re: trailer?	#11	[-]
Posts: 912 (08/14/07 16:36:45) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i got the Burley axle skewer as the black plastic thingy will not fit the SPEED wheel stay triangle. works great, just make sure it's on tight!
mtbikjoe	Re: Trailer hitch	#12	[-]
Posts: 84 (08/14/07 17:10:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't remember the web site I found my hitch at, but I got it from this forum. Can't find it now. So I went to the Burly web site & went to products & then to accesorys and they have one that looks like it will work. www.burley.com/products/accessories.html Hope this helps. Joe
Lalaas	Re: Trailer hitch	#13	[-]
Posts: 44 (08/15/07 16:35:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Do they hafta be Burley trailers, or will the hitch works on others? I forget the brand we have, but it's got a vise-like grip on the end of the boom for grabbing the horizontal bar of a DF. CTR947
mtbikjoe	Re: Trailer hitch	#14	[-]
Posts: 84 (08/15/07 17:31:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My trailer is a Nashbar, I removed the bolt the holds the vise like grip & that's where the pin on the hitch goes through. The good thing is, all my bikes have quick release skewers but if I wanted, the grip can go right back on. Joe
mtbikjoe	Re: Trailer hitch	#15	[-]
Posts: 84 (08/15/07 17:44:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Back again, I searched around and found the web site that I bought my hitch from, and the price is still the same. It's so simple that I thought about making my own, but at $10, it's easier just to buy it. www.wicycle.com/parts.htm A friend of mine bought one for his grandkids & it works fine also. Hope this helps. Joe
trikebldr		#16	[-]
Posts: 1616 (08/16/07 04:18:19) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Gone! Last Edited By: trikebldr 08/12/08 23:49:46. Edited 1 times.
michaelheggen	Re: 700 and a trailer?	#17	[-]
Posts: 407 (08/29/07 09:05:50) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For the 700 and Ex (with their full-sized rear wheels), trikers mights consider using an ExtraWheel. I have seen the ExtraWheel and am impressed with it, but I have not tried it on a trike. -Mike
RecycledTeen	Re: 700 and a trailer?	#18	[-]
Posts: 512 (08/29/07 12:31:17) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nashbar has their BOB style trailer on sale right now for $90. www.nashbar.com/profile.c...20Products I am in no way afilliliated with Nashbar, just a customer! Rick Catrike Photo Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/378369@N22/ Jerry's Catrike Flags: http://home.comcast.net/~catroad40/catrike/catflag.html
texcollect	Re: 700 and a trailer?	#19	[-]
Posts: 59 (08/29/07 19:01:05) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have the Nashbar kiddies trailer and bought 2 of the Burley hitches (one for my trike and the other for a DF) and they work great. Nashar's trailer is around $149, but I managed to get it on sale for $75 with free shipping. I found that the clamp style hitch that came with the trailer wouldn't hold the rear frame of my 2005 Road securely enough, but with the Burley hitch it's rock solid. Stuart Donaldson 2005 Road #398

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