FenHello and welcome to pedal powered wagon special interest rabbit hole photo album
Ohh I found some more angles of the red one!
Looks like it's a narrow single bed, but the bed folds up and a table folds out to make a kitchen area!
I'm not a fan of the trailer design though, I think it would be more fun if it were built into the back of an extended wheelbase trike, which is what I would do if I ever built one of these.
Simon Brooke@Nonverbalpoetry trailers have the advantage that when you're camped up, you can detach the bike and go off cycling locally without pulling all that weight.
@simon_brooke true, but imagine going downhill with all that weight not structually attached to the thing doing the braking!!
With a trike, there's no risk of jackknifing, and the wheels supporting the structure can have brakes
With a trike, there's no risk of jackknifing, and the wheels supporting the structure can have brakes
ndpi@Nonverbalpoetry @simon_brooke trailers pulled by trucks have brakes which are hooked to the main brake controller, wonder if you could do something similar for a bike trailer?
@ndpi @simon_brooke
You can get bicycle brake splitters designed for bikes with breakable frames, but I think you have to readjust brake tension every time you do it.
You would also have to use an adapter to make a single brake operate two wheels, like the left brake is for both bike wheels, and the right brake is for trailer, which would half the amount of braking force you are able to apply, and would limit the effectiveness of the brakes when decoupled from the trailer.
You can get bicycle brake splitters designed for bikes with breakable frames, but I think you have to readjust brake tension every time you do it.
You would also have to use an adapter to make a single brake operate two wheels, like the left brake is for both bike wheels, and the right brake is for trailer, which would half the amount of braking force you are able to apply, and would limit the effectiveness of the brakes when decoupled from the trailer.
@ndpi @Nonverbalpoetry an overrun brake on a bike trailer would be a really good thing, and shouldn't be too hard to do; but I've not seen it done.
@simon_brooke @ndpi
It would be a fantastic safety feature! I'm sure if a bike parts manufacturer put some effort into properly decoupling brake lines, it would work well. I imagine hydraulic would work better, as you can brake more effectively with less hand force
It would be a fantastic safety feature! I'm sure if a bike parts manufacturer put some effort into properly decoupling brake lines, it would work well. I imagine hydraulic would work better, as you can brake more effectively with less hand force
@Nonverbalpoetry oh, absolutely. I've brought gas bottles home from town in the trailer (35kg or about 80lbs), and that was really scary on the downhills. The cargo bike is a lot more pleasant with a heavy load.
@[email protected], I've actually been raising money for an omnium cargo on here recently and hit the funding goal today!! So I will have one soon :D one of the use cases will be carrying an LPG bottle back to the boat!!