I use a bikes at work 6' trailer and a 6' surely trailer. I like them both. I built a wooden box on top of the Surly trailer. The hitch attachment is easier and faster with the bikes at work trailer. If you get a couple of their hitches, you can share the BAW trailer with a few different people and even make your own trailer with a simple pin attachment. The Surly trailer hitch requires more adjustments and tweaking in the hitch but if feels really strong. I share the surley trailer with a coordinator at Recycle-A-Bike and he bent the skewer attaching the trailer to the bike improperly in one of the first attempts to use it. They are both great!!

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1. Re: Experience with Surly Cargo Trailers (Bill or Ted Trailer)? (Samantha Herr)

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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 14:54:58 -0400 From: Samantha Herr samanthazherr@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Experience with Surly Cargo Trailers (Bill or Ted Trailer)? Message-ID: CA+u0Amhr3rD3T=ww8AYBRnPQjQgCA+b30MR6_aH20=Jhmcj_ng@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hey there, Andrew,

Yep, I've used the Ted. Was built really well and had a great hitch system through the back hub, but the Ted is a bit small. It also has some nice featured built in for if you want to build the trailer up in any way. It's pretty bare bones, but leaves lots of possibility. I think it's a great trailer choice.

Sam

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Andrew Magill andrew@spokesconnect.orgwrote:

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Has anyone used either of the Surly trailers? We are thinking about purchasing the Bill trailer to haul a "mobile shop" as well as several complete bicycles. We would also consider a Bikes at Work Trailer but we can't get a discount from them.

Any thoughts or stories please share!

Thanks,

Andrew

SPOKES Bike Walk Connect

MInneapolis

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