Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Trailer for Transporting Bikes
Oops!! Didn't cc the list.
Also forgot to add that u-post used for fencing is dirt cheap, and if you get wide enough ones, would make excellent channels.
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 20:22, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Anna,
A go-to hauling method for me is always an adapted child trailer. Interestingly, when I went to look at the Pedal to the People trailer, the construction was basically the same, just enlarged and reinforced a little. The kickstand on the linkage was a clever addition that I plan to add to my trailers.
How many you can haul without a motor is also a matter of your terrain. If you're mostly in flatland, you can haul quite a lot, and on that kind of terrain I've hauled as many as ten framesets or so, which would translate weight-wise into at least four bikes, if not more.
I've always just piled them up strategically. BUT - I've had a plan for awhile now to basically replicate the car roof rack device, which is often a flimsier version of the device used on the fronts of city buses, and attach it to one of my trailer setups.
I estimate that without modifying the child trailer's frame I could easily fit three bikes, if they were flipped so that the handlebars aren't running into each other. In other words, one facing backwards and two facing forwards (or the opposite).
So, you could either acquire some roof rack tracks by donation - put out the call and I bet you'll get them - or at a thrift store or Craigslist or whatever.
Or you could do what I've been planning and get some angle (L cross section) bar stock, preferably aluminum, and make your own channels.
The tricky part is replicating the grabber used on buses that goes over the front wheel. I'd probably just make the whole thing using telescoping tubes and a spring from the hardware store, and make the hook out of whatever, but other people might have some ideas on cheaper or simpler ways to hold the bike up and in the tracks. I'd love to hear them!!
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 20:03, Anna Weier wrote:
I was thinking of about 4 at a time, but I would also be happy with 2.
Anna
Anna Weier UMCycle Manager University of Manitoba Students' Union tel: 204.474.8484 @MyUMSU
-----Original Message----- From: cyclista@inventati.org [mailto:cyclista@inventati.org] Sent: October 19, 2017 2:53 PM To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Anna Weier Anna.Weier@umsu.ca Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Trailer for Transporting Bikes
Anna,
How many bikes do you need to transport at a time?
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 19:17, Anna Weier wrote:
Hi folks, I'm on a campus where our main location is small and our warehouse location is far enough away that it's a pain to bring parts and bikes back and forth. I'm looking for plans or the actual trailer for sale for a bike trailer that can carry complete bikes. I would also be interested in hearing from folks who have transported bikes by bike. Is this a situation where an e-bike might be required?
Anna
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Instead of using a kid's trailer, why not make your own $20 trailer? Here's my design for a "grocery getter trailer" - http://bikewalkwichita.org/grocery-getter-bike-trailer/
easy to make out of conduit, all hardware store materials, and easy to modify to suit your needs. Jack Murphy
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 3:30 PM, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Oops!! Didn't cc the list.
Also forgot to add that u-post used for fencing is dirt cheap, and if you get wide enough ones, would make excellent channels.
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 20:22, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Anna,
A go-to hauling method for me is always an adapted child trailer. Interestingly, when I went to look at the Pedal to the People trailer, the construction was basically the same, just enlarged and reinforced a little. The kickstand on the linkage was a clever addition that I plan to add to my trailers.
How many you can haul without a motor is also a matter of your terrain. If you're mostly in flatland, you can haul quite a lot, and on that kind of terrain I've hauled as many as ten framesets or so, which would translate weight-wise into at least four bikes, if not more.
I've always just piled them up strategically. BUT - I've had a plan for awhile now to basically replicate the car roof rack device, which is often a flimsier version of the device used on the fronts of city buses, and attach it to one of my trailer setups.
I estimate that without modifying the child trailer's frame I could easily fit three bikes, if they were flipped so that the handlebars aren't running into each other. In other words, one facing backwards and two facing forwards (or the opposite).
So, you could either acquire some roof rack tracks by donation - put out the call and I bet you'll get them - or at a thrift store or Craigslist or whatever.
Or you could do what I've been planning and get some angle (L cross section) bar stock, preferably aluminum, and make your own channels.
The tricky part is replicating the grabber used on buses that goes over the front wheel. I'd probably just make the whole thing using telescoping tubes and a spring from the hardware store, and make the hook out of whatever, but other people might have some ideas on cheaper or simpler ways to hold the bike up and in the tracks. I'd love to hear them!!
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 20:03, Anna Weier wrote:
I was thinking of about 4 at a time, but I would also be happy with 2.
Anna
Anna Weier UMCycle Manager University of Manitoba Students' Union tel: 204.474.8484 @MyUMSU
-----Original Message----- From: cyclista@inventati.org [mailto:cyclista@inventati.org] Sent: October 19, 2017 2:53 PM To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Anna Weier Anna.Weier@umsu.ca Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Trailer for Transporting Bikes
Anna,
How many bikes do you need to transport at a time?
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 19:17, Anna Weier wrote:
Hi folks, I'm on a campus where our main location is small and our warehouse location is far enough away that it's a pain to bring parts and bikes back and forth. I'm looking for plans or the actual trailer for sale for a bike trailer that can carry complete bikes. I would also be interested in hearing from folks who have transported bikes by bike. Is this a situation where an e-bike might be required?
Anna
Anna Weier UMCycle Manager University of Manitoba Students' Union tel: 204.474.8484, website: umsu.cahttp://umsu.ca/businesses/umcycle/ Shop Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:30am - 1:30pm Community Stand Time: Thursday, 1:30 - 4pm 101 University Centre, U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 @MyUMSUhttps://www.instagram.com/myumsu/ [IQsOpen_EmailSig_250x90]https://umsu.ca/businesses/iqs/
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At my last bike collective, someone donated a "bikes at work" trailer. https://www.bikesatwork.com/ They're pricey, but fantastic. Load-bearing fenders, even. They build 'em in Iowa.
Me and my partner have one and we lend it out sometimes.I have yet to see the load it couldn't haul. The bikes at work trailers are basically the biking equivalent of having a pickup truck. I quickly stopped even telling people whose ads claim "you must have a truck" that we were showing up with a bike, because it just confused them.
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Jack Murphy jack@bikewalkwichita.org wrote:
Instead of using a kid's trailer, why not make your own $20 trailer? Here's my design for a "grocery getter trailer" - http://bikewalkwichita.org/grocery-getter-bike-trailer/
easy to make out of conduit, all hardware store materials, and easy to modify to suit your needs. Jack Murphy
On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 3:30 PM, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Oops!! Didn't cc the list.
Also forgot to add that u-post used for fencing is dirt cheap, and if you get wide enough ones, would make excellent channels.
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 20:22, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Anna,
A go-to hauling method for me is always an adapted child trailer. Interestingly, when I went to look at the Pedal to the People trailer, the construction was basically the same, just enlarged and reinforced a little. The kickstand on the linkage was a clever addition that I plan to add to my trailers.
How many you can haul without a motor is also a matter of your terrain. If you're mostly in flatland, you can haul quite a lot, and on that kind of terrain I've hauled as many as ten framesets or so, which would translate weight-wise into at least four bikes, if not more.
I've always just piled them up strategically. BUT - I've had a plan for awhile now to basically replicate the car roof rack device, which is often a flimsier version of the device used on the fronts of city buses, and attach it to one of my trailer setups.
I estimate that without modifying the child trailer's frame I could easily fit three bikes, if they were flipped so that the handlebars aren't running into each other. In other words, one facing backwards and two facing forwards (or the opposite).
So, you could either acquire some roof rack tracks by donation - put out the call and I bet you'll get them - or at a thrift store or Craigslist or whatever.
Or you could do what I've been planning and get some angle (L cross section) bar stock, preferably aluminum, and make your own channels.
The tricky part is replicating the grabber used on buses that goes over the front wheel. I'd probably just make the whole thing using telescoping tubes and a spring from the hardware store, and make the hook out of whatever, but other people might have some ideas on cheaper or simpler ways to hold the bike up and in the tracks. I'd love to hear them!!
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 20:03, Anna Weier wrote:
I was thinking of about 4 at a time, but I would also be happy with 2.
Anna
Anna Weier UMCycle Manager University of Manitoba Students' Union tel: 204.474.8484 @MyUMSU
-----Original Message----- From: cyclista@inventati.org [mailto:cyclista@inventati.org] Sent: October 19, 2017 2:53 PM To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: Anna Weier Anna.Weier@umsu.ca Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Trailer for Transporting Bikes
Anna,
How many bikes do you need to transport at a time?
-Cyclista
On 2017-10-19 19:17, Anna Weier wrote:
Hi folks, I'm on a campus where our main location is small and our warehouse location is far enough away that it's a pain to bring parts and bikes back and forth. I'm looking for plans or the actual trailer for sale for a bike trailer that can carry complete bikes. I would also be interested in hearing from folks who have transported bikes by bike. Is this a situation where an e-bike might be required?
Anna
Anna Weier UMCycle Manager University of Manitoba Students' Union tel: 204.474.8484, website: umsu.cahttp://umsu.ca/businesses/umcycle/ Shop Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:30am - 1:30pm Community Stand Time: Thursday, 1:30 - 4pm 101 University Centre, U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2 @MyUMSUhttps://www.instagram.com/myumsu/ [IQsOpen_EmailSig_250x90]https://umsu.ca/businesses/iqs/
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