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Boopop

Guru
In the spirit of "every bike's a cargo bike", show us how you use your trailer to get stuff shifted. Yes I've got a cargo bike but it's got a big box on it. When I want to move big things I often find myself using my Carry Freedom Y trailer instead. The flatbed is bigger and when the trailer is unloaded I can ride faster than I can on my Bullitt (and I'm not so afraid of changing flat tyres either!). So - two years ago I picked up some bedside tables on the way home from work, via fb marketplace:

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This evening on the same bike and trailer (but a new Wheeltop wireless electronic groupset!) I repeated the experience:
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I do love the look of confusion on the seller's face as you arrive with a cycle helmet in your hand. This time as I was leaving there was a kid/teenager on the first floor looking down at me I assume with some surprise. I hope I expanded his mind a bit to what's possible with a bike. Lead by example! 😁
 

iandg

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Drago

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I don't have mine any more, so no pics.

It was a single seat Slokey Joe trailer, and once Mini D had outgrown it I preformed surgery and turned it into a flat bed cargo trailer with a 10mm Marine ply bed.

I once used it to move a slimline dishwasher from my place about half a mile to it's new owner at the other side of the village.

Sadly when I moved for various reasons (short timescales, lack of sheds and storage at rhe new gaff) I had to he a little ruthless and it ended up going in a skip.
 
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Boopop

Boopop

Guru
Carry Freedom
I got mine from High Wycombe, 25 miles from where I live so a 50~ mile round trip. Second hand priced at £200, given the RRP, a bargain! I didn't really need it given I already have my Bullitt cargo bike, but it's good to have the Bullitt with its convoy box and then the trailer for the flatbed option. As in the OP, I can ride faster with the trailer + road bike combo vs the Bullitt anyway.
 

Sixmile

Guru
Location
N Ireland
I got mine from High Wycombe, 25 miles from where I live so a 50~ mile round trip. Second hand priced at £200, given the RRP, a bargain! I didn't really need it given I already have my Bullitt cargo bike, but it's good to have the Bullitt with its convoy box and then the trailer for the flatbed option. As in the OP, I can ride faster with the trailer + road bike combo vs the Bullitt anyway.

I can beat that :laugh: I am a total sucker for a bargain but I was genuinely looking for a Carry Freedom but as you know they are very pricey. After quite a while of intermittent google searches I found an unused one for sale in Barnes Bits & Bikes in Scourie, Scotland. He'd it for sale at £100 which seemed too good to be true but it was legit. I can only say the owner was a total gent, so much so I bought another trailer from him too and got both couriered to NI for £12 each.

I've since bought the Cargo rack (£130 2nd hand) for my Circe Helios but haven't fitted it yet as it's a bit of a faff so now have a fair few options!
 

Sixmile

Guru
Location
N Ireland
Various trailer set ups over the years...

Our first proper trailer - Croozer Kid for 2 which seen trips in NI, Republic, Wales & England.

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Burley Tail Wagon which was bought an hour before we bought the dog. Bad idea having a front opening on a pet trailer. In any case, he quickly outgrew it.

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The dog this summer in his new opening top Pawhut trailer. Surprisingly good quality for a cheap trailer.

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The CF with open top storage box to carry guitar and amp to church
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The CF trailer with a Zarges aluminium trunk strapped on - our 2 person camping set up.

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Gwylan

Veteran
Location
All at sea⛵
I'd like a trailer. But I have absolutely no use for it.
Think I might try making one
That'd put off having a use for it and "justify" a welding set up.
I could make it a bolt together job and avoid the welder. Also it would store easily in the garage.
Large enough to take a couple of storage crates.
Mmmmmm
What are design criteria for the wheel size?
 
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Boopop

Boopop

Guru
Yesterday I cycled a 100-miler (Leighton Buzzard to Cambridge and back) to pick up a Burley Travoy trailer I got for a bargain £80. I could have got the train but that would have meant a trip in and out of London, and about 5 hours sitting on trains twiddling my thumbs. A day out seemed like a better option. Here it is:
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I've already got:
- A Bullitt cargo bike
- A Burley Nomad trailer
- A Carry Freedom Y Large trailer - and a long arm too to tow a gazebo
- A grand total of six Ortlieb pannier bags

So, as you can possibly imagine, I don't really have much need for this trailer. My mum however cycles regularly in the flat land that is the Fylde coast, and hero that she is, she'd like to try cycling from Thornton to the St. Annes folk club with her guitar. So, this will be going to her, hoping she can make use of it.

It's a nice bit of kit, it easily attaches and detatches from the seatpost, and the trailer arm can be folded down turning it in to a hand cart. I'm not sure I could bring myself to pay the RRP of £300 for one but this like new example is a great price for £80. It's really well built. I feel a bit guilty for not stopping and chatting to the lady I bought it from.

Anyway, as a final photo, here it is in its carry bag. It folds down really small! Lola the cat for scale, I promise she's not a jaguar!

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