Easy Bike Trailer Hitch

Don't feel like messing with air hose couplings to make your next trailer hitch? Want to allow anyone to take your trailer with out special hitches or hardware? Then this trailer hitch is for you!

This is another installment of the No-Weld Bike Trailer project!

Step 1: Supplies

You will need the following for this project:

Your bike trailer end pipe
Piece of hose or rubber
a bolt or similar object with a nut (I used the quick release from a seat post.)

Comments

[CluthaDubh]

I'm a fan of KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid, and this appeals. Looking to build a trailer for my bike, for carrying camping equipment to a music festival roughly 45km away (25 miles?) through mostly flat (Netherlands) terrain. I like this :)

[tylerlund381]

i might try this but with a peasce of wood instead of a pipe and strong pipeing

[mperes01]

Cool, simple idea. I cut a piece of the hose and put it on the end of the pipe to keep it from eating up the seat post when braking. Nice job.

[treinengek]

damn dude thats just genuis

[chouf]

Nice idea, but what happens when you brake, the trailer bangs the bicycle?

[maurice1993]

you know it will =] but I guess just doing this thing a little smaller will make more stable. Plus, put some hose at the tip of the end pipe and... you're done, no more bumping (did I wrote bumping right?). From autor, nice 'ible, clean and simple. xD

[The Ideanator]

Very clever, I like this.

[caarntedd]

Like the use of the air hose.

[MrLouque]

Sweet instructable, are there any problems with stopping though?

[1up]

For a moment I didn't realize it was you and thought somebody was badmouthing your air-hose trailer hitch. :P Very nice, on all three Instructables.