Fast Handling Bike Trailer

Step 4 Test Drive And Handling Review

After I got it all together it was time for some test drives. I loaded it up with an assortment of items varying in weight and size. I started with some blocks of wood and worked my way up to a 50lb. bag of concrete and my 4 year old son. It worked great with all. I even stacked it with a load of ebay stuff over 5 ft. tall. Note: With the 5 ft. load it had a noticeable sway and lean around the corners

Some general observations and general notes about towing a trailer on a bike: If you have never towed a trailer with a bike, keep in mind how much more room you need to turn and stop. Your turning radius greatly increases with a rig like this. Also depending on how heavy and how high you load you may notice a top heavy feeling in cornering and stopping. I have found that up to about 40 lbs and under the lip of the storage container it handles great. The low center of gravity makes it almost unnoticeable. When you go very heavy (50, 60 lbs.+) you can notice flexing over the bumps. When it is empty or loaded lightly you get some bouncing over misc road bumps (not bad).

Over all I am very, very happy with my creation. We use it all the time. It takes seconds to attach and holds plenty. It is the perfect running errands trailer. I have only used it behind my tandem. It may handle even better behind a standard bike. We have a curvy down hill by our house and we scream down it on a regular basis with the trailer and it handles perfectly.

Comments

[forrest1st]

thank you so much for this add i just built on almost exactly the same i just have to attach the wheel and connect to my bike

[couchchangeracing]

I would love to see your version of this trailer. I am in the process of building a more heavy duty version for larger loads. I have not had much time lately so it will not be posted soon. But I will eventually get an instructable on it.