Haulin' ' Colin super large duty time bike trailers

Check for all of you fans really a lot to do with a bicycle out Haulin' ' Colin's bike cargo trailers.  Dave Shapiro alerted us this great freight haulin' machines handmade in Seattle, Washington with a warning that you now have production models available.  If you are looking for a large capacity trailer, you're lucky.  Dave has supporters at $750 including free shipping (not sure if this means within the continental United States) listed.  There are also "Quantity discounts available and reduced for community organizations".  And the production model of all kinds of custom options are also available and is done by the guys who sell the product, it is very likely that you drag with all sorts of interesting solutions, your cargo needs to solve can come up.

Taking a look through the Haulin' ' Colin blog photos of the trailer, I was very impressed by it is sturdy and yet simple design.  The body of the trailer looks very robust and impressive with its diamond plated steel Loadbed.  solid support 6 support bars that rail that looks could top like you, for elements that use wider than the wheels on resting.  Speaking of the wheels, the beam around the way provides a simple, strong wheel for both mounting point and provides protection for the wheels.Arm inspired confidence the double bar hitch and integrated into the trailer body with what support beam boost to his seems, seems to attach what to a well thought-out heavy-duty bike trailer hitch to be this trailer to Setup for heavy loads should be able to. 

 In contrast to two wheel bicycle trailer with lower loads this heavy burden must up capacity trailer solution which offers a robust trailer hitch bike.  View of the impressive Haulin' ' Colin hitch design, I thought that I fast a few notes on bike trailer hitch design should make.  Bike trailers are an important factor in considering problems that determines the lower loading capacity (typically 75 to 100 pounds), the most bike trailers, cargo, pet and baby.  Simple hitch Burley, chariot and Karinconway, draft are easy to install and use and are also simple enough in design and materials, so that they are quite affordable.For heavy-duty trailer as Colin Haulin' ' is a more robust hitch solution erforderlich.Haulin Colin's solution involves well though out simple and robust.  Using a bracket provides a solution for the seat stay and chain linked to a cross member/Stabalizer with Swivel hitch point on the bottom stay this hitch design the both very hard, but simple enough to mount the most bikes. 

  When comparing this hitch design to the other heavy bike trailer hitch designs that we know Bikes At Work and surly's new "the trailer", Colin's offers a nice balance of simplicity and ease.  Bikes at work solution is a bit too simple and grassroots whilst the surly seems a bit more about built as is required.Calling something cloverleaf is not necessarily a negative, especially if it involves heavy duty bike trailer and I give props to surly for the innovative work in your hitch design gesteckt.Ein genuine advantage the surly trailer hitch design is its ability to work with a variety of bikes.Both bikes at work Haulin' Colin's design are limited to working with bike to have the frames with positions for mounting the breakdowns.With these thoughts, both of these hitch design would some effect frames stop, depending on how you installed and should be attached in any case not to carbon fibre frames.

But I digress ab.Meine main point here is to read the large heavy duty bike trailer references in Seattle is it great to see the heavy cargo site of bike Trailering, starting with this great trailer with grumpy's new "the trailer" open.

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2010 Interbike: new bike trailers!

Well I survived another Vegas Interbike.  Something about trade shows in Las Vegas are not only hard on the feet, but mind, body and soul as well.  That being said, it certainly was an interesting show with some cool new bike trailers hitting the market.  As usual, the show was abuzz with exciting new bike products, even though some of the major players in the bike industry chose to not attend this years show (Trek, Kona, and Giant), but who cares? They don’t make bike trailers anyway.

Some of the first things that struck my attention were the amount of electric bikes that were at the show.  We have all been excited about the growing popularity of electric bikes and the impact that they will have in converting the non-cyclists of the world.  It seems that the electric bike movement has made its way to bike trailers as well, and why not? Bike trailers have just as much to benefit from electric assist as do normal bikes.  Enter the Ridekick: the first production electric assist cargo trailer to hit U.S. markets.  I personally really like this idea. It provides a good separation between using electric assist when you need it, such as when hauling cargo, and being able to unhitch the trailer for normal unassisted riding.

The Ridekick user can select the amount of boost provided by the electric assist motor.  The electric motor assists forward motion up to 19 mph, and one charge lasts up to 15 miles. One of the great things about having an electric assist trailer is the simplicity of attaching and removing the trailer.  Unlike electric assist kits and integrated electric bikes, the Ridekick has a un-hitch and forget about it quality.  Once the trailer is un-hitched your bike never new the difference. I mean who wouldn’t want a lockable, weather proof, easily detachable, electric powered cargo trailer, I know I would.

Another item of note that caught my eye came from the folks at Surly.  Most of the heavy duty cargo trailers that I have come across have been DIY trailers.  These trailers are characterized by their massive overbuilt frames and large weight capacity paired with a large trailer weight. Well the boys at Surly have tried to produce the end-all heavy duty cargo trailer: The Trailer.  The Trailer is going to be produced in two different sizes of load beds a 32? and a 63?.

The Trailer has an large appetite for cargo with a 300 lb load capacity.  I’m not sure if I would even want to try and pedal that much weight around.  The load bed design is fairly straightforward with a rectangular outer frame and circular support beams

running across the frame. Although the load bed of the Trailer is fairly straightforward, Surly really put some thought into designing the hitch.  Surly designed the hitch to be as universal as possible. They say it will fit wheels sizes 20-29?, axle sizes 120-145mm, work with disc brakes and full suspension, and can be aligned to always maintain center line with the bike and maintain a level load bed.  Surly provides a universal skewer or threaded nuts to work with the Trailer. Just to give you idea of what the Trailer is capable of, you could use it to haul five 60-pound bags of  concrete mix to your job site. New driveway by bike anyone?

After a couple of days of wandering the show, everything starts to look the same, so it is good to pick out the things you like the most early.  Alas this was the final Vegas Interbike, next year Interbike is to be held in Anaheim at Disneyland, with an earlier date.  It’s is the end of an era. Interbike has been held in Vegas for the past ten years.  It’s odd, for as much as I dislike Las Vegas, it seems appropriate to have a bicycle convention there.  It’s kind of entertaining to have the entire bicycle industry descend on Las Vegas and run wild for a couple of days. Oh well.  Hopefully next year we see even more cool new bike trailers presented at Interbike.

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Greetings from the Burley Trailers Team

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