Bike trailers

[corrickm]

I've just bought a Carry Freedom trailer - I like the idea of avoiding weighing down my bike with camping gear etc. So far I've only tested it locally, but the bike (an elderly Orbit Romany) is MUCH nicer to ride without heavy panniers - in fact it feels just like an unloaded bike (until you get to a hill, of course...). Has anyone got experience of using a trailer on long tours? It seems OK on ordinary roads, but what about tracks and off-road? Are there any big snags?
Thanks, Martin

[Si]

If you do a forum search on "Carry Freedom" you'll see that there has been quite a lot of discussion on just this trailer. Welcome to the forum BTW!

[Cunobelin]

I have toured extensively with trailers, firstly a BoB Yak, then Radical Cyclone. I now waiver between the Cyclone and the Carry Freedom.

The Cyclone is much easier in Hotels and B&B as it is a holdall with detachable wheels in the same way as the Carry Freedom is a flatbed with wheels.

[robwa10]

There's someone on here, his name escapes me, that swears by his CF. Except of course when it's wheels come off.

[corrickm]

Ooops - you can tell I'm a newbie... 24 pages of info on trailers on the site already! Well, it seems that a lot of other people use trailers successfully, which is reassuring.
Now I'll get down to reading all those posts...
Martin

[Mick F]

Who am I?

I forget ......

Oh yes, Mick!

I have a CF trailer, and apart from the problem of a wheel or two coming off, I love it to bits.
(The problem with the wheels WAS a design defect - all fixed now.)

You'll see my posts all over the place about the CF trailer.
The quote is from another thread.

The best/easiest thing is to check out these links to posts on these pages:
viewtopic.php?t=14609
viewtopic.php?t=3201
viewtopic.php?t=14786
viewtopic.php?t=9903

There are more!

http://www.carryfreedom.com/info.html

As you can gather, I'm a trailer fan. I went shopping yesterday.
I bought an aluminium box for mine.
viewtopic.php?t=16398

Regards,
Mick.

[robwa10]

Ooops - you can tell I'm a newbie... 24 pages of info on trailers on the site already! Well, it seems that a lot of other people use trailers successfully, which is reassuring.
Now I'll get down to reading all those posts...
Martin

Don't worry Martin we all do the same thing when we start on here. At least now the search function is better than it used to be so you can find things.