Does anyone use a trailer? I use to have a Sun USX-3, and I couldn't get a trailer to work. I still have a Sun SX-3, I use a old hub and stap it to the frame, but it rips up the paint. Does any one have a better way? I have a nomad trailer. Does any one use a different set-up?

Thanks,

Super Geek

Super Geek. Go with a B.O.B. trailer. We pull one behind our Rans Screamer. It holds a good load, and except for climbing hills, we don't know it's there!

Does anyone use a trailer? I use to have a Sun USX-3, and I couldn't get a trailer to work. I still have a Sun SX-3, I use a old hub and stap it to the frame, but it rips up the paint. Does any one have a better way? I have a nomad trailer. Does any one use a different set-up?

I have a Nomad. But I do not think neither it nor a BOB will work on your trike whose wheels are in a delta formation.

I don't use a trailer, but I was looking into something that attaches to your rear wheel and just extends the wheelbase of the bike, just forgot what they called the time.

I also pull a Nomad and I don't know if this will work or not but try or look into the
Hase KettWiesel Recumbent Trike. They make a hitch or coupler to make there trikes a tandem and the hitch may work on yours, they also use it to pull a kids trailer behind. I remember reading some where that Sun is also making a hitch to tie their trikes together. Do a Google search on Hase Trikes the Info is there.

Does anyone use a trailer?

I too use a BOB trailer, a Yak to be precise, although in retrospect, I'd have gotten an Ibex. It tracks good, being a single-wheel trailer, but it tends to be inadequate for bulky loads with a high center of gravity, or to haul very heavy stuff. For pulling touring gear, it's ideal though.

I can't really offer too much usefull advice to OP's question, but i did do an extensive review (is on these boards) comparing a Burley to a Bob and the Burley booted butt IMHO. Check it with the search function. I would probably agree that the Bob is nice for touring (maybe even a little better than Burley but not sure) while the Burley is good for everything.

I would probably agree that the Bob is nice for touring (maybe even a little better than Burley but not sure) while the Burley is good for everything.

To be honest, the big selling point with BOB trailers is the ability to pull them on single tracks and on rough terrains that would topple two-wheeled trailers, and of course the reduced width, which is always nice on busy roads (plus I think they look good, but that's just me). The price to pay is the extra torsional efforts they introduce in the frame, since they rely on the bike to stay upright, and therefore a somewhat reduced load capacity and the necessity to keep the load's center of gravity low.

Yeah that is pretty much my experience and what i argue in my review, that the BOB is really not better in ways that matter except for some very unsual cyclist or circumstances.

Have you considered just going with a rear basket? I know they make one for that bike. You get the carrying capacity without any extra length.

Have you considered just going with a rear basket? I know they make one for that bike. You get the carrying capacity without any extra length.

I have used baskets with my trikes, but they don't fit my trike that well, you have to 'help' the hardware fit. Also my LBS doesn't like this, because it puts more strees on the back. The Sun trikes are not make well, where it attacts to the seat. So the frame can break, I have broke two trike frames and working on my third. That's why I don't commute on my recumbent trike (I am down to one :cry: ). I have looked online, but with no luck, so I way thinking if someone else have 'made' something that works.

Thanks for all your help,

Super Geek