Commuting - Jerry-rigging a BOB trailer to work with a locking skewer?

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ViciousCycle
06-19-03, 06:56 PM
I really like having a Kryptonite locking skewer on my rear wheel, but I also like my Bob trailer which uses its own special rear wheel skewer. Yet also I dislike having to switch back and forth between skewers. Anyone figured out how to have a locking rear wheel and a BOB trailer co-existing? (Due to the way that the Dijango bike is designed, a locking skewer is the sanest, simplest way to secure the rear wheel.)

fixedpip
03-10-05, 02:15 PM
Have you tried the BOB forum?
http://www.bobgear.com/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi

As an alternative, is it possible to drill/modify the QR handle to work with a small lock? Can think of a few other inelegant solutions to this but they all some a little hokey.
Treespeed
03-10-05, 02:32 PM
A simpler solution might be one of the bomber Kryptonite cable locks, because even if you got the locking skewer to work they could still walk off with the Bob trailer. Though I'm sure you were hoping to come up with a simpler/lighter alternative.

Checked out the Django online, not many locking options on that frame are there?
Can you at least get a u-lock around the frame and the front wheel?

andygates
03-11-05, 06:42 AM
Hmm, you'd need to replace the cam-head with the locking cam-head. Strictly, it's just an eccentric bar, held on with (usually) a circlip. I'd get into the shed and destroy one or two figuring out how to do it :)