Folding Bikes - Strida5 + Trailer + Brommie = No Taxi

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Chop!
07-01-09, 08:59 AM
Here's how I picked my GF up from a Station in London last weekend :-

Strap cheap sack truck onto my Strida's rack (see credit crunch trailer)

Strap folded Brommie onto that

Meet Glenda, she rode the Brommie, I strapped her bag onto the trailer.

See! I know how to treat a girl! :love:

snafu21
07-01-09, 09:02 AM
Briiliant! I'm moving house next week, do you contract out?
EvilV
07-01-09, 09:39 AM
See! I know how to treat a girl! :love:

She must REALLY love you kid.

Else you'd be gone in a minute for showing up in public with that outfit.

:lol:

You should have collected her on the rickshaw.

brommie
07-01-09, 12:38 PM
You must really love her, because you gave her the Brompton!
badmother
07-01-09, 06:39 PM
So why is she not smiling in the picture???
Joako
07-01-09, 07:47 PM
Because he did not pick her up on this http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=555751
and instead made her pedal like a mad girl.
SesameCrunch
07-02-09, 02:35 AM
Good move! I hope you don't mind if I borrow your idea from time to time...
badmother
07-02-09, 09:39 AM
Folders + trailer is great. We are touring on folders later this summer, luggage + dog in the trailer. Hope your GF adapts.
jdmitch
07-02-09, 11:17 AM
Nicely done.
kamtsa
07-02-09, 12:35 PM
What's wrong with a taxi?
Chop!
07-02-09, 03:13 PM
What's wrong with a taxi?

Nothing if it's a pedicab or free!
Foldable Two
07-02-09, 03:13 PM
Great use of creativity, Chop!

Personally, I would have a hard time with a woman that didn't like to ride a bike.

Luckily, my wife of 43 years loves riding. We bought our first bikes before we got married (Schwinn Collegiate, 5-Speeds). Now on our 5th and 6th sets.

To keep living; keep pedaling!
Chop!
07-04-09, 04:32 PM
Good move! I hope you don't mind if I borrow your idea from time to time...

By all means use my idea, but once you drop the other folder off, use a luggage elastic from underneath to pull the load carrying platform in such a way that it stays at 90 degrees, otherwise if it moves while going over bumps, the wheels will fold! It did it twice in Kensington High Street! Very embarrassing :o