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Trailer on a fixed?

Old 02-04-09, 02:34 AM
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Trailer on a fixed?

Would it be advisable or should I use a freewheel? I am wanting to find one of those that little kids ride in so I can go trash picking.
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Old 02-04-09, 08:11 AM
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I ride my Uno with a trailer and my 3 year old and 14 month old hangin out like little studs.

Of course, I have brakes, which probably makes the deal.
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If you are running brakes it shouldn't matter.
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There is an entire thread called something like "how much stuff do you carry". You will see a bunch of trailers with fixed cogs. It goes on for dozens of pages.

+1 for brakes.
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hauling a load without brakes would not be advisable, fixed gear is fine.
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This was right after I built this bike. I have since lowered my gear ratio and taken the brake off. And wrapped my bars. Towing brakeless is fine as long as you don't do anything dumb.
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Very good, thanks everyone.
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Originally Posted by Chicagoan


This was right after I built this bike. I have since lowered my gear ratio and taken the brake off. And wrapped my bars. Towing brakeless is <snip> dumb.
Fixed. Suppose if you live out in the sticks and don't have to worry about kids/animals/pedestrians/cars/trucks it wouldn't be a problem. I couldn't imagine running with a load around here w/o brakes.
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I live in CHicago, like i said, don't go to fast, and don't do anything dumb, and you'll be fine
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I'm just curious why you took the brake off if you intend on running a trailer. Just because you're capable of doing something doesn't mean that there isn't a much easier way of doing it.
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I only use the trailer spoadically. Brakeless is fun, and it looks cool. The only reason I had a brake originally was because I was running 52x16, I now run 46x18.
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Hell, he's right. Brakeless looks FUN!

Bonus, my kids screaming in the back as we're bailing down a hill as I'm trying to whip skid . . . only I can't fling the rear or even break traction because I have a 20 lb. trailer+60 odd lbs. of prodigy flayin' about having a blast as we barrel faster and faster down into the intersection.


Fun times, I'm going to leave work this moment exactly to go start removing my brakes...













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If the theory is too much because of my unnecessary, rude and anti-internalist (I'll mediate on it later) attitude I'll try another approach:

Have you ever seen a car, towing another car, with a rope? Have you seen said 'puller' stop, and the guy in the second car not brake?

Try that on a bike, with a load. The trailer will shift, because physics has more street cred than tarckstars.
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Originally Posted by Santaria
Hell, he's right. Brakeless looks FUN!

Bonus, my kids screaming in the back as we're bailing down a hill as I'm trying to whip skid . . . only I can't fling the rear or even break traction because I have a 20 lb. trailer+60 odd lbs. of prodigy flayin' about having a blast as we barrel faster and faster down into the intersection.


Fun times, I'm going to leave work this moment exactly to go start removing my brakes...
















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If the theory is too much because of my unnecessary, rude and anti-internalist (I'll mediate on it later) attitude I'll try another approach:

Have you ever seen a car, towing another car, with a rope? Have you seen said 'puller' stop, and the guy in the second car not brake?

Try that on a bike, with a load. The trailer will shift, because physics has more street cred than tarckstars.
First off, I would never tow a trailer brakeless with kids in the back, a kid no.

Second, Your trailer sounds like the axle is too far back, or you need to spread out your load more. A good rule of thumb is your trailer should have a 10% tongue weight. I can skid with the trailer loaded. I have taken it downhill with a loaded trailer. I slowed down once I saw the hill and maintained that low speed. I wouldn' t do this in San Francisco on Lombard street. But in flat Chicago, I think I'll be alright for the occational beer run.

I know the physics, I've managed to jack knife the trailer messing around in my alley. (Being dumb) But I'm always cautious when I'm on a public road with cars.
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