Right when my son was born, one of my sisters, the one who thinks nothing of going off on transcontinental, solo, self supported rides, sent me a trailer. It sat in the box in my basement for a year or two, I had about as much regard for the concept as for a minivan. Finally, after running out of diplomatic evasions to my sister's periodic queries about how I liked the trailer, I put it together, loaded up my kid, and absolutely adored the concept from day one.

It also evened up the score a little between my wife and me on rides, further improving the harmony in our marriage.

I'm sure opinions vary, but mine is unabashedly positive. You'd be surprised at how little drag these add on flat ground, you actually get a little bit of a flywheel effect going over gentle speed humps and stuff, kinda neat. Plus, drivers see the trailer and become insanely polite generally. And you can put all sorts of extra stuff in it, but the bike handling is much less affected than by loading on bike, the list just goes on.

My son is too big for it now, but I still use it for shopping. And people don't know there isn't a toddler in it, so they still cut you a wide berth.



Ditto that. I was just joking, I hope...