Originally Posted by
staehpj1
I pack pretty light so that is one factor, but I also do not want to have to deal with shipping a trailer to and from my tour location.
That's the biggest drawback to using a trailer. For a loop tour beginning and ending at home and never using any form of transportation other tan the bike, it's great. But if I ever need to ship the bike or even put it on the rack of a transit bus, the trailer is going to cause complications.