Yeah, rumble strips are annoying. I posted kinda late at night and forgot that part.

They're not been a gamebreaker, though. Generally where there are rumble strips, I just ride on the road. Vehicles give me plenty of space when possible. rarely, I've had to drag a trailer wheel on the rumble strip, and it wasn't too awful. The trailer arm really does a great job of lessening the jolt. If I'd put on headphones so I could not -hear- the rattling, it probably would have been better. I've been in a few situations where I had to ride with my entire bicycle over a rumble strip (I-70 near Rifle, Co has several miles where the entire shoulder is crossed by periodic rumbles.), and it would have probably felt a lot worse with all my weight on the bike. Of course, it also depends on where you are going. In the west, I rarely had problems. In the midwest, there were a lot of rumble strips, but generally less traffic.

The other concession I've had to make is walking down the sidewalk, rather than riding on the road, in busy downtown areas lacking bike lanes. Even though the trailer isn't all that wide, it looks big, and I've had traffic pile up angrily behind me instead of passing. Usually once I'm away from the downtown area, it opens up a bit and I can get back on the road. The only exception in the last 7200 miles was St. Charles Missouri, where I had to walk along narrow, ill-kept sidewalks for two miles. Yes, I could have found a better route but I was in the mindframe of 'cling to the major through street and you'll get out faster! Don't get lost!'.

I'm planning on using the two wheeled trailer in Mexico, Central, and South America next year. After that, I'll probably have a lot more to say about how it feels to pull it on narrow, busy roads...