Originally Posted by
caloso
You asked whether you can tow a trailer with a road bike. It depends on the hitch, mostly. The Chariot uses a cup and ball hitch that attaches to the rear skewer and is held against the non-drive-side dropout. It doesn't matter what kind of bike or wheels you have and I don't think it puts any more strain on the rear triangle than a stationary trainer. You could attach it to a CF race bike if you wanted to.
That said, it might be worth it to scour the springtime garage sales for an old MTB. You'll get lower gearing, which you'll need if you have any hills, and you'll probably never go faster than 15mph with the kids in the back anyway.
You mean to tell me my 53-39 with a 11-23 cassette won't work? :-) lol... I have trouble getting up hills just by myself with the gearing I use. I'm def. gonna have to find a trailer friendly/geared bike. Our hybrid might work ok though... might give that a shot. I can put rear seating on that bike pretty easily. Trek FX something or other... don't remember which 7.x