Thread: Does frame stiffness matter for pulling a trailer?
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Old 04-06-13 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Western Flyer
I jackknifed a single wheel trailer I was pulling with my aluminum cyclocross bike on the Oregon Coast. As I was diving wildly from edge to edge of 101, I got a quick glance back at my rear triangle visibly twisting side to side. I thought I was going to buy a section of the Pacific Coast Bike Route. I have never used a trailer since.
If I was prone to "diving wildly from edge to edge" of the road, while looking behind me, I wouldn't tow a trailer either....
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