Originally Posted by
blakcloud
What I don't like, and not because it has given me any trouble are the wheels, which are made of plastic. Though they are functional, they just look cheap and they don't seem to hold air very well and with the weird shaped valve it is awkward to fill the tires.
For quite awhile I thought a hand-truck style bike trailer would be great and - ta-da - Burley made one. When I first discovered it the price was too much, but I caught it for $200 and free shipping on Amazon in December 2011.
As far as the wheels, Walmart sells the proper size tubes, but without the angled valve. I keep a Topeak right-angle adapter with me. I've only had one flat, and it was a full-on blowout that came out of nowhere. I thought someone fired a .22 rifle at me! I replaced both tires and have had no further issues.
You also mentioned tipping over - that has happened to me many times. It's easy to ride too fast with this, and in Las Vegas we have "braille" lane markers. Hit a couple of those too fast and the trailer will begin rocking and capsize.