Homemade One Wheel Bicycle Trailer
01-31-07, 09:05 PM
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Homemade One Wheel Bicycle Trailer
Hello - Could you take a look at ExtraWheel and tell me how difficult you think it would be to replicate a single wheel trailer like this? This construction page might be the most help.
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Airwick
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02-01-07, 11:39 AM
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It doesn't look too hard. Making the hinge and the system for attaching it to the bike would be the toughest part. You could use one of the pivot points from a junky wal mart full suspension bike for the hinge and find a way to attach the thing and you're golden. (that's how I'm gonna do mine anyway)
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I was planning to do this last year, before touring.
I was going to take an 'Adam's Trailabike' style U joint seatpost hitch, and make a boom that curved down, to a low C.O.G. platform...
I started designing, and pricing out materials..
Then bought a used BOB trailer from Craigslist, as it was cheaper and easier.
I was going to take an 'Adam's Trailabike' style U joint seatpost hitch, and make a boom that curved down, to a low C.O.G. platform...
I started designing, and pricing out materials..
Then bought a used BOB trailer from Craigslist, as it was cheaper and easier.
02-01-07, 03:26 PM
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Too bad they don't sell those without the wheel for less $$. I'd get one that was frame only if I could use one of the extras I've got laying around.
02-06-07, 12:29 PM
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I built one using a bob hitch- you can buy the part from the BOB website for about $20, if I remember correctly. Then you can make any kind of one wheeler you want, specifically not that wimpy thing that appears barely to accomodate a backpack.
