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seems Bass-Ackwards .. front bag Rack on front Mounting Block , Brompton Bag on it. ..

Front mass improves the handling stability in My experience .

case fixed to the trailer frame , And Pack Inside the case. which is empty because the Bike Is removed

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Originally Posted by badmother (Post 18721573)

I guess they put a lot of money into stuff and are desperate to not "go down". My friend has one. He never reported any break downs. Fietsbob has one. Can not remember him reporting breakdowns. Maybe in hard use. The design is a bit special so not the easyest to make so that it is durable. I remember trying to make one once and gave up. Been thinking before that there should be a "want to buy" option on e-bay, not just "for sale". Also It should be possible to do a search for ads even in other countrys. Try different search engines.

Are you still looking for one?

At one time I would not think twice about buying one,but since I have been experimenting with the Origami trailer kit idea the Carry Freedom is not now high on my list .I would not mind finding one if the price were right,but I must be honest,$89(total cost trailer kit and few extra bucks for bunge straps ) verses $450 or even half that for a good used one is not what I would do now. The Origami kit has several advantages over the Carry Freedom,it's almost 5lbs lighter,it packs into the B&W case along with the brompton and it's basic design is much simpler and hopefuly easier to fix( all of which still needs to be proven)

Also,I never belived all the B.S. the distributor told me about the City Trailer,he was pushing something else to sell, and I haven't seen or heard any problems about Carry Freedom City Trailers that you wouldn't get with any other well made brand.In the biking community news travels fast if something isn't working out.

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Originally Posted by fietsbob (Post 18722809)

seems Bass-Ackwards .. front bag Rack on front Mounting Block , case fixed to the trailer frame , And Pack Inside the case. which is empty because the Bike Is removed

Well something is certainly Bass -Ackwards, you quote someone with out posting a name,you give only a list of photos from my posting but with the wrong file numbers(other folks don't seem to have that problem) and could we have it in plain english ,please,it would make it so much easier in trying to figure out just what your getting at

Look at Bike Friday's Trailer suitcase ... it comes apart and packs with the Bike inside it.

Make something like it but for that other case ..

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Originally Posted by fietsbob (Post 18725604)

Look at Bike Friday's Trailer suitcase ... it comes apart and packs with the Bike inside it.

Make something like it but for that other case ..

My aim is to make a system I can change to meet the circumstances with as little fuss , bother and expense as possible.Trailers when you need them can be a godsend or a huge hinderance when you don't.Why would i do it as you suggest(and there's nothing wrong with that way,it works for many people) when my way is going to be a whole lot simpler and cheaper to deal with.I don't think there any reason to debate, they both acomplish the same thing only in a different ways and if it doesn't work out then I will have learned something for the next time.

Y frame trailer design is pretty straight forward add a sheet of wood on top .. or the bottom of the travel case

use 2 diameters of aluminum tubing , one fit inside the others, and it can come apart in packable sections.

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Originally Posted by sdwphoto (Post 18718847)

And here is just such an option Paul is talking about.

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That's cool. Thanks for sharing your experiment.