sunflowerflyer

The post asking how fast to pull a trailer reminded me of an event a few years ago.

When our kids were smaller they both rode in a cheaper trailer that didn't have a full time screen over the front. One day our daughter thought it would be fun to take her cat. I'm still not sure why I ever agreed to this, but she really didn't ask, just grabbed it as we were loading up.

About 2 miles from home we stopped for a break, and the cat jumped out and ran into some underbrush. I waded through poison ivy and barb wire fences to finally catch it, calm it down, and give it back to our daughter.

Then going down a large hill on the way home our daughter yelled at me. I looked back to see the cat had tried to jump out again at about 15mph, and had caught the aluminum arm that attaches to the bike. It naturally couldn't stand on such a small tube, and was hanging by all fours, its back an inch or so above the asphalt, looking very distraught! I now know the bike brakes work very well, even with the added weight of the trailer.

We made it home safely, and for the cats safety, and my sanity, it was forever more banned from the trailer =].

sunflowerflyer

masiman

StephenH

I tried carrying dogs on the front platform of my Worksman front-loading trike. Works so-so. But first challenge is to get the dogs to not bail off over the front of the thing!