countrydirt

Never used a trailer other than to pull children - youngest is now 4. I am not sure I would want to tour with a Burly! My set up is fairly small panniers front and back - next tour I intend to swap the smaller fronts (Lone Peak Sundance) with the rears (Nashbar Compact Euro) and try to keep most of the luggage weight up front.

kamoke

I haven't read all the posts on here, but thought I would share a different trailer I came across while surfing for trailers on the net.
https://www.koolstop.com/trailers/mule.html

-aaron

NoReg

That is cool, though I think on advantage to trailers is that they don't require one to search through paniers or have the weight of paniers, that can be abusively heavy to start with.

The Wilderbeast seems to cover standard bob type trailer neatly. Their idea of two paniers on the trailer mount could be useful.

gregw

I've cycled lots of miles with a BOB trailer and read many of these comparison threads and it appears that for the average tourist, panniers have the advantage. Trailers are for more of a niche group within the overall group, I seem to be in that group.

For a newbie, a used BOB with the big yellow bag is a really inexpensive way to experience touring to see if you like it. Use whatever bike you have, clip on the trailer, off you go. ($300 new and probably half that for a used one) After a few tours you will know for yourself if you want to invest in a touring bike, racks and panniers. Just keep the BOB for in-town grocery getting. A waterproof handlebar bag is a good investment and works for both set-ups.

Here are a few BOB modification that make parking and handling easier if you go that route.

https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p...e_id=9172&v=5j

https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p...e_id=9173&v=5l

NoReg

Norised the Koolstop ones seem to come with stands. Wonder what they cost, I haven't seen any for sale.