RATBOY

Does anyone have any experience with a TW Bents Trailer?

https://www.actionbent.com/twtrailer.html

Opinions please!

gregw

Looks like an outstanding knock-off of the BOB trailer!
I have not seen this trailer before, it's 1.5lbs heavier than BOB, but the folding aspect could be useful. For me, I don't really need to fold-up my BOB, I take off the wheel and fork, them put the whole thing onto a bigger box with most all my touring gear and ship it to my start point , or ship it back home at the end of a tour.
Someone needs to make an aluminum version that weighs 10lbs and folds up, or at least into a more rectangular shape easy to ship.

m5nardi

I have one, I love it. It had a few benefits to me over the BOB when I was shopping. First of all, it folds up. Because it folds up the hitch forks can be as wide or as narrow as whichever bike I hook it to, without bending something not really designed to be. The retaining pins are fully enclosed and more substantial than the original thin wire BOB pins, though they may have redesigned those since I last looked closely. And last but not least, it was cheaper.

I've been quite pleased with it so far, it's pretty solidly built. I've had as much as 80# in it (on a short grocery run, I wouldn't have wanted to haul that much around for long). In fact, the only issues I've had with it so far are problems with single-wheel trailers in general.

Marylandnewbie

I have one as well as am very pleased with it. I've used it for various shopping runs and it has always performed well. I found that a fairly large Rubbermaid tote fits inside it allowing you to carry a lot of stuff out of the weather. The tote also works well if you want to use the trailer to haul around long handled garden tools. It will also hold a 30 gal trash can when you want to do a litter sweep along the bike trail.

I've used it on 3 tours and it has worked very well for me is all cases. I have never had to ship the trailer to the start of a tour , but I do find the folding feature nice for storage purposes. There is a small weight penalty over the BOB, but the price makes up for it in my mind.

As with any trailer make sure you keep the heavy stuff as low as possible and as close to your bike as you can. Too much stuff up high and you will feel it. It seems to be very ruggedly made and the retaining pins seem very tough. I keep meaning to buy another towing skewer just in case something should happen to the one I have, but haven't gotten around to it.

rimugu

https://cyclingsolutions.com/item.asp?PID=168

RATBOY

ONE LEFT! Get 'em while they are hot!

Thanks to all others for responding so far, and for giving me a chance to bump this thread.

I appreciate all assistance!

onbike 1939

A bit on the heavy side when compared with the Extrawheel at less than half the weight.

https://www.extrawheel.com/index_en.php

mark123

I got 50lbs in mine and am towing it across mexico central america right now, no problems so far. It breaks down to almost carryon size. (59", sarryon is 51") There are pictures of it broke down on my blog markschaumann.com

NoReg

Extrawheel isn't a fair comparison since you can't put anything in it. We ought to have some kind of word for trailers that basically provide extra space for paniers and trailers that contain a load. Extrawheels seems like a good idea where you want to roll on a bigger wheel, or possibly with a narrower load.

onbike 1939

That guy that cycled the Canning trail in Australia using an Extrawheel to carry all his water supplies must have been really pissed.