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Saw this today....who needs a tent

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/...ed_trailer.jpg

Now that is cool!

I'm heading to my workshop and welder now. This looks so cool! Not very efficient but comfy none the less. Good find!

Looks like he rode a single speed!

Ray

huh... teardrop camper for a bike... cool. Thought, I'm not scared of tight spaces.... and I wouldn't want to sleep there.

Great idea! I think there may be a market for something such as this with modern lightweight materials. Image a similiar trailer that lifts up in the back with hinges in the front. Then a tent material sort of like a popup trailer only just tall enough to sit up in. Travel with gear inside and then put gear underneath in camp.

1200 miles, 14 days.

That's moving.... 85/day roughly. Betcha there was some dirt & gravel mixed in too. Figure he must have walked 5-10 miles a day once he got past Albany, huh?

Wonder when that came out. Looks like it might be a pre-war Schwinn or early post war.


I'm dying to say something snipey about canti's, brifters, kickstands and fenders, but I'll hold off... for now.

Hmmm, a littel sewing, welding and ......

This was in the Utility forum and the link there shows it to be 1940.

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/...emade-trailer/

What about those handlebars:eek: Everyone knows that proper tourists need drops :innocent:

A woman recently finished running around the world pulling a modern tent-trailer. There are some pictures of it down this page.

http://www.rosiearoundtheworld.co.uk/

There is one either on the market or in prototype form here in Australia. I will try and track down a link and/or photo.

Regards
Andrew

Here you go. A video a bit of detail can be found here and the manufacturer's website can be found here. Should this be a new thread? BTW the OP's posting is a pretty cool one.



Regards
Andrew

Those look neat, but a bit bulky. Here's a sort of stripped down version.

http://pedalrv.bravehost.com/index.html

I kind of like this one myself. As soon as I find someone to help me figure out how to stick wheels on a tent/cot combo, I'm there. :p

The "midget " is 16.5kg or 36 lbs, the "pedle RV" is 35 lbs that's heavy IMHO. Vs if you take a bob or burly cargo at 18lbs and add a tent at 6lbs. But the convience, and setup/tear down...maybe.

What about integrating the trailer/tent combo into the bike, sort of like a rickshaw, make it a tricycle
and out of lightweight materials.

How about a scaled down and modified version of something like this? Add wheels and a hitch.

http://www.autohomeus.com/rooftop/columbus.php

Here's a guy that built a complete mobile home bike:

http://bikeportland.org/2006/11/10/m...nd-appearance/

And a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0D3itDq9Yk

How about this?

http://www.tonystrailers.com/nomad/

I like the idea of a tent/trailer, but I always come back to the major problem with trailers;
they are just another weight to pull up a hill. In the end hanging a bag off your bike is a lighter
solution.

I met that guy a couple years ago riding around Paradise Loop in Marin County (north of San Francisco). He was concerned about finding a non-hilly route over the GG Bridge. I was amazed at the size and weight of his rig (it had lots of metal). Also, it wasn't in the best of repair with holes and dangling wires.

Ray