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700c single wheel bike trailer?

Old 03-23-15, 11:53 PM
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A little quirk of the extra wheel trailer for those who don't know is that there can be problems with "low" mudguard stays.
My Gilles Berthoud stays had to be raised to allow a decent amount of trailer up and down articulation.
Without moving the mudguard stays upwards, the trailer was forever hitting them.







You can see the original holes in the fenders and how much I raised them here:



With the resulting 13 inches of upward articulation



My Extrawheel trailer wheel is a mirror of my Ogres front wheel in that it shares its Velocity Dyad rim, CX-ray stainless spokes and Son28 dynohub with E-werk charging system.

Hard to tell from the last pic due to the angles and photo compression, but all the wheels are the same size as are the tires (2.00x622).

Only done a short tour on it so far but very happy with it.

Will be doing an extended tour (over a month) with it after the Easter holiday season when campground prices are lower.

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Old 03-24-15, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by rifraf
Only done a short tour on it so far but very happy with it.

Will be doing an extended tour (over a month) with it after the Easter holiday season when campground prices are lower.
When you get back from your Easter Tour let us know how the trailer worked out, and how your tour was.
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Old 03-24-15, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mdilthey
THe more I look into the XTrawheel, the more I like it. It does make a lot of sense as a trailer, without even considering the "spare wheel" part.

There's value in having a "spare tire," too, in that you can patch/boot a torn tire and throw it on the trailer, where the load and stress is significantly less.

On top of all that, you can always abandon it if stuff REALLY hits the fan.

I think I will try and test one this summer, if I can.
I got one a few years ago to use in conjunction with a 26" wheel LHT instead of a bad handling Kona Ute. Only used it a few times but for carrying a pannier load that can't be carried on the bike it seems to work very well the few times I used it.
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