I have a 21 speed bike and I want to pull my trailer sailor to and from the marina the boat is a 14 foot y flyer with a trailer for portably, and I think that pulling the trailer will be no problem, the only problem I have is finding a way to securely attach the trailer to my bike. I have a design in mind that I could build, if you would like me to tell about that I'd be more then happy to, but want I wanted to know is if their is a website that sells some thing like this and all I got to do is buy it, put it together, and put it on my bike, then hook the trailer up and go. if a website like this exists please tell me. thanks

You'll probably have better luck in the Utility forum. Gimme a minute and I'll move it.

thank you, do you have any thoughts on this?

My arrangement is very simple: I put the boat on a folding 'canoe cart' (I think it was sold by LL Bean) strap it down and then tie the bow securely to the seat rails of my bike. Tracks great and I hardly notice that it's there except when going up hill. However I do need to be careful when making turns since the boat is 18' long.

that might work the only concern I have is that I think my boat would be too heavy for the canoe cart. keep in mind that my boat is a sail boat and has about a one hundred pound keel and has a metal mast and boom. plus I all ready have a trailer for it I just want some think to attach the trailer securely to my bike. although I might be able to use the canoe cart to a grip on my bike then I could just attach the trailer to the canoe cart. I will check that out. thanks

Brakes...

You mention how heavy the trailer is, and go has never been the issue in trucking history, it's been the "stop". Make sure that your bike is able to do a fair emergency stop with your load.

I don't plan on going fast, to get to my marina its like a fifteen minute bike ride thought the neighborhood, and if I do find it a problem I have some extra brakes that I could put on and to double up on brakes. thanks

You might check the Bikes At Work site. They specialize in heavy-duty trailers, and also sell a variety of trailer hitches.

ok thanks I will check the site out.

My recommendation

IF you are mechanically inclined and don't mind tinkering you might be able to buy a hitch from somewhere and fabricate your own system. Burley, Chariot and One Step all sell replacement hitches on their websites.

Aaron

Aaron

yea I have a design I am just trying to make one with out welding and with my design it would be hard not to weld, but I think this is the way I am going to have to go since I have search for some thing like this for hours and have not found anything I like. thanks

I have not yet pulled a boat with my bike but I have pulled loads of the weight range you are talking about and even considerably more. For pulling a trailer made to be pulled by a truck or car with a bike the thing to use is a two wheeled pup trailer with a ball hitch behind the bike to take the tongue weight of the trailer and also have a place to mount a 12V battery and electric trailer brake controller. Anything more then a couple hundred pounds of weight on the trailer and you need trailer brakes otherwise applying the bike brakes especially on a downhill will just jack-knife your bike in front of the trailer and the trailer will drag or run over the smaller lighter bike in front of it.

You can make such a pup trailer to fit your bike by re-bending and welding onto the handle of a cheap hand cart used for moving trailers around on a level surface by hand like this:



With some clever wiring and a variable pot you can rig up the electric trailer brake controller to your rear brake cable, set the trailer brakes to engage before the rear brake on the bike does.