Comments on: Burley Travoy – A New Generation of Trailers http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/03/19/burley-travoy-a-new-generation-of-trailers/ Tips, Hints, Reviews and Safety for Bike Commuters Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Statrixbob http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/03/19/burley-travoy-a-new-generation-of-trailers/comment-page-1/#comment-174491 Statrixbob Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:49:02 +0000 http://commutebybike.com/?p=4668#comment-174491 Actually this looks it was taken from what I've actually seen several times here; homeless folks using bikes with a handtruck as a trailer. Admittedly they're using real handtrucks which I wouldn't want to drag around, but the geometry looks pretty similar. Aloha! Actually this looks it was taken from what I’ve actually seen several times here; homeless folks using bikes with a handtruck as a trailer. Admittedly they’re using real handtrucks which I wouldn’t want to drag around, but the geometry looks pretty similar.

Aloha!

]]> By: shyam http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/03/19/burley-travoy-a-new-generation-of-trailers/comment-page-1/#comment-170105 shyam Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:26:41 +0000 http://commutebybike.com/?p=4668#comment-170105 i think there may be a homeless man or woman out there with patent rights on this already. i think there may be a homeless man or woman out there with patent rights on this already.

]]> By: Gary http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/03/19/burley-travoy-a-new-generation-of-trailers/comment-page-1/#comment-168673 Gary Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:06:46 +0000 http://commutebybike.com/?p=4668#comment-168673 Looks like a nice trailer, but the general idea is not all that new. The Bike Hod is a similar design that has been sold in England for at least a decade: http://www.bikehod.com/ Looks like a nice trailer, but the general idea is not all that new. The Bike Hod is a similar design that has been sold in England for at least a decade:

http://www.bikehod.com/

]]> By: Rob E. http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/03/19/burley-travoy-a-new-generation-of-trailers/comment-page-1/#comment-168124 Rob E. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:44:19 +0000 http://commutebybike.com/?p=4668#comment-168124 Neat. I wonder about weight distribution, though. I always think that one of the main benefits of a trailer is that by balancing the weight properly, you can keep most of the weight off the bike and on to the trailer. This attachment method and style of trailer doesn't seem to make that very possible. Don't know how much/if that would affect handling, though. It does seem like it might preclude the use of a rear rack, or at least a trunk bag. But then I guess that's why you have a trailer. But I have occasionally found it helpful to use both my rack and a trailer together. It also seems like it would have greater utility if you attach something wider than the actual trailer, but the wheel placement precludes that. Maybe box that boosted the wider item up above the wheels would fix that. But I do like the looks of it and collapsibility of it. I've been pondering something like that for a big, hard-sided suitcase that I could haul behind my folding bike to the airport, then put bike and trailer into the suitcase, and continue on my merry way. This doesn't fold up /that/ small, but it's the same idea, so I'm glad to see it's at least theoretically feasible. Neat. I wonder about weight distribution, though. I always think that one of the main benefits of a trailer is that by balancing the weight properly, you can keep most of the weight off the bike and on to the trailer. This attachment method and style of trailer doesn’t seem to make that very possible. Don’t know how much/if that would affect handling, though. It does seem like it might preclude the use of a rear rack, or at least a trunk bag. But then I guess that’s why you have a trailer. But I have occasionally found it helpful to use both my rack and a trailer together. It also seems like it would have greater utility if you attach something wider than the actual trailer, but the wheel placement precludes that. Maybe box that boosted the wider item up above the wheels would fix that. But I do like the looks of it and collapsibility of it. I’ve been pondering something like that for a big, hard-sided suitcase that I could haul behind my folding bike to the airport, then put bike and trailer into the suitcase, and continue on my merry way. This doesn’t fold up /that/ small, but it’s the same idea, so I’m glad to see it’s at least theoretically feasible.

]]> By: Jim http://www.commutebybike.com/2010/03/19/burley-travoy-a-new-generation-of-trailers/comment-page-1/#comment-168107 Jim Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:34:51 +0000 http://commutebybike.com/?p=4668#comment-168107 This makes me think that my on-again, off-again plan to make a bike trailer from an odld golf caddy is not that preposterous - very similar configuration. This makes me think that my on-again, off-again plan to make a bike trailer from an odld golf caddy is not that preposterous – very similar configuration.

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