Our friend David Hembrow and his wife Judy sent us these photos depicting how bike cargo trailers fit into their daily routine. “We use our bikes and trailers almost every day, for food shopping, dog walking, collecting things for our business and for going on holiday.” Pictured in these photos are a Carry Freedom City,…
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A Fruitful BONGO Trailer Load
My wife and I maxed out our Wandertec BONGO Trailer a few weeks ago at Sam’s Club. Our supplies fit so perfectly into the Rubbermaid on the BONGO that it seemed a photo was needed to show the perfect packing of a months worth of supplies.
Chariot & Croozer Trailer Sale thru May 24th!
We’re having a sale on ALL Chariot Carriers, Croozer Child, Cargo & Dog Trailers. Everything is 10% Off thru May 24th.
Commute by Tyke: Child Trailers
Bike commuting is fine for you, but I have kids who I need to take to daycare every morning. Oh Mama, are we ready with a comeback to that one. Child bike trailers aren’t just for towing your spawn to the playground on weekends. Many owners of child trailers use them daily as parents drop…
The Bike Friday Trailer
I did my monthly paper roll pickup at the Daily Sun, this time with the Bike Friday I am testing for Commute By Bike. It was a good opportunity to test out the capabilities of the suitcase/bike trailer that is available for traveling with the Bike Friday. Not only does the Bike Friday fit into…
The Monowalker Cycling/Walking Trailer
A while back, Kai Fuchs of Monowalker contacted us about his new product to see if we would like to publish it on our website. Well a year later, I’m finally getting around to posting something up about this interesting direction for bike trailers. I’m not actually sure if I should call this a bike…
The Bicycle City Trailer
The Bicycle City Trailer
Kahlkoff E-Bike and the BONGO Bike Trailer
We recently received an electric bike from Kahlkoff USA for use in an upcoming blogging project at Commute By Bike. Getting going with the project I’ve been going through the paces getting to know all of the ebikes on my daily bike commute.In this photo from last week, I hooked up a Large Wandertec BONGO…
Farfarer Handbuilt Bike Trailers and Racks
Quentin of Farfarer Bicycle Trailers and Racks recently wrote in to tell us about his interesting line up of handbuilt bicycle trailers and racks. I asked Quentin to to tell us a little about his inspiration for getting started with his bike trailer designs. Here is his story about the inspiration that lead to his…
A Commuter Trailer as a Job Benefit
At Bike Trailer Shop, we want to promote the idea of a bike cargo trailer as a job benefit for bike commuters–to get them to bike commute even more.
Poll: Would you borrow a bike trailer from your boss?
Buying a bike cargo trailer seems like a relatively easy and inexpensive thing a business could do to encourage those of us who do bike commute to do it even more.
Tandem Wheelie and Trailer Train
I love wheelies. I’m not so good at them anymore, but I’m a sucker for them.Last night, I had a dream that I was doing a wheelie on an adult tricycle. Please leave your psychoanalytical theories in the comments.Brown Cycles of Grand Junction Colorado makes KidzTandems, which are tandem bikes with the stoker position in…
Replacing Bike Trailer Bearings
For those of you who are having trouble finding a way to replace bearings on commodity trailers, wikiHow has a new step-by-step tutorial on what you need to use and how to do it in just 16 steps!
Moving a Kentucky Home on Bike Trailers
“Moving day” is perhaps one of the most stress inducing phrases a person can hear in their adult life. I should know, I’ve had to slog my junk across my hometown about five time in the last four years. But bike-enthusiasts, we’ve got great news! Andy Dyson managed to move the contents of his Louisville home about 1.4 miles away, all on pedal-power!
Australian Family's Crazy Taxi Trailer
“The area (Queensland) is known as the dry tropics. The arrangement that you see was used for grocery shopping when I lived back in place called Wodonga in the north eastern part of Victoria. Now I have a kiddie Chariot trailer taken the place of the BOB as we have an increased family size and the grocery bill that goes with it.”
Carrying Your Stuff: Bicycle Cargo Trailers
Last April, we covered the most common methods for transporting goods on a bicycle in Stacey Moses’s article Carrying Your Stuff: Bicycle Bags and Racks. Now it is time to turn our utility cycling obsessed brains in the direction of a less frequently used method for transporting goods by bicycle, bicycle cargo trailers. Though used…
Oregon's Greenlick Bill: No Kids Under Six on Bikes or Trailers (Roundup)
In Portland, the most bicycle friendly city in the country a bill was introduced that would prohibit Oregon cyclists from carrying children under the age of six on a bicycle or in a bicycle trailer.
Musicians Who Gig with a Bike Trailer Rig
The Haulin’ Bass Project got me wondering about other musicians or bands that use bike trailers, or pedal power exclusively. Here’s what I turned up: The Haulin’ Bass Project
The Haulin Bass Project: A Musical Mission by Bike Trailer
John Teske is a Seattle based bassist and composer who tows his upright bass on a custom-made bike trailer that is seven feet long by three feet wide. Teske raised more than $1000 to build the trailer, with rails, lights, and padded supports to protect the bass. I bike everywhere, except for rehearsals and shows….
Final Holiday Zinger #5 Wandertec BONGO Trailer $299!
The Final Zinger of Zinger week is the Wandertec BONGO Bike Trailer, the trailer that we manufacture In-House. Now thru Decemeber 26th, we are offering $30 off on both the large and small version of the Wandertec BONGO Trailer.
Dayworks Inc. Little Red Trailer Review
Bikes and things-wooden are, at best, an uneasy and uncommon mixture. Not so for the Little Red Trailer, a handy and inexpensive (MSRP: $86.00) little bicycle utility trailer made almost entirely out of recycled wood by Dayworks, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Burley Trailer Blowout Sale
I’m not sure if ‘blowout’ is the correct term, but I thought it sounded exciting to have a ‘blowout’ sale on my favorite bike trailers by Burley. With the holidays in full swing, it’s nice to have 10% off that trailer you’ve had your eye on, but didn’t want to blow too much dough on….
New Travoy Accessories & Burley Trailer Sale
When I started bike blogging, not that long ago, the first thing I wanted to write about was the Burley Travoy. I seriously went on, and on, and on about it–as did Bike Shop Girl. (Although my gushing about the Travoy was so effusive that it made me a Burley sales rep’s favorite bike blogger.) The…
The New Wheel of San Francisco Delivers Bikes by Wandertec BONGO Trailer
We were very excited when The New Wheel Electric Bike Shop of San Francisco contacted us here at the BikeTrailerShop.com looking for a solution for delivering brand spanking new electric bikes to their clients. It sounded like a job for the Wandertec BONGO bike trailer, a trailer that we make here in our shop. The…