http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: trailer - Recent Topics en Sat, 16 May 2026 16:15:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12076#post-140398 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:15:29 +0000 Jamie 140398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does anyone have any tips how to fix a fabric cover of a croozer trailer which has ripped? Thanks! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10853#post-120595 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 15:41:21 +0000 Instography 120595@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did I mention that I'd been on holiday in the Netherlands, camping with bikes and that I'd had to honour of carting everyone's stuff in a big bag on a Y frame? Did I?</p> <p>It was great but the pouring rain on the way home highlighted one shortcoming of the arrangement. The big bag wasn't waterproof. Of course, I knew that before I went. You couldn't expect much of a 140l bag that cost £17 from Amazon. And it was on the way home so no one cared about stuff getting wet. It was all destined for the washing machine. </p> <p>Anyway, I've got (at least I had) a big bit of waterproofed canvas so it was a relatively easy task to run up a cover for it, with lots of room for expansion for even bigger loads.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/instography/9436978612/" title="IMG_0571 by instography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/9436978612_006853db4e_n.jpg" alt="IMG_0571" /></a></p> <p>More photos <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/instography/sets/72157634922695351/">here</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9260#post-96606 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:24:18 +0000 DeathbyPompino 96606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any one got a cycle/cargo trailer for sale? The kind you'd put a child in. Any condition is fine!</p> <p>It's for the most precious member of the family (in my Dad's opinion) - the bl**dy dog!</p> <p>Please drop us a line if you do! Cheers! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4351#post-45758 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:19:37 +0000 Dave 45758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Carry-Freedom Y-Frame: 2.7% paid for itself since 07-11-2011</strong></p> <p>Car use displaced: 24.5 miles<br /> CO2 not emitted*: 7.3kg</p> <p>I found a Carry Freedom Y-Frame going cheap** to compliment my new bike. Chief Accountant is not impressed though, despite buying it from my personal discretionary budget.</p> <p>I figure though that if I'm disciplined with use, it will easily pay for itself in the near to mid term. Then I can have an extravagant party at Peter's Yard to celebrate the world of towed cyclecraft...</p> <p>I need to ride 895 miles to break even***. </p> <p>* For what it's worth I thought I might record the carbon approach too. The CTC says on average a car puts out 30kg of carbon per hundred miles driven. Ours is probably less efficient than that, and the trailer will displace only stop-start urban traffic, not highly favourable motorway driving - but it makes a useful baseline.</p> <p>** The trailer cost £170 (RRP £220). Other definitions of cheap are available!</p> <p>*** According to the AA, the <strong>marginal </strong>cost of a mile driven in our car is just over 19p. That being so, 895 miles will cost £170. This favours the car since, again, only stop-start urban traffic is being displaced, not "average" motorway driving. </p>