http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Loaded en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:57:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156873 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:59:06 +0000 MediumDave 156873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, I promise to post pics of any experiments I make in this area. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156870 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:53:12 +0000 cb 156870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"It'd either stabilise slightly out of line with the track of the bike"</p> <p>Yes, that does sound more likely actually. Would be intersting to test with some exagerated setups. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156868 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:44:37 +0000 wingpig 156868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"Would the trailer try to move off to the side or (as I think would happen) would it just tow straight but at greater effort and perhaps some additional wear on the tyres/hubs? "</em></blockquote></p> <p>Depends on the rigidity of the ladder-wheel join, the degree of non-parallelness between bike and trailing wheels, the hitch point, the weight of the ladder pressing the wheels onto the road and so on. It'd either stabilise slightly out of line with the track of the bike or oscillate/skitter slightly if it couldn't find a stable position (if the trailing wheels weren't parallel to the bike wheels at the point where the left-right swing was in equilibrium). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156862 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:22:52 +0000 cb 156862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Never considered using the item to be moved in place of the hitch, as ladder-man is doing."</p> <p>I think you'd have to be pretty careful to ensure that the trailer was fastened securly in line with the item.</p> <p>I've been trying to work out what would happen if the trailer wheels were pointing slightly to the left or right.</p> <p>Would the trailer try to move off to the side or (as I think would happen) would it just tow straight but at greater effort and perhaps some additional wear on the tyres/hubs? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156861 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:11:49 +0000 MediumDave 156861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm Well googling "Portland bike house move" has enhanced my post-lunch Friday slump :)</p> <p>I do have a Carryfreedom Y-frame but hitherto hadn't thought of a way of using it to move very long things (e.g. T&amp;G floorboards, lengths of skirting etc). Never considered using the item to be moved in place of the hitch, as ladder-man is doing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156860 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:10:42 +0000 fimm 156860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot that is more effort than I made... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156857 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:55:14 +0000 chdot 156857@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I've seen pictures of cargo bikers in Portland moving an entire house by bicycle"</p> <p>Yeah, I was trying to find pix, but didn't try hard enough... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156856 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:51:20 +0000 fimm 156856@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>david.nutter I've seen pictures of cargo bikers in Portland moving an entire house by bicycle. And I mean the house... moving your possessions by bike is relatively common, apparently. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156846 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:31:25 +0000 MediumDave 156846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooh, in future I might adopt ladder-man's approach for getting long lengths of timber back from the builders merchant,</p> <p>Tying them onto the sides of the bike and wheeling the creaking assembly home wasn't much fun after all... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156834 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:45:33 +0000 chrisfl 156834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you add a 2 wheels then it's a trike? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156831 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:41:55 +0000 skotl 156831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That definitely looks like a solution looking for a problem :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156823 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:18:16 +0000 chdot 156823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/attachment.php?s=12632f7e0a93195dfdb5198da80589d8&amp;attachmentid=3483&amp;stc=1&amp;d=1083264772 "></p> <p><a href="http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32156" rel="nofollow">http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32156</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156822 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:06:27 +0000 wingpig 156822@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"...the "trailer" end was actually a pensioner's shopping trolley thing..."</em></blockquote></p> <p>When Waitrose's trailer-hire scheme was mentioned on the forum someone linked to <a href="http://www.bikehod.com">BikeHod</a>; they closely resemble codger-style shopping-trolleys, though presumably the more expensive BikeHods are (better) able to cope with being rattled around at &gt;20mph with a heavy load.</p> <p>My father-in-law once fashioned himself a means of attaching a golf-stick trolley to his seatpost for carting it about, presumably using something more substantial than his usual application of silicone sealant.</p> <p>What would be really useful is something like a BikeHod which could also retract and be carried on the rear rack when not deployed or detached in shopping-trolley mode. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156821 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:00:09 +0000 Arellcat 156821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Just a guess based on bricks and a road/pavement in a very good state of repair..</em></p> <p>Decent tarmac almost everywhere is what always strikes me when I cycle in London.</p> <p>NiallA, in one of the Edinburgh Bicycle catalogues (1997 I think, but I'd need to check) there's a big picture of Heather Holmyard transporting a cello-in-hard-case upright on a BOB Yak with a few bungee cords. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156816 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:15:55 +0000 chdot 156816@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.shift2bikes.org/wikiwiki/bikefun:move_x_bike" rel="nofollow">http://www.shift2bikes.org/wikiwiki/bikefun:move_x_bike</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156815 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:10:23 +0000 chdot 156815@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.streetfilms.org/bike-move" rel="nofollow">http://www.streetfilms.org/bike-move</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156814 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:03:37 +0000 NiallA 156814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>kaputnik - that's verging on genius or insanity, not sure which. Still, I've been musing recently about the best way to carry a guitar case on the bike - a couple of wheels and a trailer hitch stuck on to a hard case might actually work... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156812 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:59:05 +0000 kaputnik 156812@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I once saw someone transporting a long item like that in London. It was... a greenhouse!</p> <p>And the "trailer" end was actually a pensioner's shopping trolley thing, with the boxed greenhouse slung between the bike and the trailer and tied onto the rack somehow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156797 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:54:01 +0000 chdot 156797@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Londinium?"</p> <p>Yes. </p> <p>He was on the 'phone to someone explaining why he was running late - so maybe not a frequently transported item - and ordering a pint of Guinness. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156795 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:35:54 +0000 crowriver 156795@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow.</p> <p>Londinium?*</p> <p>* - Just a guess based on bricks and a road/pavement in a very good state of repair.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12982#post-156790 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:59:40 +0000 chdot 156790@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/14220900120/"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3837/14220900120_67440806d4.jpg"></a> </p>