Single wheel light weight bicycle trailer.

[jcchappy]

I'm not sure where to put this. if it will fit somewhere else better by all means move it on. A few weekends ago I built this single wheeled trailer for camping on the moutain bikes. I took it about 20 - 25 miles over really rough terrain with about 15 lbs weight on it seemed to work very good.
I used an old 26" bike front fork tube and wheel. I left brakes intact to eventually hook them up for stopping power. The frame of the trailer is conduit. the hitch part is a u joint assembly from a cars steering column. i welded a collor to the u joint assembly then drilled a hole in the collor welded a nut over the hole and by use of a bolt you can tesion the collor to the seat post. the trailer will pivot up and down and side to side by use of the u joint. The whole trailer assembly weighs about 12- 15 lbs. rolls very easy and as you can see will hold up up to 80 lbs (the 2 cinder blocks at 40 lbs a peice.) I would not recommend anything this heavy. a tent a few supplies and off you go. keep it to 25 to 30 lbs load on this lightweight rig. I pulled this behind my mountain bike for the day and was very impressed. It pulls very easy and is very agile. I also attached it to my motor bike and down the highway up 30 mph no problems. It is narrow so cars didnt seem to mind either.

 

[jcchappy]

I built this to use with a tote as a cargo box, but an Ice chest cube fits nicely too. Also show in this picture is the neck brace i welded to the trailer. Next is an assembly to haul our kayacks.

 

[jcchappy]

So no comments? does it look that bad? it really does work very good used it again this weekend on another off road trail.

 

[Steve M]

I was in Amishville in Indiana and that is what I saw on there bikes, looks nice.

 

[kicking]

So no comments? does it look that bad? it really does work very good used it again this weekend on another off road trail.[/Q........//// don’t look that bad … if it works and serve its purpose then what the hey ..I see what looks like brakes on the back tire do they work ? If not that might be a good project.. I have a similar post on here called push cart ….. Now that I have viewed yours … now the least you can do is look at mine lol .. Sorry no pics yet … at least you have pics for reference and ideas…. Give me some specs on your hardware … tubing … pipes ?aluminum ? I saw some tubing at lowes but it was ¾ inch galvanized ..any good places to pick up supply? Here’s a site for reference Bicycle frame building for the rest of us.

 

[Dave31]

I think it looks great JC, if it works and serve's the purpose that you built it for then Thumbs up buddy

 

[jcchappy]

the frame is made of conduit. Like electical conduit from home depot or lows or simular place. most of the frame is 1/2" the neck is 3/4 the brake are in the process of being hooked up although I havent needed them yet. i'm thinking about putting a little friction drive motor on it to pull its own weight.

 

[kicking]

Re: hey thanks for the info i am savi....

hey thanks for the info i am saving all these pictures of your stuff hope you dont mind ? any ways im geting some old junk bike frames . forks frames , ect. and stuff together allready got a wagon years for my garden and lawn mower didnt cost a dime and in good shape.. so im going to try both single wheel and four wheel and hook my bell speedo up , junk frames and such are geting hard to find around here ,,, people are starting to tighten there belts around here ... thinking about makeing a rack on my wagon and put a quick change solor panel on top thats interchangable from each rig ,,, and can be used for my home too... im working on a dynamo engine and stuff too ... i am working on my frame a little at a time have pics up soon i hope ..... later bro !!! o[

the frame is made of conduit. Like electical conduit from home depot or lows or simular place. most of the frame is 1/2" the neck is 3/4 the brake are in the process of being hooked up although I havent needed them yet. i'm thinking about putting a little friction drive motor on it to pull its own weight.