Finnished

[lukesdad]

Finally got the pods and chainring so bike is finnished.

Found a cargo net from an old car that fits perfectly.

Trailer connections maximise bike handling (mtb trailer)can t see it very but connections are ball and socket.

As I already had most parts lying around. Total cost was £32.50 (cheapest bike Ive ever built). Chainrings are 38 32 24 with a 11/32 cassette. Time atac and flats will be used for touring. Payload on trailer is 70 lbs. Total weight of rig (unloaded) is 27.5 lbs.

 

[montage]

that looks like a great touring machine LD!

 

[RedBike]

It looks like there's a lot of stuff in that trailer!

I can remember pulling my trailer along the Trans pennine cycleway (ncn 68).

On the climbs up through the Lakes I was regretting not having had the sense to have packed it as light as possible.

By the time I got to the Moorland crossings around Hebden bridge I was already wondering just what I could get away with binning or posting home.

On the last day of my tour while climbing the Woodhead pass out of Holmfirth I was thinking about stashing the trailer somewhere behind a wall somewhere, completeing the ride without it, then driving back to pick it up later on that day.


That tour must have had a negative impact on me because i've never used the trailer again since. It wasn't the weight that put me off using it. It was the fact it was so arkward to get it through styles.

 

[RedBike]

Nearly forgot.

Nice bike

You don't fancy building another like that for £35 do you?

 

[2Loose]

Very nice looking bike, lovely finish on the frame - I take it that the trailer was not included in the cost, if so, I want one!

 

[theclaud]

Lovely job, LD.

 

[lukesdad]

Nearly forgot.

Nice bike

You don't fancy building another like that for £35 do you?

Funny you should say that. Ive got a Spesh M4 with some nice bits hanging off it but, Im fast running out of spare parts so that may be a little more expensive.

 

[lukesdad]

Already had the trailer

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Nice job lukesdad - couldn't shift a piano for me could you?