CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
Trailer-tent
- Thread starter CopperBrompton
- Start date
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Ben Lovejoy said:
Yet another solution looking for a problem to solve...
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Now I want to know if you can tow the thing with the tent erected!!
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
tdr1nka said:Now I want to know if you can tow the thing with the tent erected!!
With someone in it preferably me
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Not knocking the idea, just exploring the po'tent'ials.
Once Miss tdr1nka is able to ride independently and I have more room available, a trailer I can use both on the 'bent trike and the hack will either be built or purchased.
Once Miss tdr1nka is able to ride independently and I have more room available, a trailer I can use both on the 'bent trike and the hack will either be built or purchased.
mickle
innit
- Location
- 53.933606, -1.076131
It's been around for eighty years or more as a concept, I've seen old plans for a home made wooden version. That one seems well executed but what we really need to know is whether or not it would withstand the nooky test.
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
mickle said:
Ah yes, the bump & grind of daily use!
Andy in Sig
Vice President in Exile
- Location
- Sigmaringen, Germany
Am I missing something from the pictures? They say that it turns into a cot but the pic of the tent interior shows no cot.
Headgardener
Armchair Cyclist
Hi All. Would it also need some sort of flysheet (outer) for the rather inclement weather we tend to get in this fair country.
andrew_s
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucester
The cot is below the central part of the tent floor. You've basically got a cot with a tent on top of it.Andy in Sig said:
Problems:
The edges of the tent floor are pretty much unsupported, so you couldn't put much in the way of gear there. Where do you stash your gear whilst you are asleep? It would have to be outside the tent. You'd have problems with the wind getting under the tent and trying to blow it away. It wouldn't happen whilst you were in it, but the tent could get trashed a lot easier than one that was pegged to the ground.
Miggsy
New Member
- Location
- Netherlands
The German take on the concept: http://speedlobster.de/galerie.html
Miggsy
New Member
- Location
- Netherlands
Also Interesting Trailer Blog here: http://biketrailerblog.com/
andrew_s
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucester
What a pointless idea.Miggsy said:
What does it give you that an ordinary tent carried in a BOB Ibex doesn't, apart from...
A compromised tent design,
The inability to take a lighter tent if there's only one of you,
The inability to fetch a crate of beer from the supermarket after you've set up your tent?
