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cubism_pitta made a bike trailer to help them haul bikes
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recursive_recursion piefed.ca recursive_recursion@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-06
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I made a bike trailer to help me haul bikes

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46818503

I built this using a cheap bike trailer for hauling kids that I picked up off the curb and an old steel bed frame.

The idea is that I can use it to haul bikes around that I am working on for customers in my local community.

My next goals are to:

  1. Move the wheels backwards by about a foot to improve handling and reduce scraping when going down curbs and driveways
  2. Obtain a bike hauler that attaches to the roof or tow hitch of a car to allow me to tow more than one bicycle at a time

This version is awesome though because it was made mainly using junk and swearing :)

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limelight79 lemmy.world limelight79@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Nice. As with any trailer, you want about 60% of the weight ahead of the trailer wheels. I doubt sway will be a problem at bicycle speeds, but that weight distribution should help keep it stable.

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flambonkscious sh.itjust.works flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
#3 · Quote Reply

So hang on, recurive_recursion makes a bike trailer to carry bikes?

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recursive_recursion piefed.ca recursive_recursion@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-06
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So hang on, recurive_recursion makes a bike trailer to carry bikes?

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It's a crosspost showcasing the trailer that @cubism_pitta@lemmy.world made.

I'll revise the title to make this clear as something went wrong it seems.🤔🙌

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flambonkscious sh.itjust.works flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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? It's a crosspost showcasing the trailer that @cubism_pitta@lemmy.world made. I'll revise the title to make this clear as something went wrong it seems.🤔🙌

Oh, slly me! I didn't click that cubism posted it...

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