I'm not sure at what point I had decided that I needed a trailer to tow behind my bike. Maybe it was when Layla finally graduated to a real cycle that enabled us to start cycling to progressively greater distances. Anyways what I need (want), I cannot normally afford, so I gravitate towards making stuff. However with the very little time that I have being divided between taking the girls cycling and swimming and the rest in construction..... the prospect of building that trailer seems further and further away.
Till yesterday.
I found this left out for garbage collection......
A fully functional child carrier made by our very own "Chariot Carriers" in Alberta. Oh Joy!!!
It's an amazing piece of tech with cast plastic wheels shod with street tyres and with fully sealed roller bearings attached to a solid axle. The frame is aluminum so it will make for easy working. The only problem is with the hitch that attaches to the cycle, but that will be rectified.
I ripped off the protective shell and it is now laid bare for hacking.
I plan to make the trailer look like the Radio Flyer Wagons.
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