Re: [Paddlewise] Bicycle trailer for kayak?

--- Melissa Reese <melissa_at_bonnyweeboaty.net> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Has anyone here built themselves a kayak trailer for their
> bicycle? Is there some company making them?...

Greetings,

EZTop (Also in Seakayaker magazine, issue 86 page 29, February
2002 along with the bicycle cart plans previously mentioned here)
makes a bicycle hitch for their "trolly".

http://goeztop.com/access.html

Look at the "additional trolly" and the "ez-top bicycle
attachment" links. One trolly (US$399.00) plus one bicycle
attachment US$69.95) equals one kayak trailer for a bike. In all
fairness this system adapts roof rack components for use as a
trailer.

I considered this product until reviewing the offerings from
Bikes at Work.

http://www.bikesatwork.com/products

Now I think I'll get an "S" frame or truss frame trailer from
them that I can use for all kinds of hauling including my kayaks.
These look to be well designed trailers from real bicycle users
and it's roughly the same cost as the eztop products.

My purpose for commenting is, perhaps with the parts you already
have you could reverse engineer the best features of these
designs to come up with a unique design that fits your own
needs/budget.

Also if you get a lead on the Farrington's Chariots I'd like to
know.

Thanks all,
Alan

Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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