A few weeks ago, my new old bike hauled 65lbs of groceries. Today, we added a trailer and made it to 129.93 lbs 😂
I didn't even need to bring front panniers, or a rear basket in place of my trunk bag 🤭
The trailer is a Wike City Cargo.
Are you feeding an army? Or do groceries really weigh that much?
Please be respectful, he's from the United States. That's his daily groceries.
I mean, one large watermelon and a 10lb bag of potatoes already gets up over 20lbs. Add in a ton of bananas (to freeze for making ice cream), 5L bottle of vegetable oil, 4 x 1.89L of almond milk, and other food, and you get to 129lbs 😂
Nice!
I honestly just use my kid trailer, which can haul up to 100lbs/two kids. I put heavy stuff on the seats, and it conveniently has straps to keep bulky things like toilet paper from moving. Liquids and crushable things go in the panniers so they don't get punctured or crushed.
I haven't weighed my biggest loads, but I have done Costco and auto parts (e.g. battery) runs before. So for others who might have a kiddie trailer laying around, give it a shot! It's not as convenient as an actual cargo trailer, but it gets t job done.
With cars and trucks, there comes a point at which trailer weight or the ratio of trailer weight to vehicle weight makes it unsafe without trailer brakes. Is that a consideration with bicycles?
Is that a consideration with bicycles?
Yes, you can get special bike trailers designed for very heavy and large loads, which come with overrun brakes. Not too common unless you're hauling stuff by bike as a business. These guys seem to even have e-assisted trailers!
You also do have to make sure that your weight bias on the bike trailer is done right.
But it feels very safe, even last night on a moderate, long downhill @ approx. 32km/h. I am slower on turns and when riding over bumps, so you do have you use caution.
I sincerely hope your grocery store is generally uphill from where you live.
Yes! It's only a 90m elevation difference to get to this place, but it's uphill all the way there and downhill all the way back :)
Trailers are awesome. Getting all that weight off the bike makes a huge difference in handling.
I don't know what yours is rated to, but so long as you balance the load well, you can haul 400+ pounds in a trailer.
I believe this one is 100lbs rated, but some that I've seen can carry a lot more. It's impressive what a bike can move!
Yeah, the lowest gear ratios of mountain and touring bikes give you enough torque to haul several hundred pounds.
I had a similar trailer. I ended up ripping off all the canvas and screwing a plywood deck to the frame. I had 400 pounds of water softener salt on it with no problems.
Extending the towbar about 8 feet, I used to tow a canoe.
How heavy is a lbs?
About 450g.
I bought 20 lbs of rice and 10 lbs of beans yesterday and that only took one pannier
Bought exactly the same last weekend 😂
Awesome!
This is always very satisfying, although to be fair I'm not as packed as you.