Dog Bicycle Trailer

Does anybody have any experience of taking a 75 lbs dog on bike? I prefer to have dog on the bicycle
rack, but she is probably to heavy. Other option is to build or buy a trailer. I have my son's old
bmx bicycle I would like to use to build 'bob's like' trailer. Do you have any experience to build
such a trailer? Please share your thoughts.

Thank you,

Jurek, Seattle

Jerzy Gaciarz wrote:
>
> Does anybody have any experience of taking a 75 lbs dog on bike? I prefer to have dog on the
> bicycle rack, but she is probably to heavy. Other option is to build or buy a trailer. I have my
> son's old bmx bicycle I would like to use to build 'bob's like' trailer. Do you have any
> experience to build such a trailer? Please share your thoughts.

Check out this hot Chicago Critical Mass babe pulling a pretty big dog on what appears to be
homemade wooden trailer

http://pages.prodigy.net/rjmatter/gallery/hotdog.jpg

Looks nice and simple. The dog can get on and off easily and he appears to love to ride.

I see a lot of people riding along the Lakefront Path pulling their dogs in Burley-type kids
trailers too.

-Bob Matter Hammond, Indiana
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"Critical Mass exists because thousands of people are exhilarated and inspired by its ability to
redefine public space that was mapped out two generations ago with the oil industry at heart. It is
the voice of the minority amid the deafening roar of engines and the seduction of Madison Avenue
advertising." --Charles Higgins

I go tracking with my 80lb Doberman all the time.

I doubt the bob trailer is stable enough for that kind of weight in motion and I think it's too
small, but I haven't tried one.

I have an old Burley trailer. Don't put the seat in; and you need to pad the floor so toenails
won't rip it.

I took a 3/4 length backpacker's pad (which fits pretty exactly in the trailer), put two wooden
dowels in an X under it (for stiffness) and wrapped the whole thing in a blanket. Put that on the
floor and you're good to go.

If you dog won't _absolutely_ hold a stay (The Koehler Method of Dog Training is what I used), run a
4' leather leash across the back through the loops intended for the seatbelts, and fasten it to
itself. Have a very large snap leash attachment on that leash free to slide, and attach the snap to
the dog's collar. The dog can lie down and move around but not jump out. You'll have to keep the
screen back because a sitting dog is opposite of a sitting child in geometry. (Is the leash clear?
The snap that comes with the leash is used to snap the leash to itself in a circle through the
loops; a snap you add slides along the leash and is used to attach to the collar. Use a choke
collar, which has a good bit of slack on the live ring.) If the dog will obey a stay absolutely, you
don't need the leash.

The trailer leaves you having to figure out wheel tracks for three wheels around pot holes, and
sticks out a little more in traffic than you may like, and has considerable wind resistance if you
have a headwind. The actual drag from the dog isn't that great.

It's nice to have super-granny gears on steep hills unless your knees are really iron.

The dog will get hot in the sun, incidentally; spritz some water on him occasionally to relieve the
heat load.
--
Ron Hardin rhhardin@mindspring.com

On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Depends on how far and what shape the Dogs in, but I used the Bicycle Jogger from Drs. Foster &
Smith. My 8 year old Dog loves it and will try to pull me the whole 10 miles of my favorite trail. I
take him all over town also using it.

"Jerzy Gaciarz" <keruj@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:auco12$65tnn$1@ID-148580.news.dfncis.de...
> Does anybody have any experience of taking a 75 lbs dog on bike? I prefer to have dog on the
> bicycle rack, but she is probably to heavy. Other option is to build or buy a trailer. I have my
> son's old bmx
bicycle
> I would like to use to build 'bob's like' trailer. Do you have any experience to build such a
> trailer? Please share your thoughts.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Jurek, Seattle

Mudflap wrote:
> Depends on how far and what shape the Dogs in, but I used the Bicycle Jogger from Drs. Foster &
> Smith. My 8 year old Dog loves it and will try to pull me the whole 10 miles of my favorite trail.
> I take him all over town also using it.

The two hazards are: 1. It can produce permanent joint injury from road running; 2. Heat stroke.
Dogs don't cool in the sun very well. Normally they'd be lying under the porch.

In both, the dog doesn't know when to stop so keeps going beyond where he should.
--
Ron Hardin rhhardin@mindspring.com

On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Luigi de Guzman wrote:
>
> > Check out this hot Chicago Critical Mass babe pulling a pretty big dog on what appears to be
> > homemade wooden trailer
> >
> > http://pages.prodigy.net/rjmatter/gallery/hotdog.jpg
>
> if that's critical mass, what are they doing on the sidewalk?

We "spin-up" (circle Daley Plaza a few times) before setting off on the street. See
http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org for more photos.

-Bob Matter
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"Critical Mass exists because thousands of people are exhilarated and inspired by its ability to
redefine public space that was mapped out two generations ago with the oil industry at heart. It is
the voice of the minority amid the deafening roar of engines and the seduction of Madison Avenue
advertising." --Charles Higgins

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 15:27:13 GMT, "Robert J. Matter" <rjmatter@BikeLaneLove.org> wrote:

>We "spin-up" (circle Daley Plaza a few times) before setting off on the street.

Do you take turns to say "He broke my watch!"

Guy
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