car too small, took the bike

"David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Only downside was that I dropped my hat in the skip and it took a lot
of fishing to get it out. Hopefully it should be out of the wash soon.

and before the usual cry,
http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/~dmamartin/trailerbed.jpg

..d

On the plus side, it does mean that for a cycle tour, put a tent in the body
of the trailer and you can sleep like a king at night ;-)

Cheers, helen s

David Martin said:

So this morning it was time to dispose of a bed. This was to go to the
local recycling depot (Marchbanks) which is less then a km away.
and before the usual cry,

http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/~dmamartin/trailerbed.jpg

Rats... there I was imagining a double bed standing on its side...

Now you've left me feeling less impressed....

Well done though!

Jim.

David Martin said:

So this morning it was time to dispose of a bed. This was to go to the
local recycling depot (Marchbanks) which is less then a km away.

Having only a small family car (N reg Astra) for moving stuff around,
the choice naturally fell on the bike and Worf for doign the necessary.

Filled the body of the trailer with the rest of the recycling (glass,
metals, milk bottles etc) and strapped the bed on top. Waited for a gap
in the traffic. I had decided to take a slightly off road start to
transport the body by the back streets as much as possible. Towing
loads up hills is granny gear work. traffic was heavy, but as I pushed
the bike up the hill some wag shouted 'get a car'. Funny thing was that
he hadn't moved by the time I was out of sight as he was stuck in
traffic ..

Get to the dump, the gaffer there was most impressed. He even went back
into his little hut for the camera, took a picture and was going to
send it in for 'recycler of the month'. Look for that in the guest
publications slot on HIGNFY...

Only downside was that I dropped my hat in the skip and it took a lot
of fishing to get it out. Hopefully it should be out of the wash soon.

and before the usual cry,
http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/~dmamartin/trailerbed.jpg

..d

That would have been really handy for your long distance riding next
year too. Nice story.

wafflycat said:

On the plus side, it does mean that for a cycle tour, put a tent in the body
of the trailer and you can sleep like a king at night ;-)

Jebbut I want to go more than 20 miles in a day..

...d

"David Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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wafflycat said:

On the plus side, it does mean that for a cycle tour, put a tent in the
body
of the trailer and you can sleep like a king at night ;-)

Jebbut I want to go more than 20 miles in a day..

..d

Darned well get out and do some training then! Wimp!

Cheers, helen s ;-)

David Martin said:

wafflycat said:

On the plus side, it does mean that for a cycle tour, put a tent in
the body of the trailer and you can sleep like a king at night ;-)

Jebbut I want to go more than 20 miles in a day..

Don't worry, you'll be able to go much farther after a good night's
sleep.

Chris
--
Chris Eilbeck
MARS Flight Crew http://www.mars.org.uk/
UKRA #1108 Level 2 UYB
Tripoli UK Member #9527 LSMR

David Martin said:

wafflycat said:

On the plus side, it does mean that for a cycle tour, put a
tent in the body of the trailer and you can sleep like a king
at night ;-)

Jebbut I want to go more than 20 miles in a day..

..d

If you go with a friend you can take turns cycling and turns sleeping
you'd never have to stop.
--
Cheers
the.Mark

wafflycat said:

Quoted message said:

Jebbut I want to go more than 20 miles in a day..

..d

Darned well get out and do some training then! Wimp!

Its not the training that's the problem, its the stopping for a kip on
the back ;-)

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

David Martin said:

Having only a small family car (N reg Astra) for moving stuff around,
the choice naturally fell on the bike and Worf for doign the necessary.

I admire your bike trailer. However, I do have a set of Astra fitting roof
bar mounts I'm not using....

Alan Braggins said:

David Martin said:

Having only a small family car (N reg Astra) for moving stuff around,
the choice naturally fell on the bike and Worf for doign the necessary.

I admire your bike trailer. However, I do have a set of Astra fitting roof
bar mounts I'm not using....

And I have a set of roof bars for a Toyota Hi-ace combi, if anyone is
interested. I'm not using them either..

...d

Someone reversed a car into our fence last week, writing off a couple
of pailings and a three metre arris rail. Have you tried getting a
three metre arris rail onto a trailer? No. I did consider strapping
it vertically, with a tinsel angel on top, but decided the centre of
gravity would be too high up. Clearly it goes strapped to the crossbar,
lance-stylee with flags (er, penants) front and back, but that doesn't
stop pavement lemmings from walking into it. What is one to do?

Geraint Jones said:

Someone reversed a car into our fence last week, writing off a couple
of pailings and a three metre arris rail. Have you tried getting a
three metre arris rail onto a trailer? No. I did consider strapping
it vertically, with a tinsel angel on top, but decided the centre of
gravity would be too high up. Clearly it goes strapped to the crossbar,
lance-stylee with flags (er, penants) front and back, but that doesn't
stop pavement lemmings from walking into it. What is one to do?

Round here they will deliver for free and as its part of a round doing
many drop offs in the locality it better than taking the car.

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

Geraint Jones said:

Someone reversed a car into our fence last week, writing off a couple
of pailings and a three metre arris rail. Have you tried getting a
three metre arris rail onto a trailer? No. I did consider strapping
it vertically, with a tinsel angel on top, but decided the centre of
gravity would be too high up. Clearly it goes strapped to the crossbar,
lance-stylee with flags (er, penants) front and back, but that doesn't
stop pavement lemmings from walking into it. What is one to do?

Strap it to the crossbar on the tandem. I have done that with some 4-5m
pieces that I was taking to the allotment. I had to walk the bike
though. Turning into the gate required using the whole width of the
road to turn in.

...d

[email hidden] (Geraint Jones)typed

Quoted message said:

Someone reversed a car into our fence last week, writing off a couple
of pailings and a three metre arris rail. Have you tried getting a
three metre arris rail onto a trailer? No. I did consider strapping
it vertically, with a tinsel angel on top, but decided the centre of
gravity would be too high up. Clearly it goes strapped to the crossbar,
lance-stylee with flags (er, penants) front and back, but that doesn't
stop pavement lemmings from walking into it. What is one to do?

Find a friend and walk in step.
Attach seasonal Santa to arris rail.
Larf when pavement lemmings walk into you.

YO HO HO!

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Geraint Jones said:

Someone reversed a car into our fence last week, writing off a couple
of pailings and a three metre arris rail. Have you tried getting a
three metre arris rail onto a trailer? No. I did consider strapping
it vertically, with a tinsel angel on top, but decided the centre of
gravity would be too high up. Clearly it goes strapped to the crossbar,
lance-stylee with flags (er, penants) front and back, but that doesn't
stop pavement lemmings from walking into it. What is one to do?

A bike is 2m long, if you nothwithstanding manage to spear a pavement
lemming you get a hundred points for the Darwin award.

When I was a lad the windowcleaner came by bicycle, with the ladder over
his shoulder. Progress ment he got himself a 'bakfiets'
--
---
Marten Gerritsen

INFOapestaartjeM-GINEERINGpuntNL
www.m-gineering.nl

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

[email hidden] (Geraint Jones)typed

Find a friend and walk in step.
Attach seasonal Santa to arris rail.
Larf when pavement lemmings walk into you.

YO HO HO!

Is that the pirate Santa Claus?

So are you going on the Santacon this year Helen?
http://www.santarchy.com/
http://www.santacon.com

I always rent a van when I need to move my bed. Costs me £50 each
time, and picking it up in the out-of-town business park is a real
hassle. Can trailers for bikes be rented somewhere?? My local bike shop
couldn't help me.