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Andrew Chadwick
Guest
So, inspired by posts here and reviews I've read around the web, I went
ahead and bought myself a Carry Freedom Y-Frame trailer via the LBS plus a
bundle/pile of foldable crates, tarps and bungees. And most well-made and
practical it seems too, for all that it's been on only a few short trips to
the council recycling depot. Things of note about it:
* The reflector hangers are a little exposed, which can result in broken
mountings when replacing them with Big Scary Light fittings. Mostly
when cack-handed people like me assemble and disassemble the trailer,
of course.
* The large size is slightly too wide to get through an average-sized
front door when made up. Disassembled, it fits into tiny spaces...
* The rod part of the removable bit of the trailer hitches seems a little
short, projecting only a few mm beyond the spring clip. Is that normal?
* Seems all that would be necessary to turn it into a good handcart for
shopping would be a smallish metal drill bit: unlink the arm part, turn
through 90 degrees, re-pin and trundle off with it.
Oh, and the first day I used it properly, I passed and waved at a chap
riding what I think was a VealeMobile[1] while visiting B&Q for the crates,
which rather put me to shame. Probably has to be geared *up* for use round
here - Oxford rather than Sheffield - I guess.
[1] http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.pedalpushers.org.uk/veal/*
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Andrew Chadwick
ahead and bought myself a Carry Freedom Y-Frame trailer via the LBS plus a
bundle/pile of foldable crates, tarps and bungees. And most well-made and
practical it seems too, for all that it's been on only a few short trips to
the council recycling depot. Things of note about it:
* The reflector hangers are a little exposed, which can result in broken
mountings when replacing them with Big Scary Light fittings. Mostly
when cack-handed people like me assemble and disassemble the trailer,
of course.
* The large size is slightly too wide to get through an average-sized
front door when made up. Disassembled, it fits into tiny spaces...
* The rod part of the removable bit of the trailer hitches seems a little
short, projecting only a few mm beyond the spring clip. Is that normal?
* Seems all that would be necessary to turn it into a good handcart for
shopping would be a smallish metal drill bit: unlink the arm part, turn
through 90 degrees, re-pin and trundle off with it.
Oh, and the first day I used it properly, I passed and waved at a chap
riding what I think was a VealeMobile[1] while visiting B&Q for the crates,
which rather put me to shame. Probably has to be geared *up* for use round
here - Oxford rather than Sheffield - I guess.
[1] http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.pedalpushers.org.uk/veal/*
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Andrew Chadwick