hmcleay
Likes Bikes
Hi Guys,
My mates and I are hitting up Queenstown in November for a week of DH.
We plan on hiring a trailer there for carrying the bikes during shuttles.
There will be 5 of us with bikes, but I would like the capacity to carry more, so that we can 'pick up' some locals and have good times together....riding I mean.... on bikes.
Obviously, being a hire trailer, we can't make any mods to it.
I was envisaging using a 6x4 caged trailer, and hanging the bikes up on the front and back walls (i.e. main part of bike within the 6x4 area, front wheel & fork hanging on the outside of the 6x4 area).
We would have to throw some padding (old carpet or something) over the front & rear to prevent damage to our bikes.
They also have 8x4 caged trailers.
Has anyone tried hanging the bikes over the SIDES of a caged trailer (rather than the front and back)?
Would this be too wide for safe use on public roads?
The hire company also has a few enclosed trailers.
One called a 'furniture' trailer with box dimensions of 3.25m long x 1.6m wide x 2.1m high.
This one would be great security-wise, but it would be difficult and time-consuming to load the bikes so that they don't move around inside.
They've also got a horse float!
I've only ever used a 'custom' trailer for shuttles.
Any suggestions would be great.
Cheers,
Hugh.
My mates and I are hitting up Queenstown in November for a week of DH.
We plan on hiring a trailer there for carrying the bikes during shuttles.
There will be 5 of us with bikes, but I would like the capacity to carry more, so that we can 'pick up' some locals and have good times together....riding I mean.... on bikes.
Obviously, being a hire trailer, we can't make any mods to it.
I was envisaging using a 6x4 caged trailer, and hanging the bikes up on the front and back walls (i.e. main part of bike within the 6x4 area, front wheel & fork hanging on the outside of the 6x4 area).
We would have to throw some padding (old carpet or something) over the front & rear to prevent damage to our bikes.
They also have 8x4 caged trailers.
Has anyone tried hanging the bikes over the SIDES of a caged trailer (rather than the front and back)?
Would this be too wide for safe use on public roads?
The hire company also has a few enclosed trailers.
One called a 'furniture' trailer with box dimensions of 3.25m long x 1.6m wide x 2.1m high.
This one would be great security-wise, but it would be difficult and time-consuming to load the bikes so that they don't move around inside.
They've also got a horse float!
I've only ever used a 'custom' trailer for shuttles.
Any suggestions would be great.
Cheers,
Hugh.
