2 seater bike trailer, 50 quid

fat bloke

Selling the most economical SUV on the planet

Here's what it looked like new: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventure-St3-Steel-Two-Seater-Trailer/dp/B001OC6CEG

I bought it in the cycle Inn... emmm maybe three years ago. Pretty sure I paid 220 quid for it. Used it to bring my kids the mile and a half two and from school, in all sorts of weather for about two years. They've outgrown it now so it's been sitting in the shed for 7 or 8 months.

It's well used, as can be seen from the outside, but the inside of it is perfect, and it's functionally perfect. It's very waterproof as well, the kids have never gotten wet in it on a trip. It seats two kids and has all the required restraints, and there's a pretty decent "boot" space behind the seats for school bags or shopping or whatever.

I don't have the flag for it. After my 15th time having to stop to retrieve it, I gave up on it and it's been misplaced since.

Fits any bike, and sure if you don't have kids, just put two bags of cement in it and attach it to your TT bike for strength training intervals.

50 quid.

I'm not posting it for obvious reasons. Collection is the way forward. I'm in south Dublin.

Use it for a week and you've saved a tank of fuel.
Can't say fairer than that.

TMC99

Hi - very interested & offer asking price - living down the country but could pick up next week when in Dublin if thats suited ?

Oldlegs

9 minutes - sale to offer. Is that a record ?

Well sold and great purchase.

fat bloke

That's sound yeah.

Sure I'll pm you a phone number and we'll take it from there.

Ryath

Would be interested if sale falls through.
What age were your kids when they out grew it and also wondering if they used to wear helmets in it?

fat bloke

PM sent there TMC99

Ryath wrote: »

Would be interested if sale falls through.
What age were your kids when they out grew it and also wondering if they used to wear helmets in it?

Sound Ryath, I'll let you know if.

Kids are nearly 8 and nearly 6. To be honest, it was traffic improvements in our area making the drive to school a lot easier that put paid to the trailer. The most fun in it was passing line after line of stationary traffic. But I got it when they were about 3 and 5 and got a good two years out of it. Was always sorry I didn't get one much earlier.
I didn't put helmets on them, unless you work for social services, in which I case I always put helmets on them. I have helmets for them and they wear them on their bikes, but for the speeds I'd be going at, and always on footpaths, and for the head room that helmets take up, I slept easy at night with that decision.

kumate_champ07

Anyone out there use one of these for shopping trips/cargo? Ive no car and have always wondered if something like this would get used much if I bought one.

fat bloke

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Anyone out there use one of these for shopping trips/cargo? Ive no car and have always wondered if something like this would get used much if I bought one.

Absolutely you could yeah. No bother. I took it shopping a few times for the laugh. It's a bit of a faff having to lock both the trailer and the bike, but it's perfectly do-able.

Harrybelafonte

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Anyone out there use one of these for shopping trips/cargo? Ive no car and have always wondered if something like this would get used much if I bought one.

Yep. I connect mine, a single seater, to the Bullitt when I have to carry a good bit of stuff. The floors of them are not always solid though, so you can get a bit of a sag if putting a lot of weight in them. Nothing that'd scrape the ground, but just to be aware of.

doozerie

@kumate_champ07, We have a Chariot Cougar 1 and it has a soft floor inside it. It has the advantage though (as do some/many? other child trailers, I'd imagine) that you can disconnect the tow arm, click in a pair of small front wheels, and turn it into a child stroller and in this mode you could push it around the shops and use it as a shopping trolley (assuming the store security/staff don't decide you are trying to steal stuff that is!). I think there is at least one child trailer in the Chariot range that has a solid floor and I expect that'd be better suited to carrying shopping than the Cougar 1 and I assume it has a similar ability to be converted to a stroller quickly and easily. My wife has used the Cougar 1 to transport a cat, in a cat box, to the vets the odd time - it certainly worked, but the trailer is very much designed to carry a single child occupant so it's a bit if a struggle to accommodate any sizeable stuff in there instead.

I must admit that having any form of trailer at all has opened up my eyes to the benefits of trailers generally. If it wasn't for the fact that our local supermarket is conveniently open late when there is little traffic on the roads, I'd definitely consider buying a dedicated shopping trailer to use instead of the car. I think I'm getting old...

fat bloke

@TMC99

Perhaps you didn't see my pm, but can you make contact with me please when you get a chance, to confirm that we have a deal, and make arrangements for pick up?

25sean

offer asking if anything falls through.. can collect.. keep on borrowing my mates trailer.. nice to have my own...

thanks

Ryath

Any update fat bloke? TMC99 get in touch?

fat bloke

Ryath wrote: »

Any update fat bloke? TMC99 get in touch?

Sorry Ryath et al. TMC99 just picked it up this evening. Hope he gets some good use out of it.

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