We did it!

Experiment 1

attach the trailer to the bicycle and have a test round on your own… checking if you lose the back wheel

Experiment 2

put a cushion on the trailer platform, put one of your flatmates on it & cycle another one, two, three rounds – if possible at higher speed and smaller radius around other people’s cars and past the curb.

Experiment 3

choose the other flatmate for the same experiment above and check for screaming noises

Experiment 4

put one flatmate on the trailer platform and the other one on the rack and repeat experiment 2 & 3 in one go

Avoid any uneven ground or random youngsters, who try to crash into you purposely (yes! wrong neighbourhood)

If all of the above worked out fine & your flatmates still talk to you – call it a success!
And I do )! Particularly as I was able to move them around and I know, I will carry less luggage with me on tour. The trailer responds really well. I just have to remember when going around the corner that I have an attachment behind me that is a bit bulkier – just give it a few more centimetres but I am more than happy with my test results. Would not have thought it would be that good. Just need to practise now & also take better care of my bike… spotted rust…

The trailer has arrived!

Yeap! My little CarryFreedom Large Y-Frame got here yesterday – set it up last night. Still need to fix the bicycle setting.

Will be tested tonight with my flatmates as luggage ;o). Also, had already a dry test, what type of luggage I could put on. Again, excited! It’s clearly not the type of trailer, I wanted to use for the backs of Nordmarka… wouldn’t get very far. But for transporting stuff around town or even longer distances – just by the plain look of it – any time.

I also found out that Google Maps have an new feature! Called Terrain:

View Map

Shows even contour lines when moving in close! Brilliant new feature!

And now an update on the typical life of a PhD student… or I guess, any student…