Finally got rid of my TV by transporting it with the trailer to a friend. Another good excuse for testing the trailer for its workings. And also, what it is like to cycle down a road with something in the back you really don’t want to break, fall off, or crack by hitting the next hole in the street.
Result: If you want to have attention being drawn to you – that’s the way forward. I live in a town where you can walk around in the oddest clothes ever, carry a huge teddy bear under your arm and nobody will bother looking at you – get a trailer with a TV on it and the heads start turning…
Ok – but that wasn’t the reason for me doing that, only an odd side effect…
The TV worked on arrival – so, no damage taken by getting there. I had to fix it with my climbing rope because the ribbons that come with it don’t do the trick at all.
What I wasn’t to happy about during the transport was the jumpiness of the trailer and the rattling noises. Might have something to do with the trailer being not completely balanced. TV was further to the back – should maybe have been more to the front. Did not have that when having my flatmates on there or on the way back, thus empty.
The other thing is the surface of the trailer is really rough – similar to one of these errr… callus files – it really takes off the surfaces. Got the cable stuck underneath the TV – just pulling it out would not have been a good idea – would have taken off all the plastic coating…
Archive for May 15th, 2008
