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11-14-2006, 06:07 AM
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bike trailer
Just posted a new page at metrompg about...
How the cargo trailer I made for my beater 10-speed bike is hurting my MPG
http://www.metrompg.com/posts/bike-trailer.htm
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11-14-2006, 06:50 AM
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What did you use as the hinge to connect to the bike? I am interested because bike trailers are expensive +$100.
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2008 EPA adjusted:
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
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11-14-2006, 07:09 AM
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Same thing as my brother's kiddie trailer - a stout spring, the ends held in steel tube. If you click into the article on metrompg.com, there's a zoom in pic that shows the hinge close up.
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11-14-2006, 07:24 AM
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Well done! I really like it. I may have to try building one this winter when I am cooped up with nothing else productive to do.
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11-14-2006, 07:32 AM
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If you're going to weld/braze zinc-coated EMT conduit for the frame, best to do it outside with a breeze (or fan) 
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11-14-2006, 07:46 AM
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Yeah If read the artical that would help insted of looking at the one picture you have in gassavers 
I WILL be making one of these. I have some spare 26" wheels They might be tall but will do the job.
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2008 EPA adjusted:
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
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11-14-2006, 08:04 AM
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It took me a minute to realize that when you (metric system people) say lower your MPG, you're actually increasing your MPG (by US terms).
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11-14-2006, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt Timion
It took me a minute to realize that when you (metric system people) say lower your MPG, you're actually increasing your MPG (by US terms).
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Oh, hahaha. Me too Matt...I was thinking...and this is good because?
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11-14-2006, 08:57 AM
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????lower=higher????
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2008 EPA adjusted:
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
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11-14-2006, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt Timion
It took me a minute to realize that when you (metric system people) say lower your MPG, you're actually increasing your MPG (by US terms).
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Nope, the trailer has made things lower in the MPG sense, not the L/100 km sense.
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