3 summers ago I made a
DIY bicycle trailer out of electrical conduit and a couple of small bike wheels. I've used it many times to move big and/or heavy things around by pedal power that I would have otherwise driven in a car:
(
130+ lbs: 2 Geo Metro/Firefly transmissions and other parts)
Bigger things like kayaks, however, still involved the car:
(2 kayaks on the
electric car)
No longer!
The hitch isn't particularly elegant, but it worked fine for the couple of kilometers I needed to go:
Ultimately what I'd like to do is make a removable tongue extension that I can hook up to the tailer whenever I want to carry long loads. Ultimately it would handle better and could potentially carry bigger loads than this single kayak test setup.
Something like this:
There are all kinds of pictures of small boats being pulled behind bikes out there:
