happycheapskate
Active Member
I have found you can get used kid trailers on the internet classifieds for $20-200 easily, and have been thinking about putting a staton-drive type motor kit on one I use for cargo carrying.
Has anybody built one already? I expect it wouldn't be too terribly difficult to mount a fric-drive on one, but how will it handle, I wonder?
I expect if the motor turns the left wheel it will probably not tend to affect the steering too much, esp sustaining a speed around 10-20mph.
The coupling joint uses a heavy coil spring with a wire inside of it, I suppose in case it broke. The clamp mounts to the left chainstay and seatstay together instead of just clamping on the chainstay.
The one I have looks kind of like this (including the frame that has rails on both sides of the wheels):
http://images1.americanlisted.com/nlarge/voyager_ii_bike_trailer_75_watertown_8209087.jpg
The way I use it is sort of like this:
http://www.bicycletrailers.com/assets/product_images/200/102157DARKBRN09.jpg
Has anybody built one already? I expect it wouldn't be too terribly difficult to mount a fric-drive on one, but how will it handle, I wonder?
I expect if the motor turns the left wheel it will probably not tend to affect the steering too much, esp sustaining a speed around 10-20mph.
The coupling joint uses a heavy coil spring with a wire inside of it, I suppose in case it broke. The clamp mounts to the left chainstay and seatstay together instead of just clamping on the chainstay.
The one I have looks kind of like this (including the frame that has rails on both sides of the wheels):
http://images1.americanlisted.com/nlarge/voyager_ii_bike_trailer_75_watertown_8209087.jpg
The way I use it is sort of like this:
http://www.bicycletrailers.com/assets/product_images/200/102157DARKBRN09.jpg
