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Buying a trailer

There are several shops within Cambridgeshire that may be worth trying when trying to buy a trailer.

The most expert company in the area is D-tek near Ely - their speciality is recumbents but we understand they have a good stock of trailers too. http://www.directions-plus.org.uk/az/dtek.html

There is loads of good info at http://www.workbike.org/ - have a look there to see what is available then go to D-tek to try some out.

Competent bike shops will be able to get stuff for you but are only likely to have kiddie-trailers actually in stock.

There have been a couple of trailer reviews in the Campaign's newsletters - do a search via the search page. The bike Hod is not the world's best cycle trailer for towing (hitch is too high), but as a compromise between one for pulling around by both bike and by hand it is a good design: http://www.bikefix.co.uk/bikehod.html

It's much better to have the load carrying built into the bike. E.g. butcher's bikes and postpersons bikes where a metal frame holds the weight over the front wheel. Another superb design is the long-john which can carry a beer barrel on the low platform between the front wheel and the rider.