On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Richard Hoye wrote:

I have to transport a spare bike with my bike occasionally. My trips are short, usually less than a mile but up three miles. As I'm transporting the bike for friends to use with me (meetings at transit stations, for instance), I can't use a trailer.

Sorry if I don't understand, but why won't a bike trailer work in this case? Just letting the strongest person in the company tow. Good for luggage, if you are picking up people at the station. A tandem is nice too.

However, it works without trailer also. I have managed to just strap a full-size upright to my luggage rack, for rides 1-5 miles. Works best with open-frame ("ladies", but they are equally good for guys) bikes: put the bike so that the open part surrounds your seatpost. Experience: Much more stable with loaded or hard-case panniers, they give a nice "shelf". Just watch out in traffic, you are now the width of a car (which ca be nice).

Still, I'm dreaming of some kind of trailer-like hitch mounted at the rear of your bike, that allows you to just remove the front wheel of the bike to be towed, snap in and fasten the quick release of the hitch: instant tandem :-). Perhaps doing this by just strapping the front wheel of the towee (?) would work for unloaded bikes.

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