Mark & Emily's new Kayak Trailer!
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I have been dreaming about having a kayak trailer for my bike for about 7 years,
at least since the day in the late 90s when i saw a Farington Charriot at
a kayak shop in Sitka Alaska. I waffled for a while, and when i wanted to buy
the Charriot a few years ago, the company was gone.
Then for quite some time i tried to build one, or to get someone to build one for me, with no luck. I spent a lot of time researching and planning it. Recently my great carfree friends Emily & Chris got interestesd and decided to go halfsies with me on a great trailer. So i was absolutely thrilled to get this going! After a long discussion we settled on a neat trailer from a great guy named Tony Hoar in Victoria BC, a bike & trailer builder who finished LAST in the Tour de France FIFTY years ago (and still races!). On January 24th, 2005, a summerlike day in the upper 60s, we assembled and test rode our new kayak trailer from Tony's Trailers. It was very exciting! Here's the chronology: |
 Assembling it out of the box. |
 It's very long |
 Compare the length with my BOB trailer |
It also converts to a grocery getter model! |
 My first test/learning ride |
 Turning Circle |
 Emily rides by on her folder |
 Advertising for Tony already! |
 Emily's boat on board, i'm ready to Go on the... |
 First Ride!!! |
 This is FUN! |
 passing the garage where the kayaks live. |
 Weight test |
 Stella paddles Ashworth Ave |
 mirror check |
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 Then we put my boat on top! |
 full trailer |
 Off to the lake |
And then i headed off to ride 9 miles on the trail by Lake Union, getting quite a few stares! |