For a child that's big enough to pedal (~ages 4 through 10 or so). I've had tremendous fun using the Burley Piccolo. It's got a very sturdy tubular cromo rear rack that attaches to the appropriate places for a rack to attach to, and the bike part screws on quick and easy. I've used it on a Hillborne and a Bombadil. My kids are very close to allowing me to retire the Piccolo and pass it on.
It's now discontinued by Burley, it seems, but it's still by far the best of it's kind, in my opinion. You can still find them online for ~$350. When it's time to sell mine, I expect to have no difficulty getting ~$275. The resale value on these things is spectacular. On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:21:29 AM UTC-7, Sean Whelan wrote: > > A trailer brings its own set of load-bearing wheels, which a bike seat > does not. The hitch is the only contact with your bike. It puts pressure on > your chain stays, but I have hauled two kids, picnic lunch, etc, clamped to > the back of a steel Bianchi with far less robustness than your Hilsen. > > No problems that I could detect. > > Cheers, > Sean > > --- On *Wed, 3/14/12, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: So jinx has me wondering--Homer Hilsen for Bombadil? > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 11:31 AM > > Yeah on the 54 it would be hard to squeeze in a second tube, Haha. Does > trailer weight not affect the overall weight like panniers, etc? Just > wondering what direction to go with the kid. > On Mar 14, 2012 11:26 AM, "Jim" > <jamesfek...@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=jamesfek...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > FWIW, I'm 280+, and ride my AHH periodically with well loaded large saddle > sack and front slickersack, and it hasn't yet felt like the bike wasn't up > to it. Might be the glory of the second top tube. > > Jim in Boulder > > On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:19:38 PM UTC-6, Peter M wrote: > > Could not believe how succesful Jinx was at doing his swap so I was > wondering if anyone out there with a 52cm Bombadil would ever consider > a swap for a 54 Hilsen. They have about the same standover but the > Hilsen has a shorter top tube but the real issue is my wife is stating > that my Rivendell must become a bike built for two with my daughter > sharing the bike since it was so "expensive". With me being about 240 > and my daughter at 35lbs I feel we are going to max out the weight on > the Hilsen pretty fast and was looking to haul picnics and other stuff > with us. I was thinking the Bombadil would be a good fit to bring over > my 650b stuff without spending too much extra. I was looking for one > of the older Bomba's, not too much of a fan of the new style of > diagatube. I really love the color of my hilsen and I am sure Joe will > balk at me since I just picked this up from him a couple of months ago > but just throwing out a feeler here, anyone with any interesting > offers I am always open to talk. Here is a link to my pics > http://www.flickr.com/photos/**67889635@N06/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/67889635@N06/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YeClpLIBOQQJ. > To post to this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/IfZ7veoO0j4J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
