I drive a fiat punto, and have been advised that is will be dangerous driving with a 70kg+ bike on the back plus the weight of the rack. So i am going to have to buy a trailer, but i have knowhere to keep one, well, i have a space about 2M x 1M. So, i need a trailer that will fit in there, but still carry my sherco 290 safely.

Anyone got any ideas, other than buy a bigger car!

Ryan

Edited September 11, 200520 yr by Trial_master

I used to travel miles with a trials bike on a rack on a

Fiat Uno no probs - Give it a go!

Montman: I have been told that an average small car can only hold 75kg on the towbar, so weight of bike + rack will be well over 80kg, do you have any pix of the bike on the back of the uno? not that i dont belive you, i would just like to see how the car copes with the weight.

Also that mono trailer looks ideal, any ideas where i could get one?

Thanks

Ryan

trial master i had a pug 106 which i used a bike rack on with no problems, just make sure the bike is held down safely.

Sorry no pics of rack and bike on Uno but as I said no probs.

Presently use same rack on Renault 19, not too large a car with simular results.

Good luck which ever way you go.

done a google? a while ago I was after a foldable trailer - found some but they are very expensive (I ended up with a single bike trailer which just fits my available space)

this any good to you though -

http://www.northerntooluk.com/product/default.asp?id=213

pat

that last picture of the trailer does not look long enough to carry a bike, plus it would need modification

www.kliponoff.co.uk

get a rack for the back much better and cheaper to start with, but check with the towbar manufacture or fitting center, they will be able to give you the correct maximun towball loading for that particular fitment.

Had no troubles with the rack on the back of a Rover 25 however Dave Cooper's single bike trailer can be hung on a wall so cannot be that big or heavy.

bikelug do one, expensive though. they sell 'em on Ebay.

This one's perfect may even concider one myself.

http://www.kliponoff.co.uk/Kliponoff%20Lite.htm

Thanks for all the help. My mate (nyawton) is now going to be buying a bike so we need to buy a twin bike trailer which still folds away. The bikelug twinbike trailer is hugh when built up, a lot wider than my punto. So that one is a big no. But for a single bike i think it would be perfect.

So the hunt is on for a twin trailer second hand or new, just not silly money (

The bikelug twinbike trailer is hugh when built up, a lot wider than my punto. So that one is a big no

You may struggle to find a 2-bike trailer that is narrower than your car. Our TWIN trailer has the bikes positioned at 790mm centres, less space between the rails may restrict what bikes you can carry.

Our TWIN trailer is 1880mm wide when assembled as a twin which is about 200mm wider than your car, that combination would be legal though it requires extra care when negotiating kerbs, traffic etc.

Remember the Bikelug TWIN trailers can also be assembled as single trailers when you're only towing one bike, when used as a single it is 1300mm wide.

I'm not aware of any other 2-bike fully collapsible trailer available in the UK, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Regards

John

The Bikelug twin does look a very good well built trailer, i saw one at the rossendale show last week. And from what i have seen bikelug are the only company making a twin colapsable trailer, at the moment.

I have seen a few single bike trailers that could easily be modified to carry 2 or even 3 TRIAL bikes without breaking its max load, so i think i will have to take this route

Thanks anyway

Ryan