Trailer bike

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title: "Trailer bike" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cycling-equipment", "utility-cycling"] topic_path: "general/cycling-equipment" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_bike" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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A trailer bike (also known as a trailer cycle, and trademarked names such as Trailerbike, Trail-a-bike, Half wheeler or Tagalong) is a one-wheeled, or sometimes two-wheeled, bicycle trailer designed to carry one or more children in positions that closely resemble that of a bicycle rider. It can be described as the, "back half of a bicycle." The rider of a trailer bike usually has a saddle, handlebars, and pedals. Some fold for more compact storage.

History

The trailer bike was patented by Canadian entrepreneur Delbert Adams in 1987. Adams started the manufacturer of trailer bikes, Trail-a-Bike, and began selling them in the early 1990s, although the same concept had been previously independently and imitatively invented by others at least as far back as the 1930s with the Rann Trailer.

Configurations

Trailer bikes have come in a variety of configurations. These include upright-bicycle-like seating, and recumbent-bicycle-like seating as with the Weehoo iGo.{{cite web | url = http://reviews.mtbr.com/review-weehoo-igo-pro-child-bike-seat | title = Review: Weehoo iGo Pro child bike seat | author = Linda Bookman | date = December 19, 2014 | publisher = MTBR.com | access-date = 2015-06-26}} Trailer bikes have been available in single-seat and tandem configurations. Trailer bikes may have just one gear or more than one. They seldom have brakes.

Attachment methods

A trailer bike is attached to a bicycle at either the seatpost or on a special rear rack by a linkage that allows for pivoting. Alternatively, the hitch mechanism may rotate using the seatpost as the pivot. The attachment may include a quick-release option.{{cite web | url = http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/adams-trail-a-bike.html | title = The Adams Trail-A-Bike! at SheldonBrown.com| access-date = 2007-04-01 }}

Conversion sets

The Trail-Gator tow bar and FollowMe Tandem coupling are two products that convert an existing, complete kid's bike into a trailer bike.{{cite web | url = http://www.twowheelingtots.com/trail-gator/ | title = Trail Gator Trailer Cycle-Review | author = Lisa | publisher = Two Wheeling Tots | access-date = 2015-06-26}} | url = https://www.simplypropelled.com/single-post/2017/02/20/FollowMe-Tandem-Review | title = FollowMe Tandem Review | author = Dan Clark | publisher = Simply Propelled | access-date = 2018-04-29 | archive-date = 2018-04-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180430114744/https://www.simplypropelled.com/single-post/2017/02/20/FollowMe-Tandem-Review | url-status = dead

Gallery

Image:Family Ride bicycle cycle trailer.jpg|Adult and two children cycling using two-wheeled tandem trailer bike (a Pashley U+2) Image:Bikefor45bbtjeh.JPG|Tandem + two trailer bikes + cargo trailer for family of four Image:TeddyChauffersSml.jpg|A Burley Piccolo behind a triple tandem File:IGo by Weehoo Inc.jpg|A recumbent IGo by Weehoo File:Trailercycle.jpg|Rear rack attachment as alternative to seatpost attachment File:Recumbent trailer bike.jpg|A recumbent two-wheeled Trets trailer bike by Hase on the back of a tandem File:Vlečení kola.jpg|A complete child's bike converted into a trailer bike File:Bici i followme.JPG|A complete child's bike converted into a trailer bike

References

References

  1. "CTC - the UK's national cyclists' organisation: Trailer-cycle".
  2. (August 2023). "United States Patent No. 379,782".
  3. [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4756541 US4756541A - Bicycle trailer - Google Patents]
  4. Hammond, Bill. (June 5, 1996). "Kids in the 'awkward years' of cycling? Try a trailer bike.". [[Star Tribune]].
  5. "CTC - the UK's national cyclists' organisation: Trailer-cycle".
  6. "GOPBC.org Active Passenger Trailers".

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