I want to take my dog Sebastian on bike rides with me, so I bought a bicycle trailer for dogs. Hopefully he can come on a bike camping trip sometime. He was curious about the box when I brought it home.
But he seemed a bit skeptical when he saw what was in it.
I'll give some assembly tips in case anyone is thinking of buying this. At $140 shipped, it's a cheap one, but I don't want to spend a ton just to find out he hates it. I can't really review the product as I haven't used it yet. This comes mostly in one piece with just a few parts to assemble.
The tow bar comes folded under the trailer. Just remove the pin, rotate the tow bar outward and reinsert the pin.
The axles slide in pretty easily. You just have to put in a pin to secure each of them.
The axle has a nut and two washers. Just remove them, slide the wheel on and put all 3 on outside the wheel. Secure with a wrench.
The top of the trailer is easy to open. Just lift each side until they are open and vertical.
The hardest part is installing the roll bar as the material covering the frame is pretty tight. The best bet is to insert one knob, then tighten it into one side of the bar. You then have to push pretty hard to get the bar against the tubing on the other side. It helps to push it on further down the frame tubing, then slide the bar up to the knob hole.
It also comes with a flag pole and a short leash that hooks to the inside of the trailer. This may unfortunately be necessary to keep my dog from chasing cars and people.
Well I had to bribe him with a carrot, but he got in pretty easily. I have it propped up on a toolbox for now. I plan to slowly ease him into a bike ride. First I want it to be like a bed. I'll see if he's OK towing it around the house before attempting it on the road.
Stay tuned for dog bike adventures! Well I hope this works out. Oh I should mention the tires have Schrader valves (of course). I just don't have my own Schrader pump so I will have to wait for my tenant to come home and borrow his.
I went ahead and put it on my bike. If you have quick release wheels, this assembles easily. It has a nut that goes onto the axle. The tow bar hooks on to the nut with a pin. I think I might need a wider axle for the wheel now.
