December 12, 20196 yr I have done so likewise Tony, I bought a very good size ABS crate with a snap on lid that sits very nicely on my Carryfreedom, the crate it self I strap down with a pair of sprung buckled straps. Bike/trailer and everything got smothered today as rain has been heavy and the bike tracks are kicking up plenty of muck and a lot of standing water, brush and water can used to night to clean the worst of it all off. Trailer has no guards so have an ABS dustbin lid coming and some ali strip to fashion up a pair of mudguards.
December 13, 20196 yr Author I only tow on the road but I may 3D print mudguards in the future. When choosing a printer, large print volume was a deciding factor so a mudguard printed in two parts that snap together is on the cards! The box will be through bolted to the trailer floor with 3D printed wing nuts to make removal easier, I can park in my corridor/entry hall so pretty close to the kitchen cupboards and the fridge. The box is large enough to hold my icebox and a couple of supermarket reusable bags worth of shopping. Today is not a day to be out on the road with a trailer let alone a bike - gusting to 60 kts...
December 26, 20196 yr Author Somewhere in the French postal strike there may be an eight speed shifter/brake lever combo, the nice Chinese man first sent me a 7 speed one by mistake... As soon as it gets here there will be two bikes in bits in the living room: - Alivio 8 speed rear derailleur off the trike (replaced by Deore 9 speed) - 11-42 8 speed cassette instead of 12-32 7 speed - original 46 tooth chainwheel back on the GSM. I will replace with a 42 tooth narrow/wide precialps one if it fails the climbing test out the back of my apartment. Fingers crossed, I want to keep the budget down despite the 46 tooth being boat anchor weight... - new Wippermann Connex chain after somewhere over 4750 km (remember all those km without a speed sensor at the beginning of this thread) I will also open the controller holder box for the first time since I mounted the lights to do a brief checkup (fingers crossed) and look at the headset bearings. Gearing comparison:
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