Fun with Trail-A-Bikes

yoothgeye · Jan 12, 2011

We have all seen now that a Trail-A-Bike can be turned into a chopper thanks to Graylock, but what else can we do with them?

I've been wanting to start a collection and hook them all together and see how long you can make a trail-a-bike convoy and still rideable.

How about a hitch on a seatpost that goes wide and you can hook 2 trail-a-bikes side by side.

Any other fun-ness?

Buck Masterson · Jan 12, 2011

Sounds cool! I'm not having any luck finding any of those around here. People think they are worth gold for some reason.

outskirtscustoms · Jan 12, 2011

I've kinda done the same thing with bike trailers, I have a roof rack mount that holds the forks of another bike mounted on the rear of my trailer then I hook the second trailer on the other bike, hauls like a beast and really not hard to ride at all, unless you want to back up :roll: I'm going to eventually get another fork mount and try for three trailers. and what's cool is with quick change front wheels I can just throw the wheel in the trailer and put it back on if someone else wants to ride it.

yoothgeye · Jan 12, 2011

Buck Masterson said:
Sounds cool! I'm not having any luck finding any of those around here. People think they are worth gold for some reason.

I don't know about gold here, you see some listed for $100 by people who only know what they originally paid and have done no further research, otherwise they pop up pretty regularly in perfect condition (most only get used 1 or 2 times) for $20-$50.

Graylock · Jan 12, 2011

yoothgeye said:
We have all seen now that a Trail-A-Bike can be turned into a chopper thanks to Graylock, but what else can we do with them?

I've been wanting to start a collection and hook them all together and see how long you can make a trail-a-bike convoy and still rideable.

How about a hitch on a seatpost that goes wide and you can hook 2 trail-a-bikes side by side.

Any other fun-ness?

That sounds pretty cool.

Buck Masterson said:
Sounds cool! I'm not having any luck finding any of those around here. People think they are worth gold for some reason.

I have three more I found in the trash ........thats what the older ones are worth without a compete hitch. Have you ever followed someone towing one of these? The kid riding them is always leaning from one side to the other searching for a better view, putting a lot of stress on the lead bike. If your not the lead dog you get the same old view. I think the parents are as excited to get rid of these things as they were when they got rid of the changing table. To sell one of these things well used is a mean trick. There should be more of these horrible things thrown away, like in my landfill :lol: .

As far as stringing them together I wouldn't think they would work as well as linking up those delta trikes minus the front wheel.
I would get a mess of them and make a carousel out of them, now that would be a neat trick. Other than that I think they could make a mule and pack your stuff on it for touring.

Or you could make a chopper :wink: or this: