I carried this on my bicycle

[Ham]

OK, what could possibly go wrong?






Answer: nothing in the end, I made it without mishap. Not without wobbles, without mishap.

[mattc]

OK, what could possibly go wrong?

The wind might pick up?

[Kim]

OK, what could possibly go wrong?

The wind might pick up?

Something something nose-weight.

[Ham]

Actually, I did have to reduce the -ve noseweight to about -5Kg, by moving the sheets as far forward as possible (not very) and adding weights to the front of the trailer and one bungeed to the rack.

All in all, interesting handling characteristics, and yes, I possibly could have tacked into the wind.

The observant may notice the grandpawagon in shot, which would have swallowed the sheets whole, but where's the fun in that?

[Beardy]

It doesn’t look like you went very far though. 

[quixoticgeek]

An office chair, from the post office to a friends place.




The trailer is great! took a little getting use to.

J

[delthebike]

I took a chance that the local re-cycling centre (formerly tip) would allow a bicycle onto their site. They looked a little shocked at the gate, and one member of staff, who was by the metal skip, thought I was dropping off the Pashley for re-sale. I could see the £ signs in his eyes. 

On the way back I went the long way and stopped off here for a little picture.

This is Mr. Eric Cole standing on one of his Bakelite radiograms.


ETA: just had a reply from Veolia. Bicycles are not allowed on their sites. I wrote back asking for the H&S regulations they mentioned and said that I was perfectly safe as there is no fast moving traffic at the site and perhaps they should have one day of the week when bicycles have priority access. 

[Kim]

ETA: just had a reply from Veolia. Bicycles are not allowed on their sites. I wrote back asking for the H&S regulations they mentioned and said that I was perfectly safe as there is no fast moving traffic at the site and perhaps they should have one day of the week when bicycles have priority access. 

FWIW: https://twitter.com/kimble4/status/1321095487139811332

[Wobbly John]

I realised I maybe should have posted here instead of the 'Wobbly Workshop' thread last month - Video but no sound coz of waterproof casing: https://youtu.be/ixUyb168W8Y
 

[TimO]

I realised I maybe should have posted here instead of the 'Wobbly Workshop' thread last month - Video but no sound coz of waterproof casing: https://youtu.be/ixUyb168W8Y
 

Shouldn't that be in the "where I multimodaled today" thread? 

Extra bonus points for the first person with video of a combination of cycling and flying!

[Canardly]

That ball and socket is so neat John.

[delthebike]

I realised I maybe should have posted here instead of the 'Wobbly Workshop' thread last month - Video but no sound coz of waterproof casing: https://youtu.be/ixUyb168W8Y
 

Shouldn't that be in the "where I multimodaled today" thread? 

Extra bonus points for the first person with video of a combination of cycling and flying!

Please send my prize to the usual place. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxe9sLIRuuo

[Wobbly John]

Not me carrying stuff by trailer, but this seems the most appropriate place to put a link to this inspirational setup: https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=654104332353649

A french company, apparently: https://www.fleximodal.fr/

[delthebike]

I failed to carry, or even to get anywhere near my bike and trailer, a pair of logs. 
The smallest log is elder, 1.7m by 20cm, and the bigger log, a sycamore, is similar length but twice the diameter. They are in the brook at the bottom of the concrete valley, 1.7m below path level. The brook is about 1m wide and 7cm deep. It was all I could do to manoeuvre it from one side to the other with a rope. I could not pull it up the slope of the concrete wall. 
The bigger log would have provided four to six days of heat during the winter.

[quixoticgeek]

Trip to the garden centre. 160l of compost and a flower pot...



Last week took the previous compost to the tip. This thing took two of us to lift onto the trailer. Fortunately the position of the bin thing at the tip was level with the floor, so could reverse the trailer, unhitch, and tip it back.

J

[TimO]

I realised I maybe should have posted here instead of the 'Wobbly Workshop' thread last month - Video but no sound coz of waterproof casing: https://youtu.be/ixUyb168W8Y
 

Shouldn't that be in the "where I multimodaled today" thread? 

Extra bonus points for the first person with video of a combination of cycling and flying!

Please send my prize to the usual place. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxe9sLIRuuo

... but that's not multi-modal, he's pedaling an aircraft, but not cycling in the sense of using cycling it as a method of transportation in its own right.

If he'd cycled there, and then attached wings to the same bicycle, that would count.

[TimO]

I failed to carry, or even to get anywhere near my bike and trailer, a pair of logs. 
The smallest log is elder, 1.7m by 20cm, and the bigger log, a sycamore, is similar length but twice the diameter. They are in the brook at the bottom of the concrete valley, 1.7m below path level. The brook is about 1m wide and 7cm deep. It was all I could do to manoeuvre it from one side to the other with a rope. I could not pull it up the slope of the concrete wall. 
The bigger log would have provided four to six days of heat during the winter.

By my calculations, the elder log would have weighed about 30kg, which is challenging to move but possible, although not when it's a 1.7m direct lift. The sycamore would be denser and significantly larger, so nearer 130kg.

I think you need to add a few snatch blocks to your fuel foraging kit.

[Wobbly John]

I failed to carry, or even to get anywhere near my bike and trailer, a pair of logs. 
The smallest log is elder, 1.7m by 20cm, and the bigger log, a sycamore, is similar length but twice the diameter. They are in the brook at the bottom of the concrete valley, 1.7m below path level. The brook is about 1m wide and 7cm deep. It was all I could do to manoeuvre it from one side to the other with a rope. I could not pull it up the slope of the concrete wall. 
The bigger log would have provided four to six days of heat during the winter.

I've hauled logs for next year, as they have cut back trees on the drove. Dozen trips done like this - bout 1 mile round trip. I need to replce the bread baskets on the trailer, as they have gone brittle and front one has cracked - they have survived almost 20 years service 



Before Christmas I brought the tree from the allotment - bout 13 footer...



Got lots of smiles & waves from people who saw me.

 

[MattH]

Disappointed you didn't have some battery powered fairly lights on the tree. Need to try harder next year.
 

[Cudzoziemiec]

Disappointed you didn't have some battery dynamo powered fairly lights on the tree. Need to try harder next year.
 

[Wobbly John]

The first time I hauled Christmas trees from the allotment by bike, a neighbouring plot holder shouted “where’s yer lights?”   

[Blodwyn Pig]

The first time I hauled Christmas trees from the allotment by bike, a neighbouring plot holder shouted “where’s yer lights?”   

Was it dark?

[Wobbly John]

No, just a fast witted joke on their part.

[nikki]

A full-length Alfie documentary!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ckVGEffs7U

[Cudzoziemiec]

A full-length Alfie documentary!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ckVGEffs7U

Is the woman in the blue hoodie at 3:10 expressing support for a certain forumite?!!