Build a Bicycle Cargo Trailer

Reader Contribution by Doug Costlow
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This article originally appeared on Instructablesand is posted with permission from the author. 

Have you ever wanted to take something extra with you when you ride your bike, but didn’t know how you could get it on the bike and still be able to ride? I have, and believe me one of my favorite challenges about bike riding is figuring out how to strap anything from a tennis racket to a load of firewood to a bike. There is something about that moment when you wrap that bungee cord around your item just right, pull on it until your fingers hurt, and get it to hook on. You step back and think to yourself, “This is rigged but it just might stay on.”

In my effort to carry more things with my bike, I decided to build a cargo trailer. It wasn’t going to be a typical trailer, though. I wanted something that was heavy-duty, maybe something that could handle most household appliances. I got started just like with every other good homemade bicycle cargo trailer — with a pair of garbage-picked wheels and a set of tires that were given to me for free.

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