straw bale transport

I split a straw bale with a friend...just another bike trailer glamor shot.

first farmers' market of the year

Saturday marked the beginning of the farmers' market here in Boulder! As you can see, we brought Francois along for the adventure. This was his first ever bike trailer ride (at the precautiously slow speed of 4-8 mph). We didn't know what to expect but he did remarkably well. Still, I am going to keep my eye out for an enclosed kid trailer so that on future trips I can have a little more peace of mind that he won't bail on us.

Although the produce is still fairly limited, the weather was perfect for meandering the market aisles. We managed to pick up spinach, amaranth grain, blue corn flour, eggs, and cheese.

improved bike trailer hitch design

Although there will be two winter farmers market events, yesterday was the last official market. We stocked up on potatoes and winter squash, carrying them home on our homemade bike trailer. I tweaked the hitch design so it is now more stable with three connection points instead of two.

old design:


There are a lot of good hitch designs out there that you can buy, but I didn't find any that would be compatible with our trailer (without additional welding), which we made from bent and welded 3/4" EMT conduit in Pat's dad's awesome metal shop. The design is a modified version of the popular "flatsy" bike trailer design:


Other makin' and usin' photos from Pat