Jump to content

Interesting photos I have run across.


Don Coatney
Go to solution Solved by Ulu,

Recommended Posts

Fascinating engineering, how to attach a trailer to a bike.  The neighbors' kiddie hauler works the same.  I would have created a huge gooseneck to attach to something behind the back seat.  These trailers have a simple side arm to attach near the rear hub.  The theory is that you are not going to turn the trailer too sharply.   Another case of the simpler, the better.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I see an amazing array of "African Engineered" bike-trailer rigs going up & down the Santa Fe corridor and the Highway 99 corridor. Often much more crude than that one.

 

I see lots of homeless people towing their little dogs on them. Probably their only friend, as they struggle to find some place to flop until the PD and the RR guys catch up to them again.

 

Wet weather means plastic-tarp cities in the hobo-jungle tradition.

 

The sad joke is lots of these guys were software engineers and stock brokers before they snapped...

 

Anyhow, I always think the same thing: "There, but for grace, go I...."

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Fascinating engineering, how to attach a trailer to a bike.  The neighbors' kiddie hauler works the same.  I would have created a huge gooseneck to attach to something behind the back seat.  These trailers have a simple side arm to attach near the rear hub.  The theory is that you are not going to turn the trailer too sharply.   Another case of the simpler, the better.

Years ago I had a small utility trailer for my bicycle that had a gooseneck to a ball hitch located behind the seat post. I guess the manufacturer of that trailer thought the way you did.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I find it very interesting the amount of information and discussion a picture of an unusual mechanical apparatus evokes. Here is an interesting nature picture taken last night from my front door.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

as a kid growing up PP I would marvel as a cloud would pass over and you could watch the fields as the shadow it cast would pass over from on end to the other...there has been a few times that I would walk out the back door into the rain and yet if I went out the front, the weather was clear..guess it is true in about all things...somewhere you just got to draw a line..

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I find it very interesting the amount of information and discussion a picture of an unusual mechanical apparatus evokes. Here is an interesting nature picture taken last night from my front door.

attachicon.gifimage.jpg

 

Did you run to the alley and make sure that orange glow wasn't from a garage fire???

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I find it very interesting the amount of information and discussion a picture of an unusual mechanical apparatus evokes. Here is an interesting nature picture taken last night from my front door.

attachicon.gifimage.jpg

Something wrong here. If this picture was "taken last night"  why is the sun still shining.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.




×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

Terms of Use