
Ooooh, that Burley Hopper looks like it belongs in my trailer quiver!
I’m a total trailer junkie. I… uh, might have a problem. I had the Gen 1 Tern GSD S10. It can absolutely haul an adult, but the comfort is lacking. Improving passenger comfort on the longtail can seriously impact cargo volume capacity depending on your needs and bag configuration. I prefer a bakfiet or semi-recumbent tandem for hauling another person. Putting an adult on a bakfiet lowers the CoG and massively raises the CoG on a longtail. Added bonuses over a diamond tandem: nobody has to yell to be heard, everybody gets a view, and most semi-recumbents let the stoker coast. I had a Bilenky Viewpoint with an independent stoker drivetrain; the stoker could select their own gear ratio.
Here are some of the stupid things I’ve done with trailers and cargo bikes.
Making smashburgers for 20 hungry Juneteenth mountain bikers.
Thanksgiving dinner for 20 plus supplies for a 5-day vacation.
150 pounds of books? Sure!
Huh, TIL. It was my understanding that electronic shifting is more robust than mechanical. I wonder if reliability in this context is fault tolerance.