Re: Is it safe to put a BOB trailer behind my road bike ?

On Jan 5, 3:52 pm, Bill <larrys...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
terryc wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:14:11 -0800, bb...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

It had two wheels and the bike could pivot for balance if that is what
you mean.

Not a Bob. Bob style is a single wheel at the back. Great tracking as the
third wheel usually follows the other two. Two wheeled trailers make
three tracks which doubles the chances of your telescope being shaken
about. Depending on the collapsed length, a bob would probably be
better. Or a custom longer length to fit.

The telescope is not collapsible as it is just a big reflector with a
big tube about 1 meter long. I have thought about just wrapping it in a
number of towels for shock absorbing. If it works I will be posting the
pictures on my web site (yet to be built).

When I was in college I used to sometimes transport my 6" reflector on
my old Schwinn Varsity. I just strapped the tube (50" long) and the
mount sideways on the rear rack. It stuck out a little to both sides
but was never a problem. Drivers gave me plenty of extra room,
especially at night with all the reflective tape on the tube.
Once got stopped by the campus cops but they just wanted to check that
it didn't have any university property stickers. They also stopped
one evening when we had the scope set up outside. We said we were
just admiring Venus going through her phases. They wanted to take a
look so we showed them a nice crescent Venus which happened to be
located just over the girl's part of the dorm.
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