It was a lovely Summer’s morning when I woke so on Jake’s first day of school I decided to take the trailer out for its inaugural run. While Jake was busy playing Lego Star Wars on the ‘GPS’ I got the bike and trailer out of the shed and assembled it in the side passage between ours and Tricia’s house.
I was a little worried about taking the trailer for the following reasons:
1. Amount of traffic
2. Holding up traffic
3. Getting abuseI had little to worry about because most of the trip was in the park and the bits that weren’t were on minor roads. When I did have to cross the busy junction at Ladywell Road I found drivers on the whole to give me a wider berth than usual. I think the trailer feels wider than it is. Looking at it front on it is only marginally wider than the handlebars of the bike itself. On the abuse front I didn’t get any, but give it time…
Jake enjoyed himself bouncing up and down the many speed bumps on the route. After dropping Jake off at school I walked back through Ladywell Fields with Ben chatting about carbon fibre, Moultons, ‘bonking’ and our impending London to Brighton bike ride.
