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Has anyone got/tried one of these?
It appears to be a Bob Yak "tribute" but much much cheaper
That looks the same as the ADventure CT1 as sold by [url= http://www.madison.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?vertical=Cycling&tier1=Transport,+Storage+%26+Car+Racks&tier2=Bike+Trailers&catref=ADBCT1 ]Madison[/url]
we had them in the shop and they seemed quite well made and pretty robust
Also looks like the one you get from edinburgh bicycle. The one I got from there seems fine although only been used for shopping.
I have the Adventure version and it's good enough. Well built, but I've never seen a BOB to compare them. Likewise, I use mine mostly for the shopping run. Seems durable. I think I paid £125 for mine a couple of years ago.
I think if you wanted it for off-road duties you would want to carry a wee spanner and a couple of spare nuts and bolts, plus i seem to remember the skewers weren't the best for banging around.
Thankfully you can modify a BOB skewer (much stronger design) to work with these trailers.
The catch that holds the trailer onto the skewer also didn't look 100% off road capable, you might want to consider modifying it.
I have the £125 Edinburgh cycles (Revolution) version. The bag hasn't got taped seams so budget for some drybags if you want to go out in the wet. Mine has a plastic lever at the main pivot, on the ebay auction it shows a metal one which is good as I broke mine after some over-zealous strapping of cargo.
We went on a two day trip with some friends, we had two Revolution trailers and a bob between us, we did some swapping of trailers as there was another trailer purchase planned and we weren't sure whether the Bob was worth the extra.
I think the general feedback was the Bob is lighter, but the Revolution had a less fiddly connection to the bike (think the Bob uses some sort of pin which can get lost) is cheaper, folds flat into its own bag, but is a bit more rattly and a bit heavier.
The folding flat feature is a godsend as its a bulky bit of kit.
Thanks for that guys, am quite tempted by one of these, not for significant offroad use but for general purpose/shopping/light touring duties.