If you want to go classy then CycleWorks has your old-school answer. I can picture this toting good in the Sherlock Holmes days of yore. Bodies and flowers alike where transported in these dark machines.
Getting back to trailers, I've seen this particular model advertised a great deal. I like the idea a lot. Your bike is still light and easily balanced. Your gear is strapped away. And one thing about trying to use your kids bike trailer is you run into the trouble with a flat bottom. There is not float bottom if the kid trailer is put together with the walls up. You have to deal with seats and stuff rolling out of the seats. Or you can try and dump stuff in the rear under the seats. I would really like to have one of the trailers shown above if I were to actually use one all the time. I think that this would have to be my pick. Although the one thing I would add is a railing around the edge just as a piece of mind. The railing I'm talking about is what you see on all the recumbent cyclists trailers.
That kind of railing probably wouldn't do much if I had a system like on the trailer on top, but it gives that pieces of mind.
Of course, I could just fashion my own to fit my stylish needs. This would work great for all those picnics my wine club takes. Just kidding. I don't go on picnics. :)
I know that this one is on a Vespa or some other scooter, but it is classy. If it is built out of some sort of aluminum frame and rigid but thin plastic I could see it being towed around behind a bike on a bar hopping run. Gotta keep those in-between drinks cold! Am I right?
So, overall I think I'm leaning towards a flat trailer right now. If I get to California again I'll test drive a Mundo out. But till then I'm not sure if I'll ever tow enough gear to need a utility bike. Not while I live where I live at least for now. But gosh. The dream lives on! Any houses for sale in San Jose?
Happy pedaling,
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