11/13/2007 Entry: "bike trailer"

I need a bike trailer. I have a bike trailer. It's 9 feet long and awesome, but it's in Cedar Falls, Iowa, hiding under my Dad's deck. Mmmmm..

Too big to ship... and the next time I'll be driving to Iowa will be RAGBRAI in almost a year. So... Any of you want to drive to Oregon? Pssh...

What I will most likely do is build a bamboo trailer but instead use dumpster wood from local framing projects. I can get a lot of 2x4 that way and then rip them to 2x2. I *think* those will be strong enough. I plan on making it around 6 feet long with a plywood base and maybe foot high walls. With luck I can do this for the cost of nails and the electricity required to run my saw. Oooh, and I'll need to go to CAT to pick up used bike wheels or grab a little kids bike from Goodwill and get the wheels off that.

Why do I need this you ask? Why, to carry juggling props and two unicycles (one over 5 feet tall) to our performances and practices, of course. Trucks are for suckers and so is buying gas. (It's $3.00/gal in Oregon, which is low for around here.)

Also, and this is a much lesser reason, we often only get paid in free beer. I'm tired of turning down free beer because I need to drive home after the show. Beer is for after parties, but driving home is not. Trailer FTW!

And before you more responsible types say anything - No I don't bike drunk. However, I'd fail a Breathalyzer long before I'd be too tipsy to ride my bike safely. (It only takes, what, a beer and a half to fail one of those things?)