Buying a bike trailer

I'm not familiar with the trailer, however it does seem to have a hitch which has a bracket that goes though your axle/QR that will stay on your bike. You the attach/detach the trailer from that.

In my experience, they are much better than ones that attach to the chainstay.

Beyond that - I'd defer to someone who knows more about the trailer. Looks OK... but hard to tell from a pic online.

I sell these and have ridden with one, I would thoroughly recommend it, I personally think it is just as good as a Burley for twice the price. As far as durability goes I have had excellent feedback but I can't comment on waterproof as I haven't used them for long periods in the wet and most of my customers won't cycle at all in the rain. Not used the stroller kit myself but the only complaint I have heard is the sheer bulk of it, I think the chariot is probably better in that respect but it is 3 times the price. Having used many trailers and done extensive research, both primary and secondary, I truly recommend this trailer as the best on the market for the price.

hi, first post here, but as having a trailer and young lad (just starting on his own peddle bike) and working in an outdoor shop I thought I'd let you know you can proof pretty much any material with some re-proofer. Commonly non waterproof fabrics are treated with water repellency by manufacturers known as DWR (durable water repellency) - and this can be replicated with easily available products.

What we sell in the shop I work in is Nikwax and Grangers products. I've tried both on jackets and prefer Nikwax myself. They do a 'tent and gear' solar proof, which revives water repellency and adds solar proofing obviously. It's a spray on (the cleaner the material the better obviously, and costs about £7 for a bottle which should do a trailer.

Any outdoor shop will have re-proofers, and I'd suggest for a trailer it's not necessary to go for the best as that usually = breathable (for jackets) and I recon compromises waterproofing.

Grangers do a paint on tent proof (in a large tin at c£20) which would do a grand job on about 15 trailers.

As I wouldn't expect a bike trailer to have a 2.5 or 3 layer Gore-Tex shell (it would say if it did - as a guide Gore-Tex in shoes cost about £30 to the customer) I wouldn't pay a premium for a 'waterproof' trailer.