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A Bent-wood, Single-Wheel Lightweight Bicycle Touring Trailer

From France, the Beez

By Rain Noe - August 4, 2023

in Bikes

The Beez is a lightweight bicycle touring trailer made with laminated wood and steel.

French manufacturer Beecyclo reckons their design has at least seven advantages:

Attachment to axis: fast and universal

Attachment to the axis in less than 30 seconds. Compatibility with all 26 to 29 inch hollow axle bikes: road, touring, mountain biking, full suspension, tandem, recumbent, etc. Allows the use of panniers.

Driving comfort: self-damping structure

The laminated wood structure provides flexibility and cushioning, like a skateboard deck. It replaces heavy and maintenance-intensive mechanical damping systems.

Simple and total dismantling: compact transport

Its small size once disassembled allows it to disappear in a bag to travel neither seen nor known by bus, train and even by plane (at no extra cost).

Large carrying capacity: 20 Kg or 100 L

Strapped onto the steel baggage hoop, your backpack, travel bag or even better a waterproof bag, follows you everywhere. The space under the tray allows you to hang a tent, water bladder, etc.

Longevity and rigidity: steel frame

It allows for rescue repairs at a lower cost, during a journey far from the beaten track (it is easier to weld steel than aluminum).

Ultra-light empty weight: less than 5 Kg

What you save in trailer weight, you gain in payload. The Beez is the lightest self-damping trailer on the market.

The Beez was designed and manufactured in, and is only sold in, France.

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Andrew Block

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Perhaps stupid question with a lot of these 3rd wheel and carrier designs: why not design around a 700mm wheel?

It wouldn't really hurt turn radii, would allow you to carry one inner tube and tire size for in-field repairs, would be more flexible to stopping at a bike shop if the rim was ruined, could help provide a more secure package stability at the same time as create a more integral fender, and (just guessing here) create less rolling resistance. I highly doubt it is a cost thing - those action shots scream money wasn't a driving factor, and for the rocky terrain I would guess that small wheel diameter would be more of a hindrance.

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  The smaller trailer wheel keeps the center of gravity on the trailer lower than the bike which lowers the effect of counter lean on a single wheel trailer.
  
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    That is only a matter of how you construct it with the larger wheel size, the load can still be kept at the same low level, or even lower(which doesn't really make sense when it comes to ground clearance) , even with a larger wheel. But how big the difference will be swapping the wheel for a larger, I don't really know, as I haven't tried the thing.
    
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Michael Ayukawa

10 months ago

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A lot like the BOB (Beast of Burden) trailer. Copied from a BOB site: "BOB is cult. The name says it all: The thoroughbred Beast Of Burden has borne the gear of expedition professionals and true outdoors enthusiasts for over a decade. No other trailer can do it better."
I don't know how available these are today. I thought they had gone out of business. One of the hassles with a BOB has been addressed in the Beez. Namely the ability to detach the swing arm from the body of the trailer.

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Johny Bgood

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It cost 540 euros for anyone that cares...

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Toby B

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I have another small-single-wheel trailer, a BOB, it is true that the odd tire/tube size is a little annoying, I would say for limiting the choice of tire more than anything else, so 700c would be a win there. I do think handling would suffer, already having your rig be 50% longer takes some getting used to (esp. in urban settings...) but it might be the tradeoff would still be worth it.

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