An unfolding mini-caravan for cyclists

[8ball]

I was a little sceptical at the earlier efforts, but this is some proper British engineering going down.

Double the power, solar energy, cooking facilities, and the bicycle space overlaps the living space giving a much improved profile.

 

[editor]

How long has that bus been delayed?

The tiniest fraction of the time that it will have been delayed by cars over the course of the year.

 

[editor]

That’s a big adult equivalent. I think most remember the issues with giving a mate a ride.

As you mention though, combined with a decent e bike, this could really work. No tax, no number plate, no insurance and you could hog the middle of the road like all good caravaneers and annoy Spy.

Was your mate in a separate, balanced trailer behind you then?

 

[TopCat]

Was your mate in a separate, balanced trailer behind you then?

He was less vulnerable to the wind for sure.

Try and blag one and blog it.

 

[A380]

I'd want one with a bath.

 

[TopCat]

I'd want one with a bath.

Shower would be more practical.

 

[Idaho]

I do a fair bit of cycle touring/camping, and I'm not sure this would be worth the bother. It's £4k - which is a few years of campsite fees and holiday pub dinners.

 

[A380]

Shower would be more practical.

But not as nice when you get out of the integral sauna...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

E bike won’t work this thing of course. At the end of the day you need to recharge the batteries, so ebike touring means B&B’s or campsites within hook-ups.

 

[A380]

E bike won’t work this thing of course. At the end of the day you need to recharge the batteries, so ebike touring means B&B’s or campsites within hook-ups.

You could stick a generator in the caravan...

 

[yield]

Would solar panels be enough to top up the bike?

 

[TopCat]

Would solar panels be enough to top up the bike?

No.

 

[yield]

That's a shame.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

You could stick a generator in the caravan...

When we were doing parties, showmen with their generator trucks often provided the power for multi-riggers. Perhaps they could set up in lay-bys to top people up in the new e-world…

 

[Idaho]

E bike won’t work this thing of course. At the end of the day you need to recharge the batteries, so ebike touring means B&B’s or campsites within hook-ups.

Depends on the level of battery use. Which is dependent on distance, load and motor assistance level. You might be able to go a few days between charges.

 

[T & P]

And I’d imagine the usual range of any ebike’s battery designed to carry the weight of one person and the bike itself would be more or less halved if required to pull twice the weight. Let’s not even consider hilly routes.

So unless you are Mark Cavendish, even with an ebike you’re not going to haul this thing further than a pitiful number of miles per day. I guess it’d work if you’re renting it already at the holiday destination area, and don’t need to return it to the same spot you got it from so you get to see more countryside. Not so much if it’s yours and you’re setting off from your home in London though- you’d barely make it to lovely Crawley before having to head back.

 

[WouldBe]

Does it have a washing machine?

Doesn't even have a loo for €5K

 

[WouldBe]

Depends on the level of battery use. Which is dependent on distance, load and motor assistance level. You might be able to go a few days between charges.

You could put a dynamo on it for when you don't need the electric motor.

 

[8ball]

No.

Eventually.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Depends on the level of battery use. Which is dependent on distance, load and motor assistance level. You might be able to go a few days between charges.

Mine has a max range of ~45 miles. That is off road, heavy mtb with 90kg rider with around 8kg backpack, 95% of the time in eco mode.

A touring ebike on tarmac with a similar 600w battery would get around 70 miles, less if very hilly terrain. Towing a caravan would kill the range.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Where would one keep such a contraption when not needlessly clogging up the UK’s highways?

 

[dessiato]

Or buy this 1993 White Auto-Sleepers Symphony Bathroom and shower 1.9 for sale for £4,494 in Bedworth, Warwickshire

Go further, faster, safer, and more comfortably. All without inconveniencing other road users.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Or this and save yourself a ton of agg…

Check out this Equestrian facility for sale on Rightmove

Equestrian facility for sale in Rockwood, Witley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 for £19,750,000. Marketed by Savills, Country Department

www.rightmove.co.uk

 

[dessiato]

Or this and save yourself a ton of agg…

Check out this Equestrian facility for sale on Rightmove

Equestrian facility for sale in Rockwood, Witley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 for £19,750,000. Marketed by Savills, Country Department

www.rightmove.co.uk

You'd need the bike caravan thing to have somewhere to stay as you move around the grounds. There's a hell of a lot of land

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[purves grundy]

Does no one remember what happened in Sightseers?

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My exact first thought

 

[Idaho]

Mine has a max range of ~45 miles. That is off road, heavy mtb with 90kg rider with around 8kg backpack, 95% of the time in eco mode.

A touring ebike on tarmac with a similar 600w battery would get around 70 miles, less if very hilly terrain. Towing a caravan would kill the range.

I've done 100km across lightly hilly terrain with an 80kg rider and 20kg of kit and only used up 50% of the battery. On the flat without the wind being against you, its fairly easy to cycle without power assist. If I'm being frugal I just use the power for the uphills and if there is a breeze to contend with.

 

[Dogsauce]

you can always stick more batteries in the trailer, though finding somewhere to charge them all might be tough. Does the caravan have an electric hook-up?