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London Cyclist
August/September 2006
It took Chris Elliott six years from writing about them to getting one, but two years after buying a Bike Hod he is still enthusiastic about the ease with which it enables him to do the shopping... Read the whole article (PDF)
From the August/September 2006 issue of London Cyclist, the membership magazine of the London Cycling Campaign (www.lcc.org.uk).
A to B Magazine
These
are extracts from a review that appeared in A to B Magazine.
You can subscribe to A to B online at www.atob.org.uk.
"...The Bike-Hod is a strange mixture of gawky practicality and
elegant design. The frame is deceptively simple, but thought through
with great care, so as to put the load in a stable position between the
wheels, yet occupy as small a space as possible...
...Folding: Not very sophisticated this feature, but then it doesn't
need to be. Ready for the road, the Hod occupies an enormous 119cm tall
by 96cm long by 64cm wide, but by loosening one 5mm Allen screw the tow
hitch can be folded round and down, reducing the package size by two-thirds,
to 91cm x 42cm x 64cm. At 245 litres, that's pretty small, but more importantly
it no longer shouts "bicycle" and can thus be taken just about
anywhere. To all intents and purposes, once the tow hitch is folded down,
the Bike-Hod becomes a slightly larger than life shopping trolley. And
even the most jobsworthy rail guard won't bat an eyelid at a shopping
trolley, so trains are easy, as are buses, provided they're not too busy.
It's all an optical illusion, of course, because the Hod is actually
quite a substantial trailer...
...You can't resist warming to the Bike-Hod. It's quirky and exotic,
but a simple design that really works. It's become something of a favourite
with Brompton owners, because
the machines work rather well together, especially where there's a need
to hoik the assemblage onto a train or into a car boot. A Hod is also
ideal for the old trick of carrying a second Brompton to pick up wheel-less
friends. And the 60 litre bag will swallow quite a big shop. All good
practical stuff."
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