I use to ride my cats with me on my bike. I would transport them in my single wheel bike trailer. They really enjoyed getting out and riding with me and they were great company to have come along.
Thanks. The trailer is Radical Designs Chubby. We just roll back the top and place inside a standard folding fabric dog crate, with a couple of straps to keep it in place.
So I’ve watched the video again and again and I think I found the trick at about 1:28 where you are taking your dog out of the trailer. It looks like you have covered a plastic dog crate in the trailer itself. That is clever. It also explains why I’ve not been able to find any information on a Radical Design Chubby dog trailer. Great idea.
Hi - Yes it is a standard folding fabric dog crate that sits inside the trailer. The lid of the trailer is rolled back and tucked inside. In the UK, the are sold by Halfords under the name of RAC dog carriers. The trailer is not modified.
@@krull57 thanks, I actually got a great reply from the Radical Design company. They were familiar with your video and knew how you did this :-) They were actually looking into making a pet trailer, but it won’t be ready within our timeframe, Our dog’s collapsible crate would fit the Chubby perfectly too.
@@krull57 my wife and I have been putting off buying bikes, especially Bromptons (our preference) because of our dog. You have blown me away with this wonderful video. I can’t find the fabric dog crate on Halfords site, can you give more details? This will change our lives, please respond, I am guessing many others will want to know more.
Hi Jack I have just posted a general comment giving general info. The crate is this one: www.amazon.co.uk/RAC-Fabric-Pet-Carrier-Medium/dp/B00MOL9F1I Works really well for us - hope you get it sorted and get to start cycling with your dog! - Good luck!
Did you modify your Radical Designs Chubby trailer to hold your dog? I have found next to no information on this setup for carrying a dog. There is a dearth of information on biking with dogs on a Brompton on the web. I have found the details on the trailer, but aside from stock photos, nothing else.
I liked your video too much, and I loved that you travelled with the dog. I also do some travels with my bike here in Brazil, in July I did a 1939 Km travel, and it was so interesting. After the pandemic, more two or three years, I think, I want to go to UK, to buy a Bromptom and do some travels in your country. I think it will be very good. Congratulations from Brazil.
Hello to Brazil. The Brompton is a great bike to use in other countries because you can take it on a bus or train if you need, allowing you spend most of your time in the areas that interest you. I hope it works out for you. Good luck!
Dear @krull57, can I assume you had your Cyclone Chubby shipped to the UK? If so, could you tell me if you had to pay any customs duty with the standard 15 € shipping from Radical Design? Best wishes, Oliver
Hi. We bought it before brexit. Since, Radical design refund you the 21% Dutch vat on large orders and UK customs charge you uk vat (not sure about import duty) Quite frankly it is all a right mess. I recently made a £130 order and got a customs surcharge of £54. Should be better for a larger order. They have the procedure on their website. A wonderful brexit benefit. It was do easy before. Good luck
What an excellent Adventure. I'd love to know the route you took. But I observed: Ravenwsood Ipswich, Levington, Felixstowe Port, Felixstowe Ferry, Aldeburgh, Leiston Southwold, Lowestoft.
Thanks, glad you liked it. Route was pretty much as you observed. Kept as close as possible to the coast and used bridleways where convenient. The martello towers were on a footpath section, but we walked that. It is important to include off road stuff so the dog gets plenty of exercise.
Always try to get up to Suffolk, cycling, once a year. Nice trip. I liked the wild camp, under the trees, at the edge of the field. Where was that? Re: reservations on trains. You don't need one on local trains, only inter-city. It's just first come, first served - as it should be, I think.
HI - Can't remember where the camping spot was. It was somewhere near Walberswick. One of those places where you are out of sight but not too far from the path. The train reservation situation is similar on Northern Trains. But still causes problems when you buy advance tickets and the bike spaces are already full. Folding bikes take away all of the gamble. Can even take them on the bus!
Hi Everybody, A few folks have asked about the dog crate and whether it was hacked etc. It is a standard folding dog carrier (this one in fact - www.amazon.co.uk/RAC-Fabric-Pet-Carrier-Medium/dp/B00MOL9F1I ). You roll back the lid of the trailer and tuck it inside. The dog crate sits nicely inside the trailer. I have added a couple of elastic loops from the dog crate handles which go around the trailer axles, just in case, to stop it bouncing out. All standard stuff. Hope this helps
@@fliessentischbesitzerin1204 The carrier is 60cm long and fits just right. There is room for extra width, though you would struggle to find a carrier to fit.
Thank you!!!! I have a Chubby, and two small dogs. I normally carry one in a front basket and the other in K9 Sport Sack, but it’d be great to make the Chubby work for them both to ride together. Your video and these details make it seem totally possible. Thanks again!
Hi, It works well enough. A couple of things to be mindful of - make sure you don't catch it on anything, it is quite wide. Also, being so low, be mindful of the dog being within reach of other dogs. It would be a viable solution to touring, but if it was not for the dog, I would strap a rucksack on the back of the bike.
How did you hook the trailer to your Brompton? Did you have to get a longer rear axle (skewer)? What type of attachment or gadget did you have to install first before connecting the trailer to the Brompton?
Absolutely great! It's funny because we are trying to figure which way to go to cycle with our two dogs. I have watched your videos with you cycling with your dog on the big fat dummy. Now you are doing it bromptons. Fantastic! Which do you prefer and what trailer are you using? Keep posting you are very inspiring. Thanks👍😃🚴🐶
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. The big dummy set up does actually work better from a cycling point of view, but you are limited to circular foutes. In theory, we can jump on a bus etc if needed with the Bromptons. Allows for route alterations at a whim.
Hi, @helenbenjafield7351 Just had a look at Radical Designs and they say no UK. We bought ours in about 2017. Looks like yet another brexit benefit. You know, where we were promised frictionless trade with the EU. So infuriating. I would give them a ring, they speak good English and are nice to deal with. They did used to have a post brexit shipping customs protocol. Used it once for some bits. Customs charges were £50 for a £90 order. Looks like it wasn't worth the hassle for them.
Yes I always do Im just curious about the drag on real steap hills/mountain it looked kinda flat there I thought you were just stretching your legs but I had ask at the beginning I'm a real motor mouth
Lovely video. Amazing what you can fit on a Brompton. Have you seen Suzanne Thornton's channel and her epic Brompton trips? BTW, would your dog run off if she wasn't on a lead? Most dogs in my experience just follow their owners.
Why not ask her? Oh sorry, I forgot she is a dog! Seriously though, it is against the law to have dog off the lead by a road. Also, when away from home, it would be unwise to risk the dog getting lost in an unfamiliar surroundings. Then again, there is the issue of the dog running off and worrying farm animals.
@@kentwydell9322 Well fortunately dogs are all different with different behaviours. My dog used to follow me on my mountain bike, wander up mountains, along seashores and wild camp. He never showed any desire to do a runner. Some dogs of course are escape artists for sure but as I say above, in my experience, most dogs just plod along with their owners but point taken about keeping a dog on lead by roads and in sheep country.
Thanks. She tends to be on the lead a lot because she will chase things, including sheep and is small enough to get through most fences. Also she dislikes most larger dogs she meets.Especially collies and labradors. She is a rescue dog, so we suspect an incident must have caused this when she was young. She does go off the lead, but seems happy on it.
@@krull57 Good for you taking a rescue dog. I've got two rescue spaniels. Sadly Fergus- in my avatar- is nearing the end of his life and his days of following me up hill and down dale are now but a memory. If I ever get a younger dog in the future, I'd love to get one of those bike cage things you use and go bikepacking with him/her.
@@krull57 I have a small rescue dog and, whilst I feel reasonably confident in her recall, like you I prefer to keep her on a leash when we’re out and about on our adventures. I simply wouldn’t risk her being hurt or lost, she is safe on her leash at my side. We did LeJog this year on our Brompton and both had the adventure of our lives - Brompton are fantastic! Thanks for sharing your video, loved seeing your set up and the route you took with Lucy looking very happy to be with you - they love camping don’t they? 🥰
Lucy has it made with the two of you. All animals should be loved and given a happy life. Nice video Thanks
Thanks- You are so kind
Love how you pamper your baby Lucy and enjoy your country, best wishes from India.
Thanks Max, yes indeed, the dog is spoilt.
I never thought of doing camping with my Brompton. You gave us a great idea.
Such cute dog! ❤️
Give it a go- if it doesn't work out, just catch the bus home!
What a life! Exercise, nice scenery, good food, friends, a cozy bedroom, and being towed in a trailer :)
Indeed-
It's a dog's life!
Thanks for watching.
I use to ride my cats with me on my bike. I would transport them in my single wheel bike trailer. They really enjoyed getting out and riding with me and they were great company to have come along.
That looks like real fun 😀 Beautifully made video too 👍
Thanks, glad you liked it👍
That is an epic fold-up onto the train!
Yes - I am not sure I could walk too far with that lot on my back - useful when needed though.
Looks like a lot of fun.
Lucy looks like she enjoys it!
Thanks, yes she does. But we doo have to let her out lots to walk.
Thank you for a beautiful video.
Like other people I am intrigued by the dog-adapted trailer.
Thanks. The trailer is Radical Designs Chubby. We just roll back the top and place inside a standard folding fabric dog crate, with a couple of straps to keep it in place.
And how hard it is uphill?
So I’ve watched the video again and again and I think I found the trick at about 1:28 where you are taking your dog out of the trailer. It looks like you have covered a plastic dog crate in the trailer itself. That is clever. It also explains why I’ve not been able to find any information on a Radical Design Chubby dog trailer.
Great idea.
Hi - Yes it is a standard folding fabric dog crate that sits inside the trailer. The lid of the trailer is rolled back and tucked inside. In the UK, the are sold by Halfords under the name of RAC dog carriers. The trailer is not modified.
@@krull57 thanks, I actually got a great reply from the Radical Design company. They were familiar with your video and knew how you did this :-)
They were actually looking into making a pet trailer, but it won’t be ready within our timeframe,
Our dog’s collapsible crate would fit the Chubby perfectly too.
@@krull57 my wife and I have been putting off buying bikes, especially Bromptons (our preference) because of our dog. You have blown me away with this wonderful video. I can’t find the fabric dog crate on Halfords site, can you give more details? This will change our lives, please respond, I am guessing many others will want to know more.
Hi Jack
I have just posted a general comment giving general info. The crate is this one: www.amazon.co.uk/RAC-Fabric-Pet-Carrier-Medium/dp/B00MOL9F1I
Works really well for us - hope you get it sorted and get to start cycling with your dog! - Good luck!
@@krull57 thanks your a star.
Thanks for sharing really enjoyed your content
Thank- glad you enjoyed it. I would recommend this route, it was excellent.
Very beautiful video!
Thank you very much!
Did you modify your Radical Designs Chubby trailer to hold your dog? I have found next to no information on this setup for carrying a dog. There is a dearth of information on biking with dogs on a Brompton on the web. I have found the details on the trailer, but aside from stock photos, nothing else.
Thanks for sharing, wonderful trip
It's a pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.
I liked your video too much, and I loved that you travelled with the dog. I also do some travels with my bike here in Brazil, in July I did a 1939 Km travel, and it was so interesting.
After the pandemic, more two or three years, I think, I want to go to UK, to buy a Bromptom and do some travels in your country.
I think it will be very good. Congratulations from Brazil.
Hello to Brazil. The Brompton is a great bike to use in other countries because you can take it on a bus or train if you need, allowing you spend most of your time in the areas that interest you. I hope it works out for you.
Good luck!
looks great, have fun 👍
Thanks.👌
Brilliant. Just essentials, enough said. Thank you.
Good trip guys :)
Thanks, certainly was.
Lovely video, thankyou for sharing 😊 🚲🚲🐕🏕🌤
Thx. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Que feliz va el perrito❤❤
Yo también tengo brompton y llevo a mi perra delante!
Podéis decirme que modelo de remolque usáis?
Un saludo desde Barcelona
Lucy is perfect. 👌❤
Best regards
Beautyful o dog.
Obrigado
Hi, could you make a video about the bench and the dog..? I can't really find out how you dit this.
Dear @krull57, can I assume you had your Cyclone Chubby shipped to the UK? If so, could you tell me if you had to pay any customs duty with the standard 15 € shipping from Radical Design? Best wishes, Oliver
Hi. We bought it before brexit.
Since, Radical design refund you the 21% Dutch vat on large orders and UK customs charge you uk vat (not sure about import duty)
Quite frankly it is all a right mess. I recently made a £130 order and got a customs surcharge of £54. Should be better for a larger order. They have the procedure on their website.
A wonderful brexit benefit. It was do easy before. Good luck
Hermoso video y su perrito 🐶 🥰
Gracias, me alegro de que lo hayas disfrutado.
What an excellent Adventure. I'd love to know the route you took. But I observed: Ravenwsood Ipswich, Levington, Felixstowe Port, Felixstowe Ferry, Aldeburgh, Leiston Southwold, Lowestoft.
Thanks, glad you liked it. Route was pretty much as you observed. Kept as close as possible to the coast and used bridleways where convenient. The martello towers were on a footpath section, but we walked that.
It is important to include off road stuff so the dog gets plenty of exercise.
For sure
Best wishes from Malaysia
Thank you 👍
Always try to get up to Suffolk, cycling, once a year. Nice trip. I liked the wild camp, under the trees, at the edge of the field. Where was that?
Re: reservations on trains. You don't need one on local trains, only inter-city. It's just first come, first served - as it should be, I think.
HI - Can't remember where the camping spot was. It was somewhere near Walberswick. One of those places where you are out of sight but not too far from the path.
The train reservation situation is similar on Northern Trains. But still causes problems when you buy advance tickets and the bike spaces are already full. Folding bikes take away all of the gamble. Can even take them on the bus!
Hi Everybody,
A few folks have asked about the dog crate and whether it was hacked etc.
It is a standard folding dog carrier (this one in fact - www.amazon.co.uk/RAC-Fabric-Pet-Carrier-Medium/dp/B00MOL9F1I ).
You roll back the lid of the trailer and tuck it inside. The dog crate sits nicely inside the trailer. I have added a couple of elastic loops from the dog crate handles which go around the trailer axles, just in case, to stop it bouncing out.
All standard stuff.
Hope this helps
Thanks a bunch for the information!
PS: You may want to pin that comment.
Since we have a bigger dog, I wonder if that is the biggest dog carrier which fits into the trailer? What do you think, was there any space left?
@@fliessentischbesitzerin1204 The carrier is 60cm long and fits just right. There is room for extra width, though you would struggle to find a carrier to fit.
Thank you!!!! I have a Chubby, and two small dogs. I normally carry one in a front basket and the other in K9 Sport Sack, but it’d be great to make the Chubby work for them both to ride together. Your video and these details make it seem totally possible. Thanks again!
@@princesspearlthumb Glad it was useful - I hope it works out for you.👍
Where did you buy your trailer?
what is the trailer you used for your dog please ?
Hi, it is a Radical Designs Chubby, specifically for the Brompton.
How good is the chubby trailer for touring?
Hi, It works well enough. A couple of things to be mindful of - make sure you don't catch it on anything, it is quite wide. Also, being so low, be mindful of the dog being within reach of other dogs.
It would be a viable solution to touring, but if it was not for the dog, I would strap a rucksack on the back of the bike.
Awesome video 👌 what make and size is your backpack ?
Thanks. It was a generic medium size folding dog crate from Ebay, adapted to fix on with a quick release system for easy removal.
Trains ok with dog on your lap or at feet?
How did you hook the trailer to your Brompton? Did you have to get a longer rear axle (skewer)? What type of attachment or gadget did you have to install first before connecting the trailer to the Brompton?
The trailer comes with a ball towing hook,but I don't know whether it comes with a longer axle rod,&would need to be longer.
Wow, that's really cool.
Is it England? Korea is cool, too.
That place is cooler. I want to travel there
Hi - yes. South East England
excellent
Thank you 👍
Muito legal essa aventura, dog aventureiro.
Obrigado - fico feliz que tenha gostado.
What is the name brand of your tent? I have seen them before and want to look into it. TY!
It is a Hilleberg Nallo 2 GT. They also make a super light version (Anjan). Been going strong for 10 years now.
Absolutely great! It's funny because we are trying to figure which way to go to cycle with our two dogs. I have watched your videos with you cycling with your dog on the big fat dummy. Now you are doing it bromptons. Fantastic! Which do you prefer and what trailer are you using? Keep posting you are very inspiring. Thanks👍😃🚴🐶
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. The big dummy set up does actually work better from a cycling point of view, but you are limited to circular foutes.
In theory, we can jump on a bus etc if needed with the Bromptons. Allows for route alterations at a whim.
did you have to hack the trailer to make it dog friendly?
No, it is a standard folding fabric dog crate that sits in the trailer. The trailer has the lid rolled up and tucked out of the way.
How do you put it on a bicycle
Much the same way as you would do with a ball towing hook on a car.
Beautiful video! Thanks for posting. What kind of trailer is your dog riding in?
Thanks - its a Radical Designs Chubby - designed specifically for the Brompton
@@krull57please,could you tell us where you purchased it,as it doesn't seem to be available in the UK?Thank you.
Hi, @helenbenjafield7351
Just had a look at Radical Designs and they say no UK. We bought ours in about 2017. Looks like yet another brexit benefit. You know, where we were promised frictionless trade with the EU. So infuriating. I would give them a ring, they speak good English and are nice to deal with. They did used to have a post brexit shipping customs protocol. Used it once for some bits. Customs charges were £50 for a £90 order. Looks like it wasn't worth the hassle for them.
Are you allowed to bring the dog on the train?
Yes, no problem at all.
How tuff is it to tow that trailer up hills?
Not easy to be honest. The dog gets out and walks at that point.
Do you ever have to push
Did you not watch the whole video?
Yes I always do Im just curious about the drag on real steap hills/mountain it looked kinda flat there I thought you were just stretching your legs but I had ask at the beginning I'm a real motor mouth
I dint think we did on this trip. But we have done on plenty of others - it is quite a heavy load.
Lovely video. Amazing what you can fit on a Brompton. Have you seen Suzanne Thornton's channel and her epic Brompton trips? BTW, would your dog run off if she wasn't on a lead? Most dogs in my experience just follow their owners.
Why not ask her? Oh sorry, I forgot she is a dog!
Seriously though, it is against the law to have dog off the lead by a road. Also, when away from home, it would be unwise to risk the dog getting lost in an unfamiliar surroundings. Then again, there is the issue of the dog running off and worrying farm animals.
@@kentwydell9322 Well fortunately dogs are all different with different behaviours. My dog used to follow me on my mountain bike, wander up mountains, along seashores and wild camp. He never showed any desire to do a runner. Some dogs of course are escape artists for sure but as I say above, in my experience, most dogs just plod along with their owners but point taken about keeping a dog on lead by roads and in sheep country.
Thanks. She tends to be on the lead a lot because she will chase things, including sheep and is small enough to get through most fences. Also she dislikes most larger dogs she meets.Especially collies and labradors. She is a rescue dog, so we suspect an incident must have caused this when she was young.
She does go off the lead, but seems happy on it.
@@krull57 Good for you taking a rescue dog. I've got two rescue spaniels. Sadly Fergus- in my avatar- is nearing the end of his life and his days of following me up hill and down dale are now but a memory. If I ever get a younger dog in the future, I'd love to get one of those bike cage things you use and go bikepacking with him/her.
@@krull57 I have a small rescue dog and, whilst I feel reasonably confident in her recall, like you I prefer to keep her on a leash when we’re out and about on our adventures. I simply wouldn’t risk her being hurt or lost, she is safe on her leash at my side. We did LeJog this year on our Brompton and both had the adventure of our lives - Brompton are fantastic! Thanks for sharing your video, loved seeing your set up and the route you took with Lucy looking very happy to be with you - they love camping don’t they? 🥰
Does the dog fold-up as well?
Now that would be useful!
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Shame the music is so loud.