Racks with child trailer question

[forzaandy]

Hi Everyone. Just joined ACA and very excited about family touring. We (my wife, our 4 year-old and me) have done some weekend bikecamping trips in the Chicago area and are loving it. I pull him in a Burley kid trailer. The trailer has a lot of cargo area and I put our air pads, tent and one or two micro camp chairs in it. My question is would I be better off putting that weight into front and/or rear panniers instead of trailer? Everything is good on flat areas but even mini hills/overpasses puts me into the low-low gears. In a year I expect to transition him to a Burley Piccolo geared rack-mounted trail a bike. Thanks in advance for advice!

[DaveB]

Weight is weight and redistributing it from the trailer to the bike won't make climbing any easier.

[indyfabz]

That's what the low low gears are for. And presumably he is going to be heavier next year.

What sort of gearing do you have now?

[walks.in2.trees]

Hi Everyone. Just joined ACA and very excited about family touring. We (my wife, our 4 year-old and me) have done some weekend bikecamping trips in the Chicago area and are loving it. I pull him in a Burley kid trailer. The trailer has a lot of cargo area and I put our air pads, tent and one or two micro camp chairs in it. My question is would I be better off putting that weight into front and/or rear panniers instead of trailer? Everything is good on flat areas but even mini hills/overpasses puts me into the low-low gears. In a year I expect to transition him to a Burley Piccolo geared rack-mounted trail a bike. Thanks in advance for advice!

Handling should be better if you redistribute some weight to the front. Test it out.

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