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Friday, May 29, 2009

By Yokota Fritz

Jean Ulrey in Florida has a bicycle trailer to tote her granddaughter around, but the little girl kept getting dirt, grime and water in her face.

Besides the flap that comes with every bike trailer I've seen, an obvious solution is a fender. So Ms Ulrey, who owns a welding business, built a bicycle sidecar to carry her granddaughter.

According to this news article, Ulrey hopes to sell her sidecars and even patented the idea of attaching a sidecar to a bicycle.

More. Props to Warren, who now publishes a "Bicycle News" daily podcast.

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Comments:

Howdy--

Chariot trailers already has a patnet on this idea; they've been making one for years:

http://www.chariotcarriers.com/english/html/sidecarrier.php

Happy Trails,
Ron Georg

# posted by

Ron : 5/29/2009 12:16:00 PM

Quite old idea, but more necessary now perhaps. Everything "new" is usually "old". Great to see things 'tried and true; but renamed "new'' '!

# posted by

countersTRIKE : 5/29/2009 05:51:00 PM

This is a popular transport technique in the Phillipines and has been done elsewhere for years, too -- it will be interesting to see if this lady's patent gets approved.

Anyone remember BMX sidecar racing?

# posted by

GhostRider : 5/29/2009 06:19:00 PM

Here is my version:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/97174251@N00/1861570815/in/set-72157602913098426/

# posted by

del : 5/31/2009 11:06:00 PM

No one notices that she doesn't have a helmet on her grand daughter or her self.

# posted by

Benjamin : 5/31/2009 11:28:00 PM

We all noticed; the story is on grandma the welder. Given the inherent instability of sidecar equipped bikes, though, a helmet may not be a bad idea.

# posted by

Yokota Fritz : 5/31/2009 11:44:00 PM

flip flops and no helmet? who cares, grandma probably goes no farther than the corner Dairy Queen.

# posted by

Ron : 6/01/2009 09:23:00 PM