The purpose of this project was to design and build a bicycle trailer with suspension primarily designed for the transportation of a child. The trailer will be used to transport children that are too young to ride their own bicylces, but will also be useable as a light-duty hauling trailer for groceries, etc. A trailer of this type will allow for a more comfortable and smoother ride for the child and contents in light off-road trail riding. Currently, our design team has yet to discover a trailer of this kind.
Bike trailers exist in many shapes and sizes that are designed for numerous applications.
No trailer, however, has been found that is equipped with suspension. Our group hopes to draw from these designs already on the market to perfect a trailer with suspension. Suspension As was stated earlier, no existing trailers with suspension could be found on the market in our preliminary research. This is the one area of this project that will be designed from scratch . Many mountain bikes today are outfitted with suspension and we hope to draw from these designs to develop an adequate suspension for our needs.