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Cargo bikes are more than kid transporters.
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January 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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New trailer build complete but for some cosmetic touches. Full report after customer acceptance.
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Side view of custom built bicycle trailer. Matte black steel tubing frame and light color plywood sides. Front view of custom built bicycle trailer. Small box at lower right holds rechargeable battery for rear facing strobe light. BenBuiltWorkshop logo.
February 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Who needs a car? 12 ft of brick molding and 10 ft of casing. No problem.

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May 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Cycling is how I get around, trips to the hardware store, Lumberyard, grocery store, beach etc. Cargo includes 1-3 70# Labradors with toys, towels and high pressure hoses. Schlepping 3 Labs etc required upgrading to a Spicy Curry.
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January 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Building bike trailers opens up the imagination. A recent build is a double Stand Up Paddle board mover. The boards are arranged flat in hopes of reducing the effect of cross winds. It tows straight loaded and unloaded in light breezes.
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January 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Who needs a car? Another fence project. That means more lumber. Hailing 3 8’ 4”x4” posts. Not a heavy load but awkward. Spent 15 mins. answering the yardman’s questions about the bike, trailer, lifestyle and economics related to being car free.
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Yuba Spicy Curry cargo bike towing a trailer with 3 8’ 4x4 posts. Yuba Spicy Curry cargo bike towing a trailer with 3 8’ 4x4 posts. Yuba Spicy Curry cargo bike towing a trailer with 3 8’ 4x4 posts.
July 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Digging back through the builds created at BenBuilt Workshop. Here's an oldie (2019). A Schwinn frame, Burly tow bar and custom body. The top has gone through many iterations, Mylar to light plywood. Good for 200# or 3 Labradors.
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Custom built bike trailer (orange top) with two Labradors Custom built bike trailer with orange Mylar top and the tow bike- a Yuba Spicy Curry A custom built bike trailer withvone Labrador and a human
May 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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On a lighter note. Who needs a car? 5 hp power auger, 6 inch auger bit and accessories. Just one cargo bike trailer. Trip was 7 miles out and back. Unfortunately there’s no electric auger to rent.

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Gas power auger stowed for transport on a cargo bike trailer. Gas power auger stowed for transport on a cargo bike trailer.
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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In lighter news, the fence project is done. Looks good and reduces the excessive greetings by Ash the Lab of neighbors. All materials and rental tools moved by cargo bike/trailer.
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New fence with now quiet Ash the Lab. All materials and special tools moved to site via cargo bike and trailer. 144 BF of 5/8"x6" cedar. 320Lbs of concrete mix. 4@ 4x4x8'. 6 @ 2x4x6'. 1 box deck screws. 1 100 lb gas auger. 100 pound gas auger transported 7 miles round trip by bike. One of two loads of lumber for fence. New fence uses gate I built 5 years ago. It will all age to a matching color. Guardian Gnome on gate post.
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Not everything at BenBuiltWorkshop is bikes and bike trailers. Restoring a old but serviceable tool is both enjoyable and kind to the budget. A Wilton bullet vise has been on my wish list for a few decades. At the price I got this 3 1/2 inch vise there's usually a busted jaw. This one was sound.
A 1973 Wilton Machinist vise, 3 1/2" jaws as it came to me. In mechanically sound condition it needed an overhaul and new jaws. Wilton vise all cleaned up. One swivel clamp is missing and the one that came with teh vise is a a mess. Those along with the jaws were replaced with new parts specific to this model vise. Painted and on the bench. New chrome swivel clamp (1 of 2) installed. Waiting on teh new jaws. Restored in late 2021 this tool has seen me through many projects. It's also the inspiration for the shop's logo
February 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Some more info and photos of the latest bicycle trailer build. This #10 or #13. The frame is from a Burley Nomad. The subframe is 1"x1" cold rolled steel tubing. The corners are parts from Wike Bicycles of Canada. See ALT text for more
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The upper sides are 1" round galvanized EMT. The corner bits were bored out with a 1 1/8" fosner bit and a drill press. It's all bolted together with stainless steel metric fasteners. The side plates and floor are birch ply with 4 coats of polyurethane. Customer wanted Matte black. Metal is primed with an etching primer and Rustoleum Camouflage black spray. The mast at left mounts the red strobe light from Super Bright LEDs. Tires are rated E-25 to work with the e-bike tow vehicle's speed limit. GVW is about 125 pounds. Not counting the Nomad frame (silver) the project cost about $350. Traile rides ever so slightly nose up. You can zoom in on the hitch setup. The Burley axle hitch bolts up just aft of the rear axle using the mount point for the pegs. In this case we've used the peg and its bolt for attachment. The Specialized Globe haul has very wide rear dropouts. This makes the trailer sit far to the left. The tow bar has been shortened by 2 1/4". That may improve things. If not I'll build a custom hitch mount to wrap around the rear wheel to center things up.
February 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM