Three years ago Al and I built a
Hipster Bike Trailer to haul goods with my bicycle. I recently purchased a bike with disc brakes. I love the disc brakes, but the brake mechanism interfered with the piece that attaches the trailer to the frame.
You will recall this trailer was featured on
Bike Hacks Website in 2013 and again on
Bike Hacks Website in 2015 (scroll down).
Below are some pictures of a $4, temporary hack I came up with to work around this issue.
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| This is the original trailer attachment. In the "V" of my frame you see the black disc brake mechanism (red piece in the middle). |
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| I took apart the trailer attachment and bought a couple of pieces from Ace Hardware. |
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| Here is what I ended up with, |
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