Trailer motors

Ridekick is the trailer on this catalogue: a powered wheel behind the bike, hitched at the seat post, sold in the United States, with a throttle on the record. Your gears, your wheels and your brakes remain yours. That is the appeal for a bike you do not want to rebuild, including some recumbents and folders.

The hitch is the fit

A seat post has to accept the clamp without crushing, and the post has to be a post that may be clamped. Carbon posts and aero posts with a single approved accessory are a stop until the maker of the post says otherwise. A rack bolt is not automatically a structural hitch.

Braking is still the bicycle’s brakes, now stopping the trailer as well. A throttle that can drive when you are not pedalling is not a British EAPC behaviour. The class follows the trailer’s speed and its control, not the fact that the bike used to be a bicycle.

• Where does it store, and does the hitch come off without tools?
• What is the pack size, and is the charger named?
• Does it freewheel cleanly when the motor is off?
• How does it behave on a steep descent behind a loaded bike?