Showing posts with label bike hod trailer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bike hod trailer. Show all posts

Friday, 21 October 2011

Waitrose bike trailer review

My local Waitrose hires bike trailers so I took the plunge and used one for my fortnightly shop. (Link includes list of branches which offer this)


It was simple. I booked the trailer the day before from the Welcome Desk. Today I scanned in my shopping as I went round the store with the Quick Check system to simplify life. Back at the desk I paid, filled in the rental agreement (hire is free) and one of the staff helped me fix the trailer to my bike. Bags into the trailer (loads of room - it will hold a small trolley worth), and after a trial run around the car park, it was ho for the open road!


A British design, the Bike Hod trailer was well-behaved, easy to tow the 3 miles home.


Despite the large relative size of the trailer, my bike stayed in charge


Not wishing to re-enact Last of the Summer Wine, I walked down the hill!


In fact the biggest drama was getting the trailer up the stairs to my flat - it’s built to just fit the British Standard doorway (who knew there was such a thing?)

Verdict: A great free scheme which I'll be using again