me and my friend Justin are now a third of the way through our journey cycling across the USA
all to raise money for the fantastic cause get kids going we wanted to drop a quick video on
our rest day today here in New Orleans to show you some upgrades that we've made to our setup
quite significant changes too this is our new Burley trailer to be specific it's a Burly Coho
XC which I'm guessing stands for cross-country and that's what we're doing so very appropriate it's
a one-wheel bicycle trailer with a quick release system that fits onto the through axle of pretty
much any bike I've got it on the back of my Scott at its gravel and it means we're going to be able
to carry Justin's wheelchair on the back of my bike instead of on the back of his bike why is
this important process I was about to ask you that why is this important Justin whoa that's a
number of things that we've discovered from towing a wheelchair on the back of a handbike number one
it's really difficult is it yeah Oh I thought it was easy yeah I know I make it look easy but
it's exceptionally difficult the the change in the aerodynamics the drag that it's increasing
on me and just the extra rolling resistance has uh yeah been interesting it's definitely making
me stronger though but also causing me more injuries at the same time but more importantly
we now know why my wheelchair started falling apart vibrational fatigue on aluminum potentially
almost definitely almost definitely that's that's why my foot plate fell off and that's
why my chair has a very big risk of completely falling apart so we now have the trailer to
protect my wheels so why aren't we putting the trailer on your bike isn't that more fair
do I have a through axle that I can join onto yeah good point yeah there we are do you know
there's a maximum speed on this what's the maximum speed 15 miles an hour we're gonna have another
video tomorrow with different upgrades 100 going to exceed the speed limit hey look if
you're okay with your bike potentially getting damaged I'm okay with my wheelchair not being
there's a guy here that just drags a big speaker who's the guy with the speaker so nobody knows his
name he just walks around New Orleans Lily just plays Tunes don't know why uh but yeah it's really
about it if you don't know why but he's just a good guy oh yeah yeah it was definitely yeah
notable features of The Coho XC a really really small rear wheel on the back just one which means
the bike should handle a little bit nicer than if you had one with two wheels on the back I don't
know what size wheel that is but we do have some spare inner tubes for it and a patch kit it has
a mud guard on the back it hasn't been much of an issue so far we haven't really ridden in the rain
but if it does I suppose it stops you from getting sprayed and it acts as a nice sturdy area where
you can strap some extra stuff too the whole thing is aluminum super light cage and then there's some
canvas covering the edges so stuff doesn't fall out I would like to say this was on purpose Justin
it wasn't it fits the wheelchair in perfectly it was as if it was made to fit [Music] people
we are quite lucky aren't we perfect fit so it's almost perfect but we do have one
issue what where am I we was gonna go uh we can either put them on top precariously and
strap them or we put them on your bike on top precariously it is we will have to do
some tinkering and the wheels can probably go under here and then bungee strap on but
on the whole pretty good solution and there's a big sort of cavity underneath the wheelchair
where we can put all of the panniers and the tail fin that's going to come off my bike because
obviously you can't fit that anymore because the tail fin usually uses a throw axle system and
we've had to change the through axle so there's going to be a little bit of tinkering for sure
and getting used to the new system we've shortened our ride days out of this city on purpose because
of that because we don't really know how it's going to ride and how long it's going to take
us to faff around and pack all the stuff it has a through axle adapter so a quick release system
where you lift that little lever up clip it on and then to remove it you just pull the lever again
which is two normal kind of brake style cables and then it lifts straight off really really quick
really really good I should probably mention that this is not sponsored by Burley we just found the
best looking trailer we could online that had one wheel why does it need one wheel and Raul helped
us get it thank you Raul why does I only need one wheel Francis well I think one wheel less friction
as you've discovered Towing your wheelchair behind you that is true it does come with this net thing
I don't know if that's going to stretch on top of all the stuff but we've got extra bungee cords as
well I think the bungee cords are going to be a better solution because they come in different
lengths and different sizes and then finally it has a kickstand so when you take it off the bike
so simple as that if you can have that on the floor and it doesn't tip over where is
the other wheel actually gonna go on top I'm gonna put both of them on top first test ride
it's got a massive pivot point in it which makes it so easy to move around definitely
easier than when you have a handbag on the back yeah because your handbag is really
long but it doesn't articulate where is this I don't know something it's surprisingly easy
it's going to be lighter for you that's for sure lighter what cool looking dude
Jimmy Page here's a demonstration of how easy it is to detach the trailer
that's how easy it is that marks the end of our little update we still have
a bit of our Resto remaining so we're gonna use it resting and then be back
on the road tomorrow so stay tuned for a video In The Day After Tomorrow link
down below to get kids going and thank you for supporting our trip [Music]