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The Farfarer One-Wheeled Trailer

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Designed by Quentin Lindh, the Farfarer Trailer is the result of more than 15 years of real world design and testing. They have been overloaded, dragged through snow, mud and rock gardens.  They are light (<10lbs) and every piece is designed to never fail. The long, curved tubes provide compliance so the trailer doesn’t bounce around. The hitch is completely rigid so that climbing out of the saddle feels good and neutral.  Mid-point couplers on the long tubes allow the trailer to break down and ship in a 36x16x7 box or pack into a normal bike box WITH a bicycle,  allowing for easy travel logistics to and from the adventure.

Redesigned and updated, the Farfarer is built here in the Frances workshop. Still available in black with grey-green cordura load bag, custom colors available upon request.

Farfarer Trailers

Standard Farfarer Trailer:  $650.00 

Clears up to 2.5” tire; Includes: 20”x2” tire, tube, QR wheel, load-bag, hitch & bushing. Ready to ride.

Fat Farfarer Trailer:  $750.00 

Clears up to 20”x 4” tire; standard 100mm axle spacing; longer frame increases clearance over bicycle rear wheel Includes: 20”x 2.4” (fat tires are currently hard to come by), tube, QR wheel, load-bag, hitch & bushing (Tubeless ready wheel available, see below)

Farfarer Trailer accessories and options:

Custom color: $50.00

Surf Rack: $175.00  Good for more than surfboards: ladders, little panniers, etc.(includes integrated fender mount and dowel)

Add cargo cage mounts to Rack: $65 (3 5mm bosses on each rear rack leg)

Complete trailer hitch: $125.00 (Hitch includes bushing and hitch-pin)

Additional Acetal hitch bushing: $20.00

Hitch Pin: $20.00 

Rainfly: $125.00 Light rip-stop nylon.

Frances Alloy fender from Tanaka: Classic fender: $45.00 20” x 58mm (fender keeps the water spray out of the trailer and is recommended)

New Larger Frances Fender: $65 (used for fat trailer. 70mm wide, full length.

Rear light: $35.00 Planet Bike USB rechargeable Super-Flash Mini Mounts to trailer

Safety Flag: $12.00 All trailer frames have a flag mount, left side.

Tubeless Trailer Wheel: $250.00 Velocity Cliffhanger rim, butted spokes, Shimano 28hole Tiagra Hub, built in house

Click the photo gallery above right for FFT photos, more about hitches below

Farfarer trailer hitches for all sorts of bikes: 4.5" to 8" length, horizontal and rise.

As shown below, the trailer is quick and easy to hitch and unhitch.  

Farfarer hitch demo

The video below is dated, but Q does a fine job of demonstrating the capabilities of the trailer:

This  sweet video of Q with the trailer was produced by Luke Turgis-Griswold.