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Joe Mairo - 01/10/2010 
The thing is awesome.
Just want to offer a few different comments that might help you.
It comes in roughly 8 main pieces. That includes the two tires and a rear light. With the directions/pics, and a little experimentation you'll get it together easily.
Took it out today to drop off cardboard and paper and to go food shopping.
The only two possible negatives are kinda unavoidable. First, you'll notice the extra wind resistance if you are riding into the wind. Ya really can't fault the trailer for that - it's there doing its thing.
When the wind is light or not blowing in your face it's super smooth and easy to pull.
Next, getting the pin in the hitch is a bit of a pain. But again, it has to be a tight fit to work properly. So it's really not a negative.
What's awesome is that before shopping I just detached the trailer, locked my bike, and used the trailer as a shopping cart in Foodtown. It's easier and lighter that a shopping cart!
The other thing that's cool is that it remains directly behind you while riding. The buffer I give myself went riding next to parked cars and such is the same. No real adjustment at all. If you clear something with your bike, you're (probably) going to clear it with the trailer on.
Finally, the hitch is super small and light. When you want to ride without the trailer, having the hitch on does nothing to the feel of your bike.
It's awesome and I know it's going to open up a lot of opportunities for me. Go for it.
Paul - great to talk to you! |
R. Marez - 09/02/2009 
Thanks for the great service, excellent website, knowledgeable staff
and great pricing. I just recently bought a Nomad from your company.
It was an upgrade from an old used Nashbar kid carrier. I had gotten
one for free and I used it to haul groceries etc help me decide if a
trailer was going to solve my problems with moving objects on a
bicycle. I'd write a review but I don't want my name on the internet
for the world to see.
So as everyone knows the manual is terrible. The illustrations are
low contrast and the instructions are vague. I'm sure I'll eventually
figure out where the flag sleeve is but for now I'm mystified. The
hitch is marvelous. It's quiet and the surging is pretty moderate.
The trailer is very very smooth compared to the Nashbar and it's a lot
quieter. I like the narrow track but it comes at a cost. You can't
get a milk crate in it if it's turned sideways. I play in a band and
I keep all of my cables and cords in a milk crate. Nix that idea if
I'm using the Burley to get to a gig. My amp also can't fit sideways
but if I don't have a milk crate in there then I'm fine for everything
I need at the gig. A medium Igloo cooler does just fit sideways.
Perfect for summer runs to the grocery store, coop etc. Overall the
trailer is really well built and I expect it will serve me in good
stead for many years to come. Shopping has been just great. Loads
better than an open rotted out kid carrier. That centre divider,
what's the point? It's just flopping around on the floor making it
hard to find things. Using it with the velcro is very awkward and I'm
not convinced it would actually hold anything back. A couple of snaps
across the top would have been a lot smarter way of fastening it to
the roll bar. The tail light is dim but at least it came with one.
If you use the manual's suggested mounting point the light sticks out
past the wheel. That didn't work very well. I smacked it in the
first 10 minutes I was using the trailer. The hardware on the tube
clamp also rattled loose in less than 3 miles. I just ended up moving
the bracket to the rear tube and double nutting the tube clamp bolt.
This is still less than ideal because now I can't stand the Nomad on
end because the light is off of the back. Oh well it's better than
snapping it off on a doorway. Doorways, that reminds me. Narrow
track but the quick releases stick out wider than the wheels and they
hang on everything. This is the one thing the Nashbar trailer did
better. Those quick releases were actually on the inside of the axle
tubes under the trailer. You never had a problem hanging on objects
as you pulled past.
I know I'm carping. It's because the Nomad is so close to perfect
it's just a shame they didn't get it all the way right. Overall it's
a great value. I bought it over the BOB because I liked it being
enclosed and I ride an older Criterium frame with 700C wheels and 23
mm tyres and it seemed like a good idea to keep the trailer weight off
of the rear wheel. The 100 pound capacity is also a plus. The black
and yellow bumble bee colouring scheme is attractive but it's pretty
tough to find anything small in the bottom of that trailer in low
light. Looking around I don't see anything else that would have
worked as well for my needs as the Burley and it certainly won't be
falling apart any time soon. I was also able to buy it at a great
price form a very nice company. Lots of pluses. It's also nice
we're in the same state, overnight shipping for free. Hard to beat
that. |
Steven Brick - 04/11/2009
I purchased my Burley Nomad 6 months ago. I use it almost everyday going to work and to get groceries. I have a motorised bicycle which travels as fast as 30 mph and averages about 22 mph most of the time. I haul 4-6 plastic grocery bags full of heavy items like canned drinks, gallon of milk, bottle of wine, eggs ect. I added a double layer of foam padding used for sleeping bag pad for only $6.00 from Wal-Mart. Now my eggs don't break and my canned drinks don't get holes in them. My trailer has never turned over and I travel over a lot of rough terrain on many dirt roads. Recently a small tornado picked my bike a trailer up and they ended up in a pile upside down. Nothing was damaged. I am really happy with the durability of my Nomad and how it keeps the contents dry in the rain. I don't think I need the dry bag I bought to use inside my Nomad but I have it if I every make a long cross country bike trip. I highly recommend a Nomad to anyone considering a bicycle trailer. I love it! |
Kristy Watson - 06/16/2008
I used my new Burley Nomad trailer today for the first time. I have an online business (Ground Control Horseshoes), and I am using the trailer to bring my packages to the post office to save on gas. I hauled 8 packages to the post office today. The weight of all the boxes was about 50 pounds. The divider in the middle was nice to keep the packages from shifting around. The trailer traveled behind me, slightly to the left of my bike. I rode it down my gravel driveway hill and up a very steep hill and it towed just fine. I was very pleased with how much it could carry. They say to be careful around corners, but I found it to do fine at a normal speed for a curve. It was quiet as a mouse and I had to keep looking back to see if it was there. I would definitely recommend this trailer for carrying packages. I'm looking forward to putting this trailer to work for a long time. It's going to pay for itself in just a few weeks with the gas money that I will be saving. |
christopher newbern - 06/13/2008
Got my Burley in today. Put it together (in minutes), while grilling some filets on my new commercial grade grill. I bought the trailer and the grill for me for father's day. I love my kid's dad! The trailer feels great on the bike, I carried the garbage to the garbage cage, which is about 200 yards from our house. The garbage can was full of water melon rines and corn husks (tis the season here in South GA), and I could hardly feel it behind me. Had a BOB before and sold it on Ebay. Took a 150 miler around South Central GA. I did not like it, poor tracking and constantly jerking me from side to side. That dog want hunt on the road with tractor trailer gusts sucking you over. I am ready to migrate some more wiht this thing! Thanks for prompt delivery. |
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