Just tighten your brakes a bit, or if you have a rear cutout make it a little two tight;) As good as a trailer but waaaay lighter;)

I have a buddy who does hill climbs with sand in his bottles, seriously...

people ask me why i carry 4 waterbottles on my bike...it's training...on race day there is one (max 2 @ IM).



it's mostly mental...but does make a difference.

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"Anyone can work hard when they want to; Champions do it when they don't."

When my boys were young enough to fit in a trailer we went for rides "To get icecream". The icecream store happened to be in the next town. lol I got a great workout, the boys had a blast & Mom got a break. Everybody won.

Interesting note though, the trailer & the weight took time to get up to speed but once there it was surprisingly fast. The difference came when there was the slightest of an incline. At that time, I wanted a triple in a bad way.

Have fun with your son :-)

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Ulrich is said to train with a water bottle or two full of lead pellets.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we can all say he needs to lose wait, yada, yada, yada...that's still pretty hard core in my book.

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Sounds cool. I'm working on a trailer myself. While I don't think I'd hook it to Svetlana (my Talon SL tri bike)...the road bike is screaming for company like that. There is a hill here on Quantico Marine Corps Base between my house and the commissary that has a 15+ percent grade on parts of it...I'll be glad I have the compact cranks at that point with a trailer behind me.

Firend of mine spent a month riding around New Zealand on his Softride. Pulled a trailer full of all his gear the whole time. He said some of the descents were insane. :-) Came back in the spring, didn't ride much at all the rest of the year except for races and still had some pretty good bike split that summer.

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