Sailing the World with the Burley Travoy Folding Bike Trailer | Paragon's Favorite Stuff Ep. 20 

Fantastic episode! Well edited, filmed and scored. I'm an industrial designer and at one point I was actually doing some small work for Burley in Eugene Oregon. I was very impressed with their team and their designs but seriously consider this: Even after being in the offices where the Travoy was created and on display, you both did a better job showing the full potential of the product and selling me on what a great design it actually is.

This episode's soundtrack is amazing, great editing work!

For this high quality production, 2 travoys should have been provided- as a giveaway! Lol

7:58 I've ridden off with the side stand down so many times. I'm glad I'm not the only one. 😁 That trailer looks like a really good idea and is well-made.

What an awesome video, soundtrack, etc. The highest quality, these companies should be paying you to produce these. Thanks again for doing these reviews and all the best to the 2 of you. Fair winds.

I'm sold on the Burley Travoy. Fun video, and really helpful with all the tips. You deserved one for free. Cheers.

Thank you for doing the research on my purchases. You save me hundreds of hours, and take the risk out of expensive purchases. I never buy anything until I watch you reviews. You make it easier for me to live my dream. Keep living yours.

If Mo ever gets tired of the cruising life, I can see a great career on a TV shopping channel! Very well presented. Though I'm not in the market for such a thing, I still watched because you made it interesting.

Travoy should sell a hip attachment so you can use it as a hands free walking trailer!

Great review. Our Burley Travoy trailer is probably our most used item when we go ashore short of our big blue IKEA bags and our big heavy-duty insulated zip-up cold bag. Those bags actually live inside the trailer bag most of the time unless we are traveling light. They can be hung over the handle of the trailer out back when loaded to give extra carrying capacity. The blue IKEA bags are almost perfect for this at the top portion of the trailer. Bungie cords are not even needed when used as a hand cart. We take our trailer along on many shore excursions as a hand cart if we have the slightest inclination to purchase anything of any size or weight or if we will be walking a longer distance. We actually use our trailer simply as a hand cart without the bikes 95% of the time. It carries weight effortlessly so we can lug warmer jackets, an umbrella, water bottles and even pack a picnic lunch and not be burdened with heavy bags full of stuff over our shoulders. I'm not 100% sold on having even compact & lightweight 16" non-electric folding bikes on a smaller cruising boat even after cruising 5+ years full-time with them, but even if we got rid of our bikes eventually we would never get rid of our Travoy trailer. Folded and empty it takes up almost no room on the boat or dinghy -unlike the bulky bikes even when in their "handy" zip-up carry/storage bags I would recommend the Burley Travoy to any cruiser -even if they didn't have bikes to tow them. Other than the somewhat hefty price tag they have no real downside. We have loaded our trailer up well past the 60lb limit many times and it is still going strong. I wouldn't recommend overloading while towing behind a bicycle but when hand-towing it while walking the trailer sees a lot less bouncing and stress. Curbs and potholes can be traversed much more carefully and the trailer babied when overloaded. I have often strapped two 5-gallon jerry cans full of diesel or water on the trailer which is 80lbs of liquid plus the jugs themselves and hauled them for miles very carefully -especially over curbs and the trailer has held up well for years of this abuse. This trailer is tough but in constant marine use will eventually require a bit of maintenance. I would suggest you purchase some spares from the Burley website that you will likely need before you need them. The rubber dust covers for the wheel release buttons will snag on things and eventually pop off and get lost. They cost under $2 each from the Burley site. Salt spray on dinghy rides will get everywhere but the aluminum frame is fairly corrosion-resistant other than a little patina on some of the rivets. The wheel bearings however are where corrosion will attack -especially if you have lost one or both of the rubber dust covers. Burley offers a wheel bearing replacement set for about $20 on their site but these are simply common R8 bearings and the R8-2RS double rubber sealed versions are a more corrosion-proof upgrade over the steel shield versions which come standard. These can be found at any good auto parts or bearing shop much cheaper than from Burley or perhaps from a well-stocked bike repair shop. They can also be found on amazon or ebay for only about $10-12 for a 10-pack. At that price it makes sense to just have them aboard as spares for the inevitability of them going bad. With two bearings per wheel it isn't the overloading that causes failure but corrosion from salt in the marine environment. The inner bearing isn't really protected at all like the outer one is under the rubber dust cover which also protects the pushbutton release. Bearing corrosion will eventually happen so keep an eye on them and maybe smear a bit of grease on the exposed surface to help protect them and have spares on hand or buy some at the first sign of any corrosion issues. Replacement is easy at least. The only tools necessary are a circlip pliers and a screwdriver to carefully bang the old bearing out from the inside after the quick release axle is slid out after the circlip is removed with circlips pliers. Fair winds

Well made video with tasteful music excellent!

Great video! Thanks for sharing 😊

Impressive - i want one... loved the garbage run..

Well that was excellent!

HAHA I loved the drone chase scene for Monique's run to the trash center. A++ cinematography :D

I love the retro style bike so much!

That's a great trailer, guys. Keep the videos coming.. Been following you from first season.

Now I have to have one, thanks! Well done video...

Pretty cool I have to say. Great demo. I particularly enjoyed Monique's tense, almost Mission Impossible, aerial filmed drama to make it to the dump.

Wow!! Really professional video. Nice work. It's not sailing, but it's still really good. :)

Awesome great share👍👍

Maybe I'm jumping the gun here Drake since I'm only 2:48 into the vid but what about the bicycles? I've been banging my head researching portable (affordable) Ebikes for our boat. I notice you have two different brands. Maybe an upcoming comparison video. Cheers to you and Mo.

Awesome! Just started biking. What a great video! Thank you. 🇨🇦

I Agree with SV Otter. Video on the e bikes please. Info from an owner is always greatly appreciated. Going back and forth from e bikes to e scooters myself. This was a big pro for the bike. Like always, another great video.

Bike Trailers are so useful. Fair Winds Paragon.

As one of you Patreon subscribers I have always valued your reviews. In my past life I had the first Burley trailer in which I’d load my children. Now that we are full time cruisers we have folding three speed bikes. I enjoyed your review and will order the Burley. I’m still trying to get my wife to let me order the washing machine. Lol.

Love this channel always great quality content

Cool setup! I liked your video editing skills as well:)

I have one and I wish I had this video when I was picking them out. Burley needs to use this on their site. As always the best!! Also was Mo’ a teacher before sailing or in another life?? She is a natural!!!!!!!! Fair winds guys!!

Such a cool cargo trailer, i love how compact it can be! Thanks for showcasing this product, keep up the good work.

You can also turn the yellow bar at the top to fold the handle that attaches to the bicycle to use it as a proper shopping trolley without that part sticking out.

We were on the edge of our seats wondering if Monique would make the dump. It might have been the background music that had us so apprehensive lol

Thank you for posting.

Very nice presentation and video. Now i just need to find myself a shop where i just can go and get free gas canisters 😅

I've owned my Travoy for a couple of weeks. It was purchased to use on my Catrike Recumbent Villager knowing that it wasn't designed for recumbents. I've been playing around with various configurations trying to nail the recommended 28 to 34 inch height. Burley didn't seem to receptive to my suggestion that they consider creating some adapters for recumbents.

Love th idea of this, good video. Thanks

Another wonderful video. A fine and useful product revealed against the backdrop of the beautiful Faeroe.

Fantastic vlog guys 👍

WOW ! Wonderful… and what a lovely life ❤

"I read with interest the observations addressing the Burley Travoy bicycle trailer, since I have owned an early model used occasionally the past few years, and have recently made the jump to the updated version. The differences may appear relatively small, but as has been noted in other contexts, “the devil is in the details”. With the older trailer it has regularly been a losing effort in my justifications to use it, with vexing problems in trying to figure out how to keep bulky loads away from rubbing tires, maintaining everything balanced on its single flimsy support post, and generally loading it into supermarket or home supply shopping carts (with the support post invariably getting trapped in carts’ steel wire mesh). The new model has been a revelation, with “stout” coming to mind as an adjective to describe the design and construction compared to the somewhat lighter old model. Comments have been made about a lack of a functional bag being shipped with the new model. Fortunately I kept the bag from my old trailer, which fits equally well on the new one (albeit with several patches sewn over holes worn into it by the tires.) In experimenting with other bags, I have attached ½-inch tarp grommets to an old two-foot coated nylon duffel. Speaker wire or carabiner clips can be strung through the grommets, and slipped over trailer attachments with functionality nearly equivalent to Burley plastic clips. Upon arrival to my destination its shoulder strap serves with much more flexibility than the simple grab handles of my old Burley bag. In short, instead of struggling to justify an effort to use the new trailer - as has been the case with the old model - I have had such good experiences on the road with it in general, and more specifically in transitions to public transport, shopping trips, etc., that I find myself frequently dreaming up new reasons to attach it for my bicycle excursions around the city. I am, however, knocking off one star in the rating due to yet another “detail”. With only minimal use and strain on my original trailer, three strap/bag plastic clips have cracked, rendering them unusable. For a few cents more Burley could instead have attached metal clips to the straps included with the new trailer, that would not carry this risk of breakage." Cheers

Ca fait du bien de vous revoir, j'ai adoré la dramatisation de la course aux poubelles. Chouette produit également.

I think while shopping you should actually fold the cycle connection bit down and use the provided top yellow handle.

I love mine and get many compliments and questions about it mainly where and how much?Most take it pretty well when I say $500 not including the Burley bags

Great vid, thanks for sharing.I am looking at the Tern GSD a cargo electric bike that can carry 2 people or up to 440 lbs in weight to do the same job...

Great video on a great product from great ppl in a great place. However, you said you've been to Denmark and Norway (biking with the trolley). Will we soon see smtgh from there too? (or have I missed those videos all-together?) Cheers from a sunny and summer-beautiful Oslofjord ...

Nice job

Loved the video and I'm sold that the Travoy is the right choice for sailors, just wish it had a light more weight carring capacity. I'm thinking 2 gerry cans of water would exceed its cappacity. I would enjoy a video on what you have found out about your choice of ebikes or what you do differently. It looks like you have a vika+ which i have been eyeing too. Do you move them by dinghy or only use off dock moorings? After seeing your video i do believe the Travoy might be a good hauler for a sailor even without out the and when hiking to the market

What a fun video! You all sure make the life aquatic look appealing. I’ve just started using this same setup and one thing puzzles me: the Velcro on the Upper Market Basket. There are loops on the underside of the flap, and hooks on the bottom of the bag, but I can’t find a way to fold it that makes them match up. Any ideas?

That’s fabulous, great trailer, and we remember that supermarket so well. How come your on the end of the wall and not on the pontoons?

looks like a great cart , but you would not beable to use it that way in our stores because they would think you are trying to steal something you would have to put it in a grocery cart then pack it later. I do like this cart. Thanks for sharing your video.

I have often wondered how supplies make it to the boat, I had thought about a 3 wheel bike but it doesn’t fold up

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Wow, the water level rose a lot between the time you left until when you got back. That's a neat little trailer! Did you get any funny looks in the grocery store by filming such a mundane chore like shopping? Lol

Is the top part, which attaches to bicycle, adjustable? Can it be positioned straight with the rest of the trailer? Thanks.

Well done! I need one! Do you guys have affiliate links?

Hi, i wish to know if the trailer helps with the balance in situation which can assist a learner two wheel cyclist.

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The hitch is tight i see to get off and on

Its good 👍☕☕⛵⚓

how heavy is this with the bags?

How do the eggs fare?

Good idea and I get the convenience. But here is my problem, you load it with your groceries as you walk through the store and then you have to unload it at the checkout, just to load it again as you ready to leave the store. Not very practical or time saving, is it? Wouldn't be better to just use store's shopping cart and load your bags afterward?

$600 in sunny Australia for that bike trailer 😂 That buys a lot of Ubers to the shops Oh well. Need some Germans to introduce mass production efficiencies to these trailers.