Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
Neither of those look road-worthy to me, with those thin, small wheels. I've never owned a trailer, but those just don't look very hardy on a highway. Will a trailer really result in better mileage than a roof rack??

How about getting a Thule Hullavator for the roof (kayaks) and just fold up your Bike Fridays and put them in the back of the wagon?
au contraire - yes they (Sportsrig) are! I love my Sportsrig, I use it nearly every week. I've driven it with 1 velomobile and 2 bikes to the coast - a 6 hr drive on highways - more than once. i've driven it both empty and fully loaded on gnarly dirt roads... it's wonderful.
...and the fact that they are light with small wheels means better gas mileage. A friend with a MINI does the roof rack thing, me and my Sportsrig, and on the highway I see about a 1-1.5 mpg deficit, his is more like 3 mph.
The sportsrig also is excellent for random things, like kayaks. I built a pvc liner for mine so I can use it to take stuff to the dump.
It folds up nicely to get out of the way. It's light enough I can drag it around fully loaded or not.
My BF says he's driven with his at over 100 mph for quite a stretch. I don't have any desire to do that. I'm not sure what speed it's rated to, but I go the speed limit, including 70 mph without a hitch (no pun intended).