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I have the coho xc and honestly I don’t notice the extra weight that much. Its amazingly durable and smooth.

Hi 22Fret! Which one did you decide on? I notice the Burley COHO XC has a big spring for the wheel, but not with the Topeak. I wonder if that spring makes a big difference. Also I like how with no tools the Burley comes apart and can be stored. I live in a little one bedroom apartment in a big high-rise so ease of storage makes a difference. Still, the quality of materials and ease of ride without as much fish-tailing... just wondering about that.

​@@mwj5368 I took my decision in favour of the Topeak. It is incredible how light this thing is, even with its drybag, and the build quality is excellent. You might have to adjust the wheel bearings a bit, but that takes no longer than 5 minutes. Storage is no issue in my case but to disassemble it, you don't need much. The wheel has a quick release and for the yoke you need an Allen key and a 10mm spanner. For the fender it's just an Allen key. All in all pretty straightforward. The ride is very good indeed. When empty, it has a tendency to jump a bit on bumpy surfaces, which is due to its very low weight, but as soon as you put some load in the trailer, it is rock solid. Depends a bit on the tyre pressure and the roads of course. I mainly ride on tarmac, gravel roads and single tracks through the woods. No fishtailing at all, not even at +30 km/h. The Journey is surely not the right choice for hardcore downhilling in the mountains or dodgy offroad stuff. But that's no issue in my case... :D To me, the best thing about it is the fact, that you hardly notice the trailer behind the bike. Going uphill and accelerating you'll notice the additional weight, but that's already it. 2 weeks ago I have transported 30 kgs of potting soil with it - no problem at all, even though at these loads it starts to influence the way your bike behaves a bit. That might be worse depending on the bike's and the rider's weight. My 103 kgs @ 1,96m + 13 kgs of the bike are without a doubt a positive factor here. But I think it's just a matter of getting used to it, that's all. The Journey is considerably cheaper than the Coho XC and is below 5 kgs empty, even with its drybag. That is why I wanted one of these. Mine is the TX version because of my bike's wide back end (Alfine 8 with disc brakes), but the wider yoke is the only difference. I hope, this helps you a bit in your decision process... :-)

Hi David! Wow! I didn't even know fish-tailing is a problem unique to single wheeled trailers! I was almost going to buy the COHO XC but changing my mind. The reason I wanted a single wheeled trailer was sometimes on my round the world journey I might be on two tread logging kind of roads or primitive roads or hiking trails like the one in the video. Like you can't probably ride "The Great Divide" trail with a two wheeled trailer. A two wheeled trailer would not go on a trail like in the video. What is the concensus on one-wheeled vs two-wheeled where in my case using it maybe for groceries, but mainly for camping trips and on my round the world journey. Thanks for your input!

@@mwj5368 honestly you’re probably not going to be going fast enough to notice it, you need some speed for it to be noticeable. I use mine a lot to this day, but I know it will fishtail, so I keep the speed down. It will also matter just how balanced the load in it is. The Coho also has bigger tires than most, and that will keep speed down and better handle the weight.

@@david78212 Hi David! Very nice of you to respond as purchasing a trailer is a major decision for me as I plan for a round the world journey. At first I'll just use it locally on some camping trips. I wonder why Burley didn't design their trailer to instead attach to the seat post as that would distribute the weight more centrally as the rear wheel then has most of the weight for the rider and the baggage. Did you break rear wheel spokes and have alignment problems with it? Does packing your baggage as much to the rear as possible put more weight on the trailer wheel? Maybe it's not a good idea, but I'd think they should have the trailer wheel centrally located and also where you can move it forward or back to change the center of gravity and put more weight on the trailer wheel. Do you know why one doesn't see other trailer models with that design concept? Thanks for your video and helpful insight!

@@david78212 Hi! I wonder if some will take a BMX bike wheel (I think that's what those little stunt bikes are called, right?) with a lot of spokes and replace the original wheel. Does the original wheel go out of alignment easily?

@@mwj5368 no they tend to be smaller anyway. The Burley Coho has a thicker wheel, so maybe that was how they solved the issue. Other than Chinese knockoff companies, they are the only one still making them, maybe that's how they solved the issue.