Her royal cuteness climbed 1600 feet yesterday on a bike ride. I unsnapped her from the leash and off she went, wondering why I was so slow! There are pretty good products you can buy online to take your dog along on a bike ride. But will they fit your bike? Think of all the variations in bike geometries out there! But there is a trick: strapping on a small board to a straight section of your rear triangle. Look at the rear triangle of my mountain bike: Attaching to my bike is not straightforward. The rear axle proper is not available because of the special parts that go along with the Old Man Mountain rear rack. Notice the weird bend in the chainstay, the tube that connects the rear axle to the crank area ("bottom bracket") of the bike. But it doesn't matter because at least the seatstay is a straight tube. (The seatstay is the tube that slants up from the rear axle towards the seat/saddle.) With a straight tube you can strap on a straight piece of wood. [1] W
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