Burley SOLO Bicycle Trailer

by Burley Design

Product Features

• Elastomer suspension
• New independently reclining seat
• 2-1 cover with waterproof zippers and large adjustable sun shade for added protection
• Safety features including a 5-point safety harness and full internal roll cage
• Compatible with the Stroller Kit, Jogger Kit, We Ski Kit and Baby Snuggler

Product Description

The Burley Solo trailer is the top of the line when it comes to a single child trailer. With its newly designed reclining seat and full suspension axel your child will be riding in comfort. Whether it's a trip down the road behind your bike or a simple stroll or jog to the local park, you'll have no reason to not do it in a Burley trailer. New in 2007, the Burley We Ski kit allows your Solo to even go with you on your winter adventures. A spacious cargo space allows for that quick trip to the grocery store or local farmers markets any day of the week. Designed for 1 child, 75lb caring capacity.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 30.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0013KSE5O
• Item model number: 944101
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,705 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just the right trailer., June 9, 2009

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J. Simmons (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burley SOLO Bicycle Trailer (Sports)

For one child this is an excellent trailer. The size (length/width/weight) is just about perfect and the materials are durable and simple to clean. It is extremely easy to hitch/unhitch to your bike. It's also fairly good as a stroller (although, of course you have to pay extra for the stroller "kit"). I especially like the way the side plastic is tinted to protect from the sun and the ease with which you can zip up the front to shield your child from the elements in case of sudden rain. It folds up and loads in the trunk of a car well, without needing to remove the wheels. It even has decent cargo capacity for grocery bags, toys, snacks, etc. Overall, I highly recommend it.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but expensive, October 12, 2008

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D. Hall (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burley SOLO Bicycle Trailer (Sports)

I use the trailer with my recumbent bike to transport my son to a park 0.5 mi (800m) away. The trailer is well made and fits together easily (with the exception of slipping a couple small loops of the canopy over the knobs at the sides of the top. The trailer collapses quickly for storage. The elastic of the canopy makes it very quick to open for insertion/removal of child. The blue shade on the canopy is VERY useful in sunny climates like Texas. The hitch that installs on the bicycle is easy to install and not a nuisance when not using the trailer. I don't use the trailer as a walker, so I can't comment on that other than to say that it would be a BIG walker compared to, say, a jogging stroller. I like the trunk space behind the seat mesh; it can hold 2-3 bags of groceries. There is a mesh pouch inside the cabin that is accessible from the trunk and the child's seat. I used to put my wallet and keys there until my son was able to pull out my keys and play with them. Now that pouch is used to hold his drink.

The worst part of the trailer is the seat mesh design. The seat mesh connects to the top bar with no option of disconnect (if I wanted to haul extra cargo instead of passenger). Furthermore, the mesh connects to the top and means if the child wears a helmet, the helmet collides with the mesh forcing the child's head to tip forward or the helmet to slide forward onto his face. Thankfully my commute is not on a road, so I don't feel bad about letting him ride without a helmet.

I bought the Burley Solo when Amazon had a substantial discount (nearly 50%, I think). I would not recommend this at full price when there are decent alternatives at much lower prices. Also, I find many barely-used trailers available for resale on the list of craig.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just OK!, August 1, 2009

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Janis Wilson "just me" (Asheville NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burley SOLO Bicycle Trailer (Sports)

I bought the Burley SOLO bike trailer last summer after doing TONS of research about bike trailers. I bought the burley when my daughter was an infant and also bought the infant "snuggler" to keep her held tight in the trailer. It was a great buy. I felt comfortable strapping my daughter, who was at the time only five months old, into the trailer and snuggler... and she loved it... she slept comfortably the whole time. However, as she has gotten older and is now walking, talking, sitting up, and playing... she is outgrowing the trailer. I paid nearly $500 for the trailer new. I never imagined she would outgrow it in just a year. Due to the "hammock" design of the seat she is forced to slump and cannot sit up and play. The trailer is also very difficult to attach to the bike (if you do not have the standard hitch, in which case you must buy an alternative hitch ($20)). I recently went on vacation and rented a cheaper bike trailer for long rides to the beach. I was in shock at how much more i liked this trailer. The trailer I rented was $200 NEW! My daughter LOVED it... she could sit up and play rather than being thrown backwards and slumped downward into the seat... she enjoyed looking around as we rode. The universal hitch was amazingly easy to attach and detatch... AND the trailer was a two seater!!!! I only wish I had this information before I paid almost 3 times what I should've paid for a trailer I'm not really happy with. I am actually going to sell the Burley SOLO and buy the brand of trailer I rented at the beach, which is the CoPilot.

Good luck! I hope this helps!