Germany. Bike help please (1 Viewer)

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Hi .we are in lahr in Germany. Went out with doggyhut trailer on tow on back of bike. About 12k away from van Mrs c said trailer wheel was wobbling had a look and bearing on one of the wheels had collapsed alsowheel other side nearly gone too.managed to bodge and get back to van ...just.
Soooo where could I source new bearings or buy a reasonably priced new trailer over here? Otherwise holiday won't be much fun as we'd planned to cycle loads.
Tried one bike shop but no joy.
Any help enormously appreciated.

 

[scotjimland]

any decent bike should should be able to replace the wheel bearings .. failing that, provide new wheels

 

[DBK]

Go on Google maps and enter "zweirad". This will then show all the bike shops near you. Like this:

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any decent bike should should be able to replace the wheel bearings .. failing that, provide new wheels

Think problem is that they are sealed bearings.and depends if old shaft will fit through new wheels bearings

 

[scotjimland]

Think problem is that they are sealed bearings.and depends if old shaft will fit through new wheels bearings

nearly all bike wheels are sealed bearings.. if the axle is worn down due the bearing turning on the axle, then it may need new wheels.. but the bike shop may be able to fit slightly larger ID bearings .. or complete axles and bearings. depends if they are a proper bike shop or just a bike retailer..

 

[daveandsan]

Hi .we are in lahr in Germany. Went out with doggyhut trailer on tow on back of bike. About 12k away from van Mrs c said trailer wheel was wobbling had a look and bearing on one of the wheels had collapsed alsowheel other side nearly gone too.managed to bodge and get back to van ...just.
Soooo where could I source new bearings or buy a reasonably priced new trailer over here? Otherwise holiday won't be much fun as we'd planned to cycle loads.
Tried one bike shop but no joy.
Any help enormously appreciated.

Any chance of a photo of bearings.

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[Howard H]

@DBK you are Genius How do you know all this stuff ,you always impress me

 

[DBK]

@DBK you are Genius How do you know all this stuff ,you always impress me

A bit of ancient memory dragged up somehow. I lived in Germany for a few years umpteen decades ago and for some reason I can remember the name for a pushbike in German. It means literally "two wheels".

But searching google maps is a very powerful tool. You can enter anything in the search field, "plumber", "cattery", "butcher" or even "camping". The latter will show up all the campsites and it works in Europe too.

 

[MikeD]

On the outer race of a bearing there might be a makers name and number. Do a google search on them and I suspect you will find lots of local suppliers.

Its probably a SKF or something like that.

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[Ridgeway]

On a DoggyHut trailer i'd doubt they'd be sealed bearing, but i could be wrong. They are made up from similar parts at the same factory as the child trailers and both of those i've seen had classic old style free bearing mounts and what does wear on those is the bearing shield, least it did on ours. If it's that then it's an easy fix, but even easier if it is indeed a sealed bearing unit.

In and around Lahr they are some really good bike shops, i've been here that's only 12km away:

https://www.rad-schulz.de

Bought some tyres there last year, typically good and efficient !

 

[MyrtleGuru]

A bit of ancient memory dragged up somehow. I lived in Germany for a few years umpteen decades ago and for some reason I can remember the name for a pushbike in German. It means literally "two wheels".

German for bicycle is Fahrrad (literally = travel wheel), often shortened to Rad = wheel -- see Radsport = bike racing (literally = wheel sport).

Swiss German sometimes uses das Velo.

Interestingly in Victorian times in the UK the 'penny farthing', or 'ordinary' as proper cyclists call it, was sometimes referred to as a 'wheel', hence many cycling clubs in the UK are still called Something Wheelers.

Signed a bike and language nerd. And it's not often those two interests intersect!

 

[DBK]

German for bicycle is Fahrrad (literally = travel wheel), often shortened to Rad = wheel -- see Radsport = bike racing (literally = wheel sport).

Swiss German sometimes uses das Velo.

Interestingly in Victorian times in the UK the 'penny farthing', or 'ordinary' as proper cyclists call it, was sometimes referred to as a 'wheel', hence many cycling clubs in the UK are still called Something Wheelers.

Signed a bike and language nerd. And it's not often those two interests intersect!

Many thanks, I'm sure you're right, my German is rubbish but the terms seem to be interchangeable. In the part of Germany the OP was in "zweirad" seems to be more commonly used.

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[tacr2man]

These should be able to supply new bearings they have a branch in Offenburg (12 miles away)


shows local address and phone
HTSH

ps if you read number on bearing and quote that they can cross ref !

 

[Lozsing]

worst case sonario, could you buy another one from amazon germany and get it delivered to a site

 

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Thanks for all the help. Ended up dumping this trailer and going to fressnapf pet store in offenburg to buy a new one.

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