Welcome to the show…

ENVIRONMENT

Resources – We reduce our impact on the environment by minimizing our use of resources such as paper and power, and recycling what we can. Our suppliers have a commitment to the environment and Carry Freedom supports people and projects that promote environmental awareness, to help educate people on better ways to live.

Location – USED in Germany, makes 60% more electricity than it uses. The excess is pushed back in to the grid system for others to use. This electricity is made using photovoltaic panels. We heat using wood pellets which allows us to use a low water temperature to power the heating system reducing our carbon footprint even more.

Carry Freedom’s original workshop is a renovated wooden chicken shed on a working farm in Scotland. This is incredibly well insulated and has very low lighting and heating requirements.

MANUFACTURING

Where? – Our trailers are made in a modern facility in Taiwan by Excellent Products. All design work, testing, drawings and specifications are done in Germany.

Taiwan – We like Taiwan because of the good machining skills available there. Our supplier has become our good friend and is always ready and willing to improve the product. Taiwan is a democratic country, currently in a dispute with China over sovereignty. They are also one of the biggest bicycle producers in the world. We made many trips to Taiwan, where we recheck our company audit for working conditions and workers rights.

Why Asia? – Carry Freedom has always been a brand that distributes throughout the world. Asia is equidistant to all our markets and provides talented expertise and value for money.

BAMBOO TRAILER

Do you want to build your own trailer? Do you live in a part of the world where trailers are not available? We have the solution.

A few years ago Nick Lobnitz designed a simple trailer that anyone could build out of surplus material. The idea was for a project to teach simple manufacturing skills and to ease some transport problems in third world countries.

Build a DIY bicycle trailer from these free plans. There is no welding or tube bending to be done. Make it any size, from any material, even bamboo.

Since these plans were distributed, we have seen many versions of the homemade trailer. From Bolivia to Botswana, from the Philippines to Peru, people have made bicycle trailers out of left over parts and resources.

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