# Tell me about Burley's (bike trailers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-burleys-bike-trailers/551405>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 25, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-burleys-bike-trailers/551405 "2010-08-25T15:23:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-burleys-bike-trailers/551405/1 "2010-08-25T15:23:41Z")

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My brother just had twins, and I’d like to get him a Burley so he can back to training. Hoping to hear some tips and suggestions before I go shopping, since I don’t even know where to begin.

I’d also like to get him a running stroller, do they make burley’s that also convert so I just have to buy the one thing?

Are there a lot of considerations I should be aware of?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-burleys-bike-trailers/551405/2 "2010-08-25T17:22:06Z")

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Several Burley models work with the stroller or jogger kits that they sell - their webpage is pretty comprehensive on this.

I have a hand-me-down Burley - we introduced our kids to cycling this way. Later we used the trailer and a trail-a-bike and then the kids all got their own bikes. They now can travel further than most of their friends - even the five-year-old.

The trailer is damn near indestructible - I’m keeping it around for cargo use.