I am a sucker for being up to date, and I had watched the development of the carbon buggy axles from Frans Noordhuis, he has a Facebook page worth checking out Carbon Buggy, while you are there check out the amazing stainless inserts made by Andy Man in Wales, believe me I have seem his work, he is a perfectionist. Of course having the axle is only part of it, you then need to be able to clamp your carbon axle to your buggy, as I ride an Apexx from xxtreme, I ordered some well developed clamps from my friend Ruud.
Well that was my buggy sorted, now I needed a way to transport my buggy on my trailer without damaging the axle, I had some of the blue nylon clamps left over from a previous job, so I set to work and quickly made them suitable for my trailer.
My trailer clamps, made up and angled at 20 degrees
Fitted to my trailer with a concealed 12mm bolt on each one
Axle fitted, clamps mounted, ready to load
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The beautifully designed and strong clamps from xxtreme
The new lighter rear end
Now the rear end is lighter, I can now remove the front fork weights, making the buggy even lighter
The trailer clamps are angled at 20 degrees, to make loading easier and, 90% of the time my trailer is open, so the axle will sit in the clamps easily even if I have not secured the top part, which is often the case in my garage
Locked and secured
Seen here with the trailer lid open, which 90% of the time this is how the trailer sits in my garage