Michael Janzen

Center for Appropriate Transport is a non-profit organization in Eugene Oregon that’s committed to getting people involved with the manufacture ans use of sustainable modes of transportation, yep peddle power folks!

I actually lived in Eugene for about a year in a tiny studio apartment on top of an old house. Eugene is an amazing bike town. My Civic sat parked for months when I lived there. I really only used it to leave town, all other travel was done by bike.

Human Powered Machines is a very cool bike company in Eugene, Oregon that makes things like heavy duty bike haulers and bike trailers. Logan from RowdyKittens posted a comment on a recent bookmark I posted and pointed me at this great little bike company.

I’m planning on drawing up a design of a bike trailer based tiny house and posting it on Tiny House Design soon. It would need to be ultralight and aerodynamic. But it looks like I could go up to 500 pounds if I had too; I just can’t imagine how tough that would be haul around. Less IS more… (and easier to tow behind a bike!)

I’ve gotten several comments on Tiny House Design in response to my nine square foot house design that ask for a house small enough to be pulled by a bicycle. Well I think I just found the perfect bike trailer for that tiny house concept. It’s a little expensive but it can hold 300 pounds and the bed is 64″ by 27.25″.

I’m not planning on making Nine Tiny Feet a bike trailer house but I am thinking that I should design a tiny house that can be pulled by a bike. I’ve already been trying to figure out a way to build a ultra-lightweight tiny house, but the 300-pound limit is going to be a challenge.

Cargo bike trailer