Michael Janzen

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

I was looking for general standards on insulation guidelines for houses and stumbled on the Department of Energy’s website and a few others. I’m not sure if these are all best practices because I think when it comes to insulation more is merrier. TreeHugger put together a good page on green insulation picks… but like everything in life… be on the lookout for green washing. Not every product is the same shade of green.

• Department of Energy Insulation Tips
• Ask The Builder – Insulation 101
• Recommended Levels of Insulation – Energy Star
• Green Insulation Picks – TreeHugger

I saw this ‘tweeted’ by Technomadia. It’s a website dedicated to pointing out all the places you can park and stay overnight in your RV, or tiny house. Overnight RV Parking