All-Terrain Interceptors

In the early 2000s, some extreme bike tourists and "credit card tourers" started using oversized bicycle trailers not just for gear, but as mobile living rooms — complete with solar panels, mini-fridges, coffee makers, and even small TVs. One legendary case from 2004 involved a guy named "Touring Ted" (documented on early bike touring forums like CrazyGuyOnABike.com) who pulled a custom 6-foot-long trailer across the U.S. with a full bed, propane stove, and a pet parrot inside. He claimed it let him "live like a king on two wheels" while everyone else rough-camped. The trend caught on briefly in the ultra-light touring community — people joked it was "glamping on pedals" — but most riders eventually ditched the massive trailers for lighter setups because they turned hills into nightmares. Today, the longest documented bike trailer pull is still credited to folks like these eccentrics who treated trailers like rolling homes. Remember-Glamping on pedals was a thing... until the climbs killed it.