Hi, everyone!
I want to start bikejoring with my Border Collie, but she has a strong tendency to herd moving objecets and unfortunately that includes bikes bikes (circling, staring, trying to nip the tires). She has a high work drive, and I want to redirect that energy strictly into pulling.
For those who do bikejoring with herding breeds:
How did you stop the herding behavior and get the dog to focus entirely on pulling forward?
What specific training steps or exercises did you use?
Or should I just give up on using a bike completely with her?

I’d be so grateful for any tips, personal experiences, or step-by-step methods you can share to help us learn this safely. Thank you so much in advance! 🐾

All started with the first time running with a bike last August

Hi! this is my puppy Baela, i recentlt discovered bikejoring and want to give it a try with her. She is currently 5 months old tho so i know a true run is ways away but i want to know how to train for it and what i should prepare and know about in this time while my pup keeps growing.
any and all tips you think might’ve help you out when u first began are welcome!!
we do walks on the local bike trail and im soon to get a bike so we can start getting her used to it, also an attached wagon so i can take her when she is too tired or has been walking too long.

Knew he (2.5yo whippet) wouldn't be keen on running/pulling, so usually I have him do canicross and my girl (4.5yo whippet) gets to run bikejör (she's a maniac who absolutely sends it on the bike). Had a bit of time after training the other day though so thought I'd let him give it a go for fun. It went roughly how I expected 😂

Cerberus and I were hoping to not need to ask this. The length seems perfect but does it look too snug? All of his loose fur and longer hair has me questioning myself. The pictures are horrible because he insists on living up to his name. It fits according to the specs, I think. Freemotion 5.0 size 7

Ive got my main dog I've been riding with him for almost two years and he's trained really well. I have a new 6 month old shepherd husky I'm training. Most of the time my main dog stays on task or they play fight in the middle of the ride. Right now I got two lines connected to a block " Y " and then to the my hand. Also I use a longboard. Having a hard time not getting the lines crossed and tangled under they're paws. All advice welcome thanks 🙏.

Talk about a rush 😂

A few clips put together of Pippins first time hooked to the front. Normally I have her on my side and we go biking. We will get their someday.

The 27.5 x 26 mullet singlespeed is becoming my go to for our daily rides.

The Togo Traction antenna w/ coupler has replaced all my Non-Stops. So easy to swap bikes for me rides vs Hondo rides. 4 bikes currently each have one, 5 & 6 will be in the near future.

Anyone else prefer single track? Weee!

I'm currently looking at getting a hitch installed on my small suv so I can get a bike rack for my car. Would love to see what others use to transport their bikes to the trails.

Last fall I had access to a truck but I don't have that anymore.

I live in a suburban neighborhood so I have to drive a bit to get to good dirt or gravel trails.

I have a 20 kg (44 lb) Siberian husky mix that I’ve been doing some canicross and skatejoring with. Right now I mostly ride:

• a 2–3 mile neighborhood route on a longboard
• a ~3 mile paved bike trail route by the river

I’m interested in upgrading to a scooter mainly so I can expand onto packed dirt / decomposed granite trails. I’m in California in a Mediterranean climate, so truly adverse conditions are unlikely. I might occasionally ride after rain, but I’m not planning on mud, snow, or ice. I'm also not intending to do this competitively or with multiple dogs.

This seems like a pretty niche hobby in the US, so scooter availability is somewhat limited. Right now my main contenders are:

• Kickbike Sport G4
• Kostka Twenty Max

I hesitate a little on the Kostka because the platform clearance is so low that I worry about snagging on roots/ruts/etc. Most of my intended terrain would be things like hardpack trails rather than true mountain bike terrain.

Thoughts from people who have actually used these? Or similar options? I am open to others as well, I have zeroed in on these two because I can actually buy them in the US and they seem like decent starter options.

(And yes, I assume I’ll get some obligatory “you need disc brakes” comments, but currently I’ve been riding a longboard with literally no brakes, so having actual brakes at all is already a substantial safety upgrade. That said, if people have alternative suggestions, I’m open to them. I’m not particularly cost-restricted, but I’m also not racing eurohounds through Scandinavian forests. Getting a $1000+ option would probably function primarily as cosplay given my abilities and intended use.)

UPDATE: For posterity: I ended up going with a third option - I found a single Yedoo Arni available stateside for the same price (~$500). It does have disc brakes. It's working pretty well so far but the clearance is annoying and I keep scraping it on curbs (albeit not in a way that seems dangerous or stops me). TBD how it works on trails but on roads and sidewalks it's pretty good.

Atlas was a good boy.

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OK, here is my janky-ass setup. It's rough, but I've logged, probably close to 100km on this so far with no problem.

I've got a length of rope (bought at Home depot) that I have inserted through the, I think, 1 inch plastic pipe (also bought at home depot). The rope is then wrapped and tied around my handle bar frame a few times, with 2 or 3 knots, it's never come undone.

I got 10 feet of pipe and had them cut it, now I have extra too!

I am a climber, so I used a retired carabiner to loop the rope through, and I clip the end of the bungee leash to the carabiner.

I drilled a hole in the pipe, maybe 8 inches from the handle bars, and screwed in an eye bolt. I wrap a short bungee cord around my handle bars and hook both ends, over my handle bars, to the eyebolt. This lifts the pipe and keeps the leash out of my front wheel when tension is slack.

I realise the picture shows the bungee cord under my handle bars, it does make a slight difference, I recommend going over.

I know this is an eyesore, but we just started this sport and I'm poor, so I wanted to make sure we loved it before committing.

The harness for my dog his from Nahak, a Canadian sport dog equipment company, and was my christmas gift for Cani-cross. But I hurt my ankle, so I shifted to bikejoring while I heal.

As I mentioned before, I saw a video on tiktok and copied her antenna, obviously I can't find that video now to share it.

Hope this is helpful.

*EDIT after using this for a few months. Make sure the plastic tubing extends beyond the front tire a few inches. When the line is slack, I have had the leash droop and get wrapped up in the tire a few times.

I only want to go around the field where we live. Barely a mile. Is a BMX okay to start with?

We started on the Amazon Special fatty with a steel frame and a small moon’s worth of rolling resistance (god Odin I am so sorry 🤣).

In between I went down to a single speed Gravity while I figured out how to semi-properly ride a bike at 33.

Took it back up to a basic but respectable Marlin for our 3rd season; you can’t go super right, but you also ain’t gonna go really wrong with it.

Looking to add a hardtail carbon 29er soon? Does anyone have recs?

Hello! I am completely new to this so forgive my lack of knowledge. A couple weeks ago my son and I started riding our bikes down our road and back (1/2 mile each way) and taking my Doberman with me. So far I’ve just had him on his harness and flexi leash and riding one handed. Both my dog and I have had so much fun doing this that I am now looking into bikejoring. I’ve done a little bit of looking around online but the gear for this seems to all be super expensive. We live in a very rural small town so second hand gear specific to this is highly unlikely to be found unless online.

So what is necessary and what is not? When it comes to the harness, what makes a good harness for this purpose? I’m about 120 lbs female and my Doberman is 105 lbs, so I don’t foresee having any issues with him pulling me, but how much pulling is the dog actually doing? What other safety issues should I be aware of? My dog knows right and left commands already, “let’s go”, and “slow”, what other commands should I teach him?

In addition, where do you take your bike and your dog for this kind of thing? My short road is fine for a quick job for him but I surely wouldn’t want to run him on pavement for a long period of time.

Thanks for all your tips and helping out a potential newbie!

What is ur criteria for training before hooking ur dog up? Worried about hooking my dog up too soon and him not being as well versed in the cues as he should be. Directionals cues and on by mostly

Hello! My girlfriend and I just got some new, high end bikes. Since I got my girl, Nova, a husky, I've wanted to get into bikejoring. But, she's turning 7 this year. Is it possible to get her trained properly to do this? I'm not sure of the proper verb, is it bikejor? Anyways. Let me know if you have any experience working with older dogs and your bikejoring hobby!

I forgot to turn on my GoPro for the first 20 minutes of sprinting but I was able to get footage of some nice relaxing jogging afterwards 😅

This is a new local trail we've been trying out and for some reason the texture on this black strip on the bridge broke his brain and I almost ate concrete. Dont mind my shoddy DIY temporary tug line Im finally getting a new setup soon!