miketually en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:48:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-866584 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:57:37 +0000 rOcKeTdOg 866584@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>yup, still going! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketdog/4115061355/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketdog/4115061355/</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-866540 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:44:41 +0000 miketually 866540@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://beardcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/The-Beard-Manifesto.pdf">The Beard Manifesto</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-866052 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:01:02 +0000 DezB 866052@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I thought it was supposed to be &quot;mo&quot;vember</p> <p><img src="http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll364/thelightbeamers/movember.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-865786 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:21 +0000 julianwilson 865786@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I am sporting a &#39;november beard&#39; now if that&#39;s any use. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-865778 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:14:53 +0000 darrell 865778@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>i havent shaved for 3 years. just get the clippers on it every now and again. my missus is Norwegian and they like their men to look like men <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>whatever that means? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-865371 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:16:54 +0000 jimmy 865371@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Wow, was just talking about the beard last night. Mine has been, gone, come back, been trimmed and been wet shaved twice for interviews (unsuccessful, next time it stays) and now remains as a perpetual stubble.</p> <p>It will be back to full strength soon. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-865293 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:30 +0000 miketually 865293@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>323 days in, with 42 days of 2009 to go, who&#39;s still rocking the January Beard?</p> <p>Mine&#39;s been trimmed back several times, though never to clean shaven, but I&#39;ve still not shaved this year. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-497004 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:17:12 +0000 miketually 497004@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Picked up a tanned blonde* on the Mundo on my way home from work tonight, so maybe the Xtracycle people are right!</p> <p>* my daughter, from school </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-391065 Mon, 25 May 2009 14:57:38 +0000 miketually 391065@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Measurements for Go Getter bag: <a href="http://miketually.posterous.com/go-getter-bag-measurements-and-light-fitting-0">http://miketually.posterous.com/go-getter-bag-measurements-and-light-fitting-0</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-368519 Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:16 +0000 AdamM 368519@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The most appealing part of having the kids in front on a BakFiet or similar is that they can see where they are going more easily than on an Xtracycle or similar. Not sure there is any difference in safety. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-368215 Fri, 15 May 2009 13:34:54 +0000 BigDummy 368215@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I don't transport kids at all, so I don't know, but you can clearly get two child seats on a mundo or an xtracycle for the little people, and certainly with the Xtracycle centre stand it isn't going to tip over while stood up etc. Certainly no worse than a child seat on a regular bike. Don't know about little legs sitting straight onto the rack, but I'm doubtful it's a problem. I can see the bakfiets are more sociable and let you have the kids in view, but I'm a bit doubtful that they're hugely safer, either from tumbling off or going flying if you ahve the misfortune to have a spill. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-368200 Fri, 15 May 2009 13:30:47 +0000 miketually 368200@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>one of the things to remember about the BakFiets is that it is used alot for transporting kids, which I think is a much more practical / safer solution than having them sat on the back of an Xtracycle or similar. Horses for courses I guess.</blockquote></p> <p>Yuba Mundo bike seats are now available. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-368171 Fri, 15 May 2009 13:21:46 +0000 mdb 368171@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>one of the things to remember about the BakFiets is that it is used alot for transporting kids, which I think is a much more practical / safer solution than having them sat on the back of an Xtracycle or similar. Horses for courses I guess. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-368151 Fri, 15 May 2009 13:17:01 +0000 miketually 368151@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Looks stunning - who is the British dealer Mike?</blockquote></p> <p>I got mine from <a href="http://www.practicalcycles.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.practicalcycles.com/</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-367954 Fri, 15 May 2009 12:21:13 +0000 tankslapper 367954@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Looks stunning - who is the British dealer Mike? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-367579 Fri, 15 May 2009 10:42:58 +0000 AdamM 367579@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Mike, absolutely. My post was abbreviated by the demands of work (shocking, I know), but I had meant to add that it is really encouraging that there are now so many different options available for this sort of thing depending on what you want to use a cargo bike for. The challenge, it seems to me, is in having a clear idea of your intended use so you can select an appropriate bike style in the first place.</p> <p>I suspect that for the vast majority of people the light-utility style of the Xtracycle/Big Dummy/Kona Ute/Yuba Mundo with its handling being closer to a 'normal' bike is probably entirely adequate 90+% of the time, although even then there are relatively significant differences in approach, each with their own compromises.</p> <p>Thankfully, there is still the rule of 'n+1'. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-367091 Fri, 15 May 2009 08:24:26 +0000 miketually 367091@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>There's also the question of maneuverability of the larger freight bikes on typical British bike lanes and paths. Imagine trying to get a Bikefeits round the railings on the island in a two-stage tucan crossing. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-366973 Fri, 15 May 2009 07:25:17 +0000 AdamM 366973@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The whole question of 'which side is the load on?' is a strong argument in favour of Bakfiets, 8Freights, and the like, which have the large cargo box in front of the rider and centrally placed on the bike. Of course, there are also limitations from that set up as well, particularly for longer, or taller shaped objects. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-365817 Thu, 14 May 2009 17:23:27 +0000 miketually 365817@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>you're unli,ely to take 2 with you unless you're doing a mahoosive shop</blockquote></p> <p>Two would be about right for our normal weekly shop, I think. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-365810 Thu, 14 May 2009 17:20:17 +0000 miketually 365810@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Yeah, tried taking my usual bag, plus a laptop bag (with laptop) and a lump of old coursework (@2000 sheets of A4) into work today in the Go Getter bag. The bike kept trying to fall over sideways when stood on the stand, so I left the coursework in the garage.</p> <p>If I filled the bag with beer, tinned food or other heavy stuff, it'd be no fun. However, it would have been perfect when I stopped in at Sainsburys on the way home last Friday and bought 15 cans of Becks, a bottle of posh cider, a big bag of crisps, Wired magazine and 12 toilet rolls*. I strapped all that to the top of the rack with no real problems, but I did have to think about what I was buying, and the loo rolls got a big squished.</p> <p>It would be nice to see something like the Xtracycle system, which could be fastened to the Mundo. I like that you just leave those on all the time too, while the bag I probably wouldn't.</p> <p>*there is more to my life than getting drunk while eating salty snacks and then reading about the guy who runs Tesla while having a really big poo. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-365647 Thu, 14 May 2009 16:11:36 +0000 BigDummy 365647@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>My worry with this is that it is <em>too</em> huge. If you want to carry that much gorcery shopping, say, you really aren't going to like the way the bike pulls with a bag that size and weight all on one side, but you're unli,ely to take 2 with you unless you're doing a mahoosive shop. </p> <p>The advantage in those circs of the Xtracycle system is that you fill 2 or 4 considerably smaller bags and you can then load more evenly.</p> <p>Interesting to see how you get on with it though. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-364532 Thu, 14 May 2009 11:17:51 +0000 miketually 364532@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Can you fit your wife in it? I imagine you'd have to fold her up, but most wives must have a volume of less than 85 litres I'd have thought. Please experiment and take pictures.</blockquote></p> <p><a href="http://www.willitblend.com/">http://www.willitblend.com/</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-364145 Thu, 14 May 2009 09:37:02 +0000 BigDummy 364145@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Can you fit your wife in it? I imagine you'd have to fold her up, but most wives must have a volume of less than 85 litres I'd have thought. Please experiment and take pictures. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-363018 Wed, 13 May 2009 18:53:05 +0000 AdamM 363018@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Mike, thanks for the update. I'll be interested to see the bag mounted on the bike and to see pics of how it attaches. One day I shall have a cargo bike... one day. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-362917 Wed, 13 May 2009 18:09:28 +0000 miketually 362917@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://miketually.posterous.com/how-big-is-a-yuba-mundo-go-getter-bag">How big is a Yuba Mundo Go Getter bag?</a></p> <p>Big enough to fit a (tall) five-year-old inside:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_mc/3529086390/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/3529086390_88e5c19937.jpg"></a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/very-very-excited-cargo-bike-content/page/2#post-362165 Wed, 13 May 2009 13:48:35 +0000 miketually 362165@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>My Go Getter bag arrived at work today. Anyone need anything huge putting in a bag, because I have just the bag! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>Seriously, it's really very big - 85 litres, IIRC. I imagine it would fit to a Ute, Xtracycle or Big Dummy too.</p> <p>I'll mount it to ride home tonight (it's swallowed the Karrimor courier bag I brought in this morning and has barely noticed) and will snap some photos later on and stick them on my posterous (<a href="http://miketually.posterous.com/)" rel="nofollow">http://miketually.posterous.com/)</a>. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334841 Sun, 03 May 2009 15:14:09 +0000 miketually 334841@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Has that meerkat got enormous testicles, or is it a brown rock behind it? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334823 Sun, 03 May 2009 15:03:20 +0000 simonralli2 334823@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><em>sorry, getting simonralli mixed up with Miketually.</em></p> <p>But they don't even sound the same! Simples</p> <p><img src="http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/mammals/meerkat-suricatasuricatta.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334818 Sun, 03 May 2009 14:58:08 +0000 Drac 334818@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Hmmm! Bareny's pic looks like a Village people tribute. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334802 Sun, 03 May 2009 14:48:34 +0000 FoxyChick 334802@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Laughing at Barney Mc...reckon that's a challenge for MrFC's watch...if it annoys the gaffers they'll be up for it!! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334534 Sun, 03 May 2009 11:25:30 +0000 jimmy 334534@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>mine comes and goes, 4/5 weeks growth at a time then trimmed back. Trimmed at the moment. Has the potential to make me feel very scruffy and bum-like when I'm not working / trying to study. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334530 Sun, 03 May 2009 11:21:38 +0000 rOcKeTdOg 334530@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>still got mine, although thinking of a change now<br /> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3477426684_3ca7e44fc1.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334486 Sun, 03 May 2009 10:45:46 +0000 miketually 334486@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Useless without pics</blockquote></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_mc/3311614479/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3311614479_2b8d4fd92e.jpg"></a><br /> This was at the end of February.</p> <p>I went to the end of January without any trimming at all, but it now gets cut back to 'very long stubble' every weekend. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334476 Sun, 03 May 2009 10:25:42 +0000 Barney_McGrew 334476@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Not started in January nor a beard but we've just had a 'tash growing contest at work. 6 weeks worth of effort there. It started off as a laugh then it started to annoy some of the gaffers.....Result! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/PG_999/DSCF1494.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334463 Sun, 03 May 2009 10:19:37 +0000 will 334463@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Useless without pics. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/january-beard/page/7#post-334450 Sun, 03 May 2009 10:08:02 +0000 miketually 334450@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Whose January Beard has made it to May? Mine has. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/one-for-bigdummy-utility-bike-content/page/6#post-333400 Sat, 02 May 2009 14:59:14 +0000 Swiftacular 333400@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Been looking at tricycles all week, but my head has been turned by the yuba...... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/one-for-bigdummy-utility-bike-content/page/6#post-332528 Fri, 01 May 2009 20:47:23 +0000 miketually 332528@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Best comment so far while riding the Mundo today; a drunk called me a "stupid f***ing stupid man". </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/one-for-bigdummy-utility-bike-content/page/6#post-330667 Fri, 01 May 2009 08:57:24 +0000 Stoner 330667@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Maiden voyage with Jr today - down to the recycling, then the shops, dropping him off at the nursery after, then on to the Post Office to post three parcels and back via the bookshop. Fully laden out, fully laden back. </p> <p>He loved it. I think it's fantastic. He even liked his new Thomas the Tank Engine helmet. Sunny day up here too. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/one-for-bigdummy-utility-bike-content/page/6#post-326345 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:25:53 +0000 dairyboybob 326345@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>With the version one mundo its difficult to attach child seats to the rack, lots of improvised stuff going on, eventually yuba responded to critism and made the rack slimer for seat to slip right on (apparently), Zaynan from practical is the man for version 2's..<br /> Version 1's is more suited to older kids, loads and general stuff.<br /> This is just my opinion, riding them is what it is all about.....Mundos open up a new way of using a bike thats for sure. </p>