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SSB_UK - have sent you an email re Xtracycle. Busy day, so will respond properly later. Tom.
Mike, I want that front rack - what is it?
Right, now I want a Ute to go with my trailer so I can take the kid/s and loads of shopping too Great way to cycle tour I think
This is something I am going to try out later...will post pics if possible!
I'm touring on mine next spring. Probably only local to Cheshire, don't want to overdo it.
Mike, I want that front rack - what is it?
It's the cheaper one of the two that Practical Cycles sell.
I'm touring on mine next spring. Probably only local to Cheshire, don't want to overdo it.
Judging by the amount of stuff you carry, Ed, that's about as far as anyone can reasonably hope to get..!
It only shows up on their Yuba page I think.
http://www.practicalcycles.com/userimages/procart17.htm
Worth checking with Zaynan regarding the placement of the u-bolts (he's got some measurements handy). I couldn't have fitted it to my current frame(s) but it might yet be a possibility for the BD.
get an 8 Freight
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I see a guy in the city occasionally on one in a pinstripe suit and all he ever seems to carry is a briefcase.... odd
you can hire one from Bikefix
Or the Circe Helios - you can do all sorts with those, either use a large rack or outfit it as a tandem. Uses 20" wheels from memory and they even do a Rohloff version (donor card accepted).
Judging by the amount of stuff you carry, Ed, that's about as far as anyone can reasonably hope to get..!
I like to travel in comfort!
I have a business card in my desk at home for a guy who imports crazy Danish cargo bikes...will try and dig it out later. Similar to the one TJ posted but with a flat front desk to allow you cart big boxes and such.
crazy danish / other countries stuff...
Velorution in london has a good selection of cargo bikes:
http://www.velorution.biz/shop/category/bikes/kemper/
http://www.velorution.biz/shop/category/bikes/christiana/
http://www.velorution.biz/shop/category/bikes/family-bikes/
I have a business card in my desk at home for a guy who imports crazy Danish cargo bikes...will try and dig it out later. Similar to the one TJ posted but with a flat front desk to allow you cart big boxes and such.
Sounds like a Bullitt
http://www.larryvsharry.com/english/
Don't forget to add Gazelle - the Cabby is much like the Bakfiets posted above:
http://www.gazellebicycles.co.uk/?g=30
Sounds like a Bullitt
Yeah that's the one!
Who would have thought that a thread on cargo bikes would have got so complicated... 😆
Boys and Girls 2010 ute for 525 inc delivery [url= http://www.singletrackbikes.co.uk/product/4739/Kona_Ute_2010 ]here![/url] Bargonious. Mine was dispatched today.
Finally gotround to getting the pictures of my Ute off my phone:
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There's a recurring theme with these cargo bikes ... other bikes just can't resist trying to get jiggy with them.
My ute turned up today at work, just building it up now!!
Hey - look forward to seeing some outlandish cargo carrying pics!
Mine arrived at work on fri so I built it up and carried the racer home with the front wheel in the pannier as above, didn't get any pics though.
Today I went off to do some maintainence on the student houses, 2.4 metre lengths of planed timber along the deck and tied on the frame, and my toolbox (standard dewalt softish bag 18 inch long) on the deck too. V happy.
Good job it was planed wood - you don't want splinters in your, erm, 'top tube' 😀
Right I'm happy with my Ute but have a couple of questions:
1. where can I get another big orange bag? They seem to be out of stock.
2. to downshep with the GMG classic was this easy to fit? And how about the pegs and stoker bar? What exactly did you use for the pegs and how do they mount? What part of your setup is preventing the second bag?
1. They are OOS in the UK, hence Toys 19 biting my hand off when I was selling mine.
2. The GMG classic can fit via it's spring clip system to a GMG Unimontage bracket, bolted to the deck / frame. I didn't like the lack of security in that as the bike will lie outside the local shops etc, so I didn't use the bracket. I just drilled out the spring clip rivets and bolted the seat directly onto the deck / frame. This is the rearmost seat. The forward seat, for the older child is a rolled up yoga mat. Stoker bars are bolted to the seatpost via a shimmed stem. BMX stunt pegs are bolted onto the lower mount of a rack. simpes! Will post pics once the weather improves.
Heres is my dummy, I love it to pieces, they are the best thing sliced bread if you have kids, mine gets used off road as well as on the tarmac, obviously within reason though.
The accessories are expensive and to be honest if you know a decent fabricator you could easily have the freeloaders etc made.
I also pull a trailer with mine ocassionaly.
I got mine from Practical Cycles near Blackpool, they also carry Yuba, Bakfiets etc. Zaynan is a really good guy anf very helpfull.
http://www.practicalcycles.com/
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I have to say I am still thrilled to bits with my Ute, regularly shop on it, it was great in the snow. We are currently carless as the 406 died on xmas eve, and I have been doing everything on the ute, had to hire a car last week as I was going to a meeting that was a logn way away from a train station (any way at 29 quid for the day it was cheaper then the train).
I take my eldest to school on a toptube saddle every day, she loves the comments from all the other kids.
The Ute is the best option I reckon as you can get them for 5-600 notes new if you hunt around. mine was 525 delivered.. I just thought less bother than fitting and extracycle to a donor bike and way cheaper than the surly/yuba!
Although if I was minted I might get the yuba or the surly, but that's like saying if I won the lottery I'd buy a roller, they are ridiculously overpriced for basically utility bikes, its not like they have any exotic materials or parts..
The price is mainly down to small production runs I'd guess, so the frame's expensive to make and they can't buy the parts in bulk.
My Mundo was on the Bike2Work scheme, so it cost me £50 a month for a year. It's got me to work and back pretty much every day since (almost two years) for nothing more than one new tyre and some brake blocks.
The price of the Big Dummy is definitely related to the size of the company and low manufacturing volume - I spoke to Surly last autumn and they said that they'd only made about 700 or so at that time.
I like these wee films... proberly helped sell a few to a car free lifestyle...:o