Cargo Bikes

Duly noted, will make sure to keep a can of Tyskie in my jersey pocket at all times.

Are you mad, it'll get warm!

Big bottles of cobra are a really good fit in water bottle cages.

What a life hack.

WIND cycleworks cargo fatbike w/ nuvinci hub & electric assist

Hey! that's my old bike!!!

I recognised the Hope sticker I placed on the downtube!

for delivering kegs in the alps?

Ha! Picked it up off eBay about 4 years ago for around £40...
Hope you're not sad I've kinda ruined it...

I sold it to someone a while ago with a 1x9 (I think) tranmission, £40 is pretty good, think I sold it for £150ish.

I just got the frame. Had the rest from an old alloy kona blast. Been meaning to put a narrow wide on for about 2 years but never got round to it. That's parenthood in a nutshell.

Stump up the extra cash for a MIG welder, stick is far too crude for thin walled bike tubes and harder to get the hang of.

stick is...harder to get the hang of.

This is why I'm avoiding MIG, I've been told it's too easy so you don't learn anything from doing it.

Have done some Tig at the class now though and that's a whole different class to stick, would love to be able to practice Tig more often but will take some persuading for my folks to let me keep a tig setup in their garage I think.

100% agree TIG is where it's at for almost anything.

MIG is easy For anyone to do badly, but mastering it is harder and will make you a better TIG welder IMO. Angle of the torch, welding together materials of different thickness, what a decent weld looks like, you'll learn that from MIG.

Stick is just too crude for most smaller fabricating applications.

MIG is great for tacking things up one handed too..

So it seems all other projects have been suspended or are on hold and the cargo bike has gotten a place on top of the priority list. We will be needing one in say 9 months. :)

As stated somewhere earlier in the thread, I was looking for a more modern Omnium type frame that can take thru axles and what not. Chopping up a new frame would seem unjustified and getting a framebuilder on the project sounds pricey.

Anyone have an Omnium that I can get modernised?

Have you seen the latest from Dear Susan?

https://www.instagram.com/dear_susan_bicycles/?hl=en

Looks expensive, but thanks!

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Sorry for the spammage guys but I'm getting rid of my Christiania trike to make space for my new Omnium...
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/301865/#comment13566667

I had to send back my Douze Messenger to the French factory due to quality issues.

After less than 6 months in London, all the nuts & bolts were rusted and more worryingly the steering column was gushing rust juice. I was told that all the finishing kit is fitted with stainless steel hardware, however, third party parts like stem / chainset / etc are not.

The MPF electric assistance was also working intermittently at best, which was a royal pain when you are carrying 60+ bottles of champagne. Battery life is also a major issue as in the winter, fully loaded with champagne, I would only get 15 miles max.
Apparently this version of the MPF drive had issues so they are replacing it with the latest one.

I was assured that this was the only bike they had issues with and they are basically replacing everything on the bike before sending it back to me.

They are also giving me a bespoke cover as apparently the issue is keeping the bike outdoors. It is a 2.6m long beast so unless you have a garage, not sure how it can be kept indoors...

I am restarting with a fresh warranty so time will tell but all in, I was expecting much more for £4k bike.

You might wanna get the proven Urban Arrow Cargo XXL instead, there's lot's of them around here in the NL

The bike is "all fixed" and on its way back to London so I'll see how I get on with V2.

Cargo bike manufacturers should really work with Tesla to integrate batteries inside the flat part of the chassis so this way you could charge up properly and get 60+ miles out of one charge.

Yes and no, the quality of Tesla's stuff is poor. From reports that I have heard from friends who work in the automotive industry, Tesla's stuff is all bells and whistles, but the quality of the product you buy is low (given how much you pay).

Vince, hope the V2 Douze works out OK! :O

We got a Douze last September/October from LGC and all seems good so far. We don't have the electric assist and glad we didn't go for it based on your experience! Luckily we have a garage to keep it dry, but it has been left out on numerous wet days as our secure indoor bike park in work is inaccessible due to building work but it seems to be holding up well.

The rubber feet on the stand aren't the most robust, but we've learnt to kick them a quick kick every time we raise the stand so we don't keep losing them.

It's certainly not the cheapest cargo bike out there, but for manoeuvrability/capacity it's hard to beat...

A bit of a long shot, as I’m not in London, but I’m soon going to be selling my two-wheeled, electric assist, Christiania bike. I’m based in Devon.
It’s a bout 4 years old and has served us very well. No problems at all to speak of. It’s been well looked after as it’s been our family transport for out two boys for that time.
It has seat-belts for two children and I’ve also got the rain cover.
Since this photo was taken I’ve added a Busch& Muller front light which is wired to the battery (same as rear light) and it’s had a new saddle.
I’m after £1600. This spec version is about £3000 new

I’ll get round to doing a proper for sale thread soon but thought I’d give this a go first. And I’ve got more photos if anyone would like to see them.

Thanks

Hey dudes,
I've now dropped my cargo bike into London Green Cycles (near Regents Park).
I hope that someone here on the forum wants to buy it or maybe you know someone that might be interested?
You can see it for sale here.
If you've got any questions about it I'm happy to help.