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Thanks, that's just the kind of insight I hadn't considered. Looking at it you can pickup and xt 1 x 11 set for £299, £200 for some disc brakes. I have a number of 26 inch mountain bike rear wheels that will work and other finishing kit. other than that I just need a front wheel.
So it's going to over the £2000, but not massively so
HousecatHST
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One other reason not to run a single speed cargo bike (except the Omnium Mini which is not really a cargo bike) is that everytime you stop at lights you need to be in a nice easy gear to get running again, otherwise even with an average weight on the front you're very likely to topple over.
As others have said, best bet would be to buy a framekit + basic Alex wheelset from a Larry vs Harry dealer and then get a reasonably priced groupset which would probably end up just over £2000, alternatively go for Nexus which should total at about £2300 complete if you're building your own add ons