Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

the bike is now in germany and still alive

http://road.cc/content/news/174258-degenerative-bone-condition-forces-camille-mcmillan-sell-dream-machine-bike

I wasn't sure if this belonged here, in rat bikes or in cargo bikes. But first camp trip of the year was a success. I want some more sweepy bars tho, SOMA odin maybe?

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Nice! What sort of stuff were you riding on? I'm guessing that one wouldn't want to ride a cargo fork on long road days or off-road...

Whatever it is it's super cool, except for the rear derailleur cable routing!:

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Yep fixed that after seeing it in the photo, I was wondering why I was shifting so bad after recently truing the hanger lol.

it was about 60km of road, 5ish of dirt road and 4 hours of ferries then back the same. the geo very comfortable for me personally so I can put in miles, but it's terrifying on trails.

On One Mary bars are great imo!

That is so cool!

#lifegoals

Beautiful dog

I love this low rider rear. Much cools.

Wanted one of these for a while. Would like to hear from owners how they ride and what they're like to own. I've not had a chance to ride one yet.

Crazy short wheelbase, very easy to nose wheelie. #nippy if you will. But can also handle a heavy load really well.

Saw a guy commuting with his 8/9 year old kid just sitting on the rack. Some Copenhagen messengers ride em, but the minimax and cargo are def most popular for that purpose

That's my friend. he's taken upwards of 200lbs (2 small people) up front and didn't die and will also ride pretty normal up till a decent load, leaning into corners, jumping curbs and riding no handed are fine unlike full cargos which kinda drive like a bus. Definietly gets tippy, but it's a solid as long as you are aware.

Love that the rack is built into the frame rather than being attached to the steering. Two bike life could easily be a fast road bike and a mini max for touring/beater/lockup etc. Looks like plenty of room for a big framebag too

yeah, also been looking at these. what would it be like for touring? or is that too weird...

I would go a size bigger than you would normally take to increase the wheelbase and take a short stem with wider bars to keep it easy to handle.

Aside from weight I dont really see the issue. Could just put all your shit on the front without it really effecting handling. Frameset is around 6kg though so youd be looking at 12-14kg full bike minimum id imagine. Carrying two different inner tubes would be the only real annoyance