Cargo Bikes

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A president like Obama wanted to replace cars in the US army with cargo bikes, and developed this accesoires and everything, but as soon as Trump heard about that old project codenamed Dummy, he gave it up. A renegade then came to Surly and finished this project.

At least that was what I thought when fixing all those velcros and things.

On Gumtree atm
Bullitt for sale in Gravesend £1,200
Metal box for Bullitt in Cambridge £500

EDIT: both look like they are gone...

I've had my daughter on my Mini maxi since about 5 mouths old. At that stage she was able to hold her head up so I had her in a modified Halfords bike trailer cargo strapped to the deck. I went down this route as my partner to super paranoid about her being covered up if it rained. It's worked really well and she's been very happy in for trips over an hour, we've been on trips to my parents which is a 30 mile round trip.

She's 16 months old now so I'm about to invest in Thule Yepp Nexxt Maxi. I've got the bracket from Omnium which I'm going to have to modify to get it to fit, hopefully I'll get round to it this weekend.

these look like they might be fun - https://radpowerbikes.eu/pages/radrunner

not a bad price either €1199 & €1699 for the bigger one

We've spoken about bike tracking devices on here before but it was hard to find something compact, lightweight, with long lasting battery and affordable.

Saw this on Instagram:
https://monimoto.co.uk/

Review here:
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/reviews/products/security/trackers/tested-monimoto-smart-alarm-and-tracker-review

Cost is £149 then £3 per month for the sim card so running cost is £36 per year + say a new battery every 6 months = £20

these look like they might be fun - https://radpowerbikes.eu/pages/radrunner­

not a bad price either €1199 & €1699 for the bigger one

Fun and cheap as chips, but not built well. My shop works on quite a few Radwagons in particular, and you'll end up spending a good chunk of the money you saved on the initial purchase in parts replacement & general maintenance in the first 18 months.

thought that might be the case considering the pricepoint.

shame - the smaller one in particular looks like a fun bike!

Not 100% sold on the ‘stache bars. I think I need to dial in the angles, and true up the horrible new wobbles I’d acquired in the front wheel. Probably an issue swapping between super-wide bars on the mtb and the cargo too, very different dynamics.

Grips can make a huge difference as well. If in doubt go stooge Moto bars!

I remember the modified trailer, it's pretty neat and wouldn't mind going that way too if I were to find one for free. I haven't thought that much about weather protection, but we do have a rain cover for the lift if required.
Your partner might be concerned with HousekittenHST being exposed to the rain on the Yepp in winter, but I can assure you that (here in Denmark at last) plenty of kids are transported on them in all manners of weather and seem to be doing just fine :-)

Yeah, I wasn’t sold on the need for a rain recover, but it was a fight what wasn’t worth having at the time. I’d already managed to get away with us having a baby meaning I get to buy another bike!

Once I get the yepp up and running I’ll post some pictures.

us having a baby meaning I get to buy another bike

Sounds legit to me

Got nice DMR's that I'm happy with. I think it's more an issue with the stem length and overall geometry change. It felt better after a bit of a mess-about, but will take a few rides to dial in. I could feel why they'll be better in the long run for sure.

Term GSD with clubhouse will do the job, really adaptable and rides surprisingly well.

Term GSD with clubhouse will do the job, really adaptable and rides surprisingly well.

Just make sure you buy it from a shop who knows how to fix the QC issues they're rife with before you strap a kid to it.

There's a shop near me that sells them, they barely even put them together let alone go into anything deeper on them. See it all the time, shops make so little margin that they squeeze the mechanic (or don't even use one) to put together a full bike in 15 mins, sure you can check the basics in that time on some bikes, but not to the standard I'd like to see.
Imagine quite a few of them will quickly fall out of use when niggling issues appear.
Recently saw an abandoned looking r+m load (the old one), both brakes look to have leaking piston seals, and so a £3k bike is abandoned, crazy, left a note but I reckon its not been attended to in at least 18 months now

Can you explain more on what's up with the GSD?

Didn't know there were concerns

Anyone with real world experience between an electric Omnium and the Bullitt?

Leaning towards the e8000 Bullitt, but there is a £1500 price difference between the two.

I've got an Yepp Maxi and EasyFit Carrier XL that I haven't got round to listing if you are interested.

Quite a difference in how they approach heavy loads. If you gonna lug around a lot of heavy stuff and go fast, I'd assume the bullitt to be better due to the lower center of gravity?

My thinking too. I've ridden both non-assisted before, and own a Omnium, but I think for more heavy duty lugging around the Bullitt is worth opting for.

That center of gravity thing is the cargo bike equivalent to "you need a steel bike for touring".

Have you previously feared for your life when carrying heavy weights on your Omnium?

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