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Really like the 24" one for shopping and pootling!
How effective do you find the steering damper? Finding out that the cargo bike I've built has a tendency to shimmy a little with some weight on the front, when I take my hands off the bars. Something to help reduce that would be useful.
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Well my problem was wheel flop causing the bikes to tip over when loaded, the spring seems to prevent this. No idea about their effect on shimmying I'm afraid.
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I just connected the dots, I'm following your builds of course! Your cargo bike looks similar to an omnium mini which my friend had for a while, it shimmied very easily unless loaded. So it wasn't very good for everyday cycling, but very good at hauling. YMMV but it does sound similar.
russmeyer
Not much going on bike wise due to other things in life but what has been super annoying with both the wife granny bike and the little Poni cargo/shopper is wheel flop. So I finally got round to fitting steering dampers on them. Hardly the neatest of jobs but seem to work. When I finally get round to welding some more rack tubing + disc tabs (or rollerbrakes) + electric assist on it, I'll fit a proper spring mount. Also fitted a double kickstand and got rid of the horrible steel bars and crappy grips.