Cargo Bikes

The only thing I didn’t make was the rear triangle of the bike, racks handy for giving adults a lift or strapping random light things to

Spotted in Putney:

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hahaha

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324862467518

Used waterproof bag for an Omnium Cargo

IIRC the TL;DR is that the A8 is mostly found to be more durable/reliable than the A11

I concur. 11 not worth the extra ££. Gears slipping all the time. The A8s have been fine.

Alfine is nice, but I would probably go derailleur if I had the choice.

Mine was shifting badly, so I did the atf oil bath etc, just to discover that my gear cable was frayed while the hub looked almost new inside.
Still quite some black stuff in the oil, so was worth it.
Then the gears were all over the place when reinstalling, had to make the cable shorter than the usual 10,1cm to get the yellow markers aligned.
Including my usual problems with cup and cone bearings, I installed the wheel three times. Which is quite annoying as I have a stupid disc brake adaptor that needs to go off every time.
So when they work, they work. But compared to a derailleur they are quite mysterious.

I have a love/hate relationship with our Alfine 8.

Our Douze is just over 4 years old and we’re on our 2nd Alfine 8 hub. The first was never 100% from new and one day lost complete drive after 1.5 years (ab)use. Managed to get it working in one gear only for the best part of a week (any hipsters who think a single speed cargo bike is a good idea, I can tell you it’s NOT!) so we could still use the bike whilst the replacement was on order. The 2nd has been OK, done an oil bath and regreased (with correct Shimano stuff) and think I’ve over greased it as getting noise (pawls rubbing?) in some gears when freewheeling, which can go away if you pedal backwards, will when I get time look at it again as gear changes are unaffected.

GOOD
Low maintenance
Ability to change gear without pedalling (such as stationary at lights)
Wide ratio of gears
Easy to adjust/remove wheel and disassemble for oil bath etc.

BAD
Some annoying jumps between gears
Need to shift with no pedal pressure for accurate shifts and prolong life
Need to keep chain tension high, Had chain drop off a few times going over rough roads when pedalling under pressure. Chain has come off both chainring (although not done it since running a narrow/wide chainring) and rear sprocket
Some gears feel really draggy. Might be a mental thing as I haven’t actually looked into the efficiency of each gear, but some feel horrible

I’d probably get another. It’s a family bike that my wife and I both ride and it still makes sense vs. a derailleur set-up as it’s not a high performance machine despite me trying to ride it like it is! Our bike is non-assist and gets used most days with a 7 year old in it along with his stuff, but also does the weekly shop and moving tools around.

An option instead of Tern?

https://moustachebikes.com/en/electric-bikes/cargo-electrique-lundi-20/

An option instead of Tern?

https://moustachebikes.com/en/electric-b­ikes/cargo-electrique-lundi-20/

Whoa! That's new. My current shop is a Moustache dealer and I've liked most everything I've seen from them so far, especially their MTBs

this popped up on facebook, know it's an ad for a tools company, but interesting nevertheless

https://www.festool.co.uk/blog/work/mobile-joiner-in-paris?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=static-boost-click&fbclid=IwAR1xPjlgrrDHgG4ElmT4xydUrDX3BJ90n23_nIBMDveA7W1UCdfSXFE-otI

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LVH Bullitt when originally designed had a requirement to fit regular Festool boxes, think of of the original guys was a mobile carpenter. If you want to add more (side by side) then just carpent a larger platform ;)

Saw in NYC a few years ago that regular tradies were using long tail cargo bikes as a way of getting to work, moving their high value tools between job sites, mobile saw horse, even saw one with a router table built into the back of it. They weren't your 'bikey' type blokes, just wanted to get to their respective job site quickly, cost effectively (20-30USD/h parking in the city) and have their high value tools closer to them at all times (most bikes will fit in a lift there).

The large one is a Douze V2 with 800m front-end and step-through frame design

this is bad @B0N0R

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This kind of thing seems to be pretty typical with Terns, the whole back end on the GSD is so full of tubing that it’s almost impossible to do even the simplest of jobs

@stevo_com has the bike arrived yet?

No, Jan was the timeframe quoted.

Recent update from madjax has made my day tbh. Seeing that you can fit an adult and a child in their side by side box, plus conversations with them, plus the arrival of finance, has pushed me into finalising motor and box arrangements....

Lovely, do they have a rain cover?

It'll be great

I was back home (France) in September and they were everywhere. I don't know if the bikes are any good but they certainly know how to sell them.

They do! It's coming!

Anti theft feature 😎

picked up my load75 today. I think it's actually nicer to ride than the packster70 was

picked up my load75 today. I think it's actually nicer to ride than the packster70 was

Control-Technology baby!

Congratulations! Awesome isn't it?

Amazing, looks awesome.