Cargo Bikes

i've see (another) px in eye casualty with a perfo trauma because of a worn bungee cord...they should be banned from the planet.

2x kryptonite D locks, a diamond rated litelock core, and abus chain in the cafe lock and the cafe lock. Still not super happy about leaving it out of sight. Will likely get one of the grinder resistant D's in the near future.

Yeah I'm wary with bungees, this is very slack just to stop a tarp being blown off

and get a tracker

Ok cheers that’s a HD setup - I’ve gone for the Hiplock D1000 and already have a Kryptonite fahg. Ordered a setup similar to @amey above too and have a couple AirTags I’ll squirrel away in the frame. The Load4 system has some tracking but assume that would be ripped out if stolen. Might get a motorbike style home chain lockup too

I also have a powunity tracker, a little peace of mind I guess, and insurance obvs

I have a kryptonite chain, an onguard d-lock, a fagh mini and an abus cable lock. If I was buying now I would be investing in one of the hiplock angle grinder resistant d-locks for sure. I’d still have a bunch of other locks to go along with it, because balls to trusting in just one lock.

Awesome.

have a couple AirTags I’ll squirrel away in the frame

Not sure if you’ll literally put them in the frame but there range will be practically zero if they are enclosed in metal ;-)

Best place to stick them on a Load is behind the plugs on the lower tubes of the box. We've had no issues with the walls of the tubes interfering with reception.

Those airtag bells also look like a good idea

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I saw elsewhere an attempted Tern theft where they’d removed the motor cover first, possibly to check for a tracker

Noice. I also pop them open and remove the beeper

Edit- should maybe keep the load location a secret ;-)

I dont use the bell thing but keep air tags stashed in hard to find places on our cargos, works good so far.

Ever had to retrieve one?

Out of the bike or to find something? Yes to both, not because of theft but we use airtags on lots of things.

Meant if a bike had been stolen then retrieved using air tag successfully. Just curious!

I've seen several examples of suitcases being tracked with Airtags - that was our original use case for them but they're actually pretty good, we have 2 spare so may as well use them.

I've just ordered a Tongsheng motor for my Yuba. Good to know someone else is converting at the same time - watch out for messages from me when I get stuck.

Bit of a dredge, but did you do this, and if so how did it work out? And did you stick with the stock Tongsheng firmware, or try updating it?

Remi demi is great, didn't realise the price has gone up so much. I have a new one for sale in Glasgow for last year's price, it's grey, new/1 mile on it, has a passenger jump aeat and pannier attachment and I think a red front basket?
They are ideal foe folk moving one kid from as small as they can be in a thule yupp up to about 12. Then stick your bag on the front rack and the bike remains within thr physical foot print of a regular bike.
Stock tyres aren't super puncture proof but tbh none of the balloon tyre bikes are

This is a common experience with any cargo that uses suspension forks, none of thrm are upto the job IME. Catastrophic play developing within 600 miles in some cases. But usually wobble on till around 2000 miles until the movement gets so bad folk finally look at changing them. Tern, R+m and Ua all use similar fork and all give their excuses when you go looking for a replacement beyond warranty period.
Having a fork is a nice idea on a family orientated bike and advise would be get the fork lowers off and have it greased with fork /suspension grease on day 1 when the bike is new. Then strip and regress every 6 months of regular use, or 1000 miles, whichever happens first. If you do that they will last much longer, bushs will still wear but the stanchions won't be eaten through with corrosion and physical wear!

Guess I did well lasting over 10k miles then

This is a common experience with any cargo that uses suspension forks.

Yeah. The fork design that just about serves the MTB and Dirt segment albeit with fifty hour service intervals has no place on a vehicle designed to move cargo.

If only there were alternatives to the tubes sliding in bushings design…

What brake pads should I buy for my load 75? I have never had disc brakes before so have no knowledge.

What brake brand / model are they?