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  • Glad I'm out of the cargo bike business for a bit (still got Omnium frames if anyone wants), market absolutely flooded with old, broken, 'as new', and auction disposal bikes.

    Beware, the bike part will be fine. Nexus 5 is a crock of a hub, if you baby it you can sometimes make them last, but do you think paid per hour, working in all conditions couriers care for their venture capitalist owners hardware? No.
    For around £2k they are very well priced still. Also beware shimano are now tight on motor warranty again, so if motor goes south, you'll be out for a new one, again, think about the usage of these.
    Still would buy one, maybe actually get the cheapest most broken one you can find and then stick a motor + pinion kit from Bullittbike.de. For way less than a new one you can build and epic machine. Get it powder coated any way you like. I pay £90 for glass bead blast, undercoat and top colour in powders. SE/LDN price more like £200.

    The UAV though, very much a suck it and see what happens. They are too heavy and cumbersome to be really useful, Fin who've bought Urb It over are going with a smaller narrower 4 wheel cargo and disposing of the UAV 4 wheelers. Frames and suspension arms are known to break for various reasons. Battered up graphics and side panels are part for the course with courier bikes, any of them will look like that within 2 months of use regardless so wouldn't' focus too much on that.

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