Cargo Bikes

Where does it say that? In the mention of one cog, one chain and one chainring? I am pretty sure that they are referring to the cog on the internal gear hub.

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Yep, there it is :)

Thanks, I'll keep you in mind, I've ridden passed your shop a few times on route to the sandbanks ferry.

I like the idea of ridding over to collect a cargo bike and riding it home with my other bike loaded up. I definitely wouldn't do that from London.

Single speed cargo bikes are a thing in Copenhagen, they have 300+ miles of cycle lanes (mostly separated from the road) in the city meaning rarely have to rush at lights because some mouthbreather behind them in his Audi is running late for work. Also it is next level flat out there. Personally as much as I love riding single speed (and fixed) I wouldn't do it on a cargo bike in the UK.

If you fancy coming and taking it for a spin, our test one is coming fully kitted out with kids seats and all that jazz. Will post on here once it's landed

mouthbreather

lol

Have you considered ebay dans France?
At first sight they seem to have loads on their site. Obviously you'd have to brush up on your Franglaise to be successful but I was thinking over a weekend - cycle from Fareham > Portsmouth > ferry to French France > cycle to meet the vendor(s) > make a purchase, disassemble your bike stick it in your cargo bike and ferry back.
Quite an adventure.

Easier to stick with Vélosurmer!
Reminds me of the cool story of the Paris courrier who started selling Omniums.
Cycled up Denmark ,
bought one Omnium to work with,
and carried back the boxed second to sell.

Here's a link for a DIY Bullitt bike box for those who need some inspiration

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxG-CQ_7ATpPLXhNOWw4bFlVd0E/view

First long(ish) day on the bakfiets in a while yesterday; since my girls started at school down the road I've not been using it all that much (down from 15+ miles a day). Only did 12 miles or so, but felt it in my legs at day's end; laden miles count at least double, right?

At least! When I used to work for Deliveroo I could easily ride 50+ miles in a busy 12 hour shift. Now I ride about 10 miles max per day on a Bullitt and it seems just as tiring.

Like many others in this thread, #dadlife means my next bike will probably be a Bullitt.

I’m weighing up the pros and cons of electric. Most useage would be ferrying little person back and forth to nursery, then commuting to work (about 10km a day). At weekends would like to be able to range further across London, and occasional trips out to Epping Forest. The dream is to do little overnight camping trips, but how often this would really happen I don’t know.

Would electric be a requirement for longer range trips? Could you cycle up Mott street with a toddler and fully loaded Bullit without electric?

The electric assistance will get you up pretty much everything, even fully loaded.

The issue is the battery range - I have a Douze with electric assistance and in the winter, fully loaded (12 cases of Champagne so 120kg), I am lucky if I get 12 miles out of the battery, with 50% assistance.

In warmer months, it is better but still sub 25 miles, again with 50% assistance.

You will notice that, regardless of the make/model, range is never advertised - this is for the simple reason that most people would not buy electric if they knew how poor range was.

I was told buy Douze to buy "a couple of spare batteries" to extend my range. Batteries are 650€+VAT...

So take electric assistance with a pinch of salt and only use it to get you up big hills or start quickly at the lights. Then turn it off and pedal!

Wow.. it surprises me that range is this poor. There are no better batteries? How long does a full charge take?

Some of the new cargo bikes have 2x battery holders so that helps.

Battery takes 3h to charge fully.

I had a strongly worded conversation with Douze about them hiding the actual true range as I would probably reconsidered my options if I knew it was this poor. Nowhere on their website mentions actual range. 12 miles at 50% assistance is total jokes for the cost of the kit.

We need someone to come up with a flat battery to put at the bottom of the flat section so you get 100+ miles range and it becomes a viable option for people needing long range.

Please @Hulsroy fix it for us

Thanks for the info!

A big battery will weigh a ton and based on your 3 hrs charge/12 miles it would take a full 24 hrs to charge 100 mile battery. You'd need two at least if you were using it every day

You'd need two at least

..just buy a couple more!

They're only 3650€+VAT...

Get Elon Musk on the case and get a Tesla SuperCharger adapter

Please @Hulsroy fix it for us

Elon Musk needs to fix this.

Edit: SNAP!

I know absolutely nothing about batteries or electric assist. What is the best out there?

We are currently testing this thing, trying different options on the cargo bed and an trying to figure out a more durable steering system. But it rides, it is strong and in the future you can buy it custom with all the freaking battery mounts you want :-)

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They way the cells can charge in parallel it will be like plugging in more rather than one big battery, I think most ebike battery packs have 20+ cells inside them anyway. The problem is when it pulls so many amps off the plug things start to melt and glow.

So much want

Oh shit, I'm going to have to rethink my budget aren't I, that looks ACE!!!

Aren't above weight limits with 120kg of load,plus rider and other bits?