Cargo Bikes

Anyone any experience hiring a Bullitt or similar in London? Looking to move flat at the weekend and don't really have enough stuff to warrant a man and van and I'm only moving down the road. I've got plenty of plastic crates to put stuff in so something with a low bed seems ideal.

If you get lucky your local homebase will have some cargo bikes to borrow.

https://cyclingindustry.news/homebase-follows-sainsburys-into-cargo-bike-trials/

Not sure how happy they'd be with me borrowing it for the weekend! I have actually dropped London Green Cycles an email already to see what they say.

Can't see why not, lots of people do it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm1BQDflQyq/?taken-by=surlybikes

How?

Magnets.

because physics..

Lead weights in the panniers just behind the back axle.

Taking my combi oven to the workshop today so thought I'd take some pics of my Omnium. Only phone pics mind

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lovely frame colour

Nice bike. But no grips/barends is terrible.

Bonkers saddle - what is that?

Haha doesn't actually feel terrible. I'm throwing some bar ends on now

Pinched it from a kids bike

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Plugs is what I meant. I only once tried to pierce me with a handlebar a long time ago since then I always cringe when I see open ends.

Yeah I have a friend who's been split open that way. A kid died on my local BMX track that way. I've only started using the cargo again regularly and was taking it into the workshop today knowing I was gonna fit some

Outrageous. Did you steal their sweets too?

Thanks, it's my fav 👌🏽
Nice little sparkle to it in the sun

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Ummmm, nope 😶

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@psg1ben is your workshop in a garage? Have been looking at that as an option when I have to move out of mine.

Thanks again for the BMX bars

Nah it's the workshop for work.
I am renting a garage for bike storage and little bits and bobs but no power there so can't really use it as a workshop properly.
There was talk of setting up a space somewhere South to be used as a sort of storage/joint LFGSS workshop that never came to fruition. I'd still like to do something like that for personal projects I've got going on. I assume you're thinking of staying north though?

@psg1ben yeah, we're probably gonna stay north/east

Does anyone have any hacks/bodges or suggestions for products to stop the front wheel on a Bullitt wobbling around so much when you get a bit of speed up?

Hydraulic steering dampner

Makes a world of difference, unsure why it's not sold as standard with the frame kit

We've got one on one of the Bullits we have at work and it makes a huge difference, I have no idea why my boss didn't get one on the new bike we got a few months ago. It's pretty sketchy riding a bike that's twice your bodyweight with a wobbly front wheel! Was just wondering if there were any more bodgy solutions that I could propose as a cheaper alternative.