Cargo Bikes

Waiting at some red lights today somebody on an Omnium rolled up next to me, the regular one with the classic rack. On there a huge dog, laying on its side, completely chill! It hardly fit on the rack, looked hilarious.. kicked myself later for not asking the guy whether I could take a picture of them..
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I have ridden single speed and fixed for over 20 years now and have a bit of a hatred for standard mechs....so I built my last 29er with an alfine and belt drive years ago. I love Belt drive, which limits me to either single speed or hub gear anyway.
Derailleurs just look really crude to me compared to enclosed systems. I also hate the noise and slap of chains off road. I'm just a fussy fucker these days. :)

I also figured that the extra weight would be less noticeable on the back of a cargo bike than the back of a regular bike with a really light front end.
Plus as mentioned, the advantages of being able to change gear while stationary, and the cleanliness of a belt drive.

Agree with all of that, but new drivetrains are really good with almost no slap.

I know they're way better these days, and they're pretty much perfected... But they still look like a really crude way of changing gear to me compared to a hub gear with no visible mechanism, just one cog at each end, and one tidy, tight belt or chain... Rather than a stack of cogs fastened to the wheel, with a lump of metal with two more cogs fastened to it, threading the chain over, under, over, around, over etc... Especially with the hideous dinner plate size cogs cassettes use these days.
I just wish as much time, money, and effort was put into internal gear systems as they put into making constant small changes to a very old, exposed, method of changing gears.
Weight is pretty much the only bad thing about hub gears... Even the cost isn't as bad as it initially seems when you look at the cost of top end cassettes and mechs these days.

My baby carrier

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Nice centerstand! Does it using bushings or bearings on the hinge?

I can't remember the name of it but it is used on steering rods for go-carts

Edit: maybe it is just called a ball joint?

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I have this 1996 "La Poste" bike for sale.
Used by my own postman in France to deliver mail until recently!

51cm ST CTT, 54cm TT CTC, 26" wheels.

Comes with the rear heavy duty rack, unfortunately the front rack was not on the bike when I got it. The steering has a spring retainer so will help with steering when/if you get a new front rack.

1x5 speed, rear drum brake front cantis.
Fitted new outer cables all around, new grips, trued the wheels.

Replaced the RD too but the chain is a tad short so could benefit from a longer one if you want to use the easiest gear.

Those bikes were made by Cycleurope, which is a group formed by Peugeot, BH and Gitane. This one has a Peugeot headbadge.

£150.

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such a cool bike

Treat Yo' Self

I can't remember the name of it...

For the benefit of @Vbulman and anyone else that cares, it’s a rose joint.

if you're running a middrive motor, know a shop i really trust has informed me that even the beefed up Shimano cargo bike hub cannot cope with the torque and get stuck in low gears.

If you're the only source of power it'll probably be fine.

I was talked out of running a belt drive on my eBullitt.

I'll definitely be the only source of power.
I don't imagine I'll be putting any more strain on the alfine than when I was using it for mtbing on my 29er.
At some point I'm going to try and upgrade to the Kindernay... I just need to make sure I can make the belt drive fit on it.

Would love to, really cannot be buying any more bikes at this moment though
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My baby carrier

Nice bike !

Changing gears at the lights sounds handy, esp with heavy cargo

I have ridden single speed and fixed for over 20 years now and have a bit of a hatred for standard mechs....so I built my last 29er with an alfine and belt drive years ago. I love Belt drive, which limits me to either single speed or hub gear anyway.
Derailleurs just look really crude to me compared to enclosed systems. I also hate the noise and slap of chains off road. I'm just a fussy fucker these days. :)

I also figured that the extra weight would be less noticeable on the back of a cargo bike than the back of a regular bike with a really light front end.
Plus as mentioned, the advantages of being able to change gear while stationary, and the cleanliness of a belt drive.

All makes perfect sense. I just have bad memories of a company Bullitt with shagged Alfine hub gears throwing the chain off mid-way around Hyde Park Corner.

I have the same problem with my alfine 11 on the douze. Would not go hub gears again.

This is why I went alfine 8 again... The 11 is still notorious for problems.
Thankfully my 8 was faultless for years, but I could have just been lucky. :)

Bit confused how it could throw the chain though. Was it run slack?

Mine didn't throw it, it just free spun out if the blue and I nearly hit the deck. Felt like a thrown chain.

I know the 11 has a tendency to go out of adjustment quite often, so it's not always fully engaging the gears.
Hopefully I'll be all good for as long as it takes me to upgrade to either the Kindernay or a Rohloff.

How bloody dare you! That bullitt was fastidiously maintained by some of least mechanically minded, permanently inebriated, most embittered couriers on the road.

User error is my guess

Selling my Kona UTE frame if anyones looking for a fun project
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/344136/

Re Kindernay hub, if there’s anything I’d not want to be an early adopter if it’d be an internally geared hub.