Cargo Bikes

Go in hard on the insta likes chalfie, then pivot to saving the world to finish.

Showers are overrated.

oh wait i thought this was like a 2nd bathroom or something lol

New place is right on Lewisham park, so green and quiet. I've loved living on gipsy hill but the scooters and SUVs revving up here at twice the speed limit have finally made me crack. Also I no longer feel the need to sprint up a hill every evening.

Mountsfield park is nice, that and hilly fields will be my new midweek run, blackheath and Greenwich park for the longer efforts

Good to know :)

very close to me! lets get coffee when you move

It is. Currently have shower over bath, want proper shower.

Successful rear rack installation on my Douze.

The rack mounting bolts holes are M6, larger than M5 standard ones so I had to drill the Topeak "disc specific" rear carrier.

The Douze V2 has no upper mounting holes so ordered 23mm stainless steel p-clips on eBay - since the rear stays are 23mm diameter.
21mm p-clips would have been best suited but that's most likely due to manufacturers tolerances.

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Nicely done. Do Douze sell a specific rack to use with their bikes? What are those three dome head screws for?

Dome heads are for the rear wheel lock.

I could have modified the rack brackets to bolt them there but it was easier to spend £2.16 posted on p-clips.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PACK-OF-5-RUBBER-LINED-STAINLESS-STEEL-P-CLIPS-W4-304-MIKALOR-EPDM-/322464911574

Another cargo bike positive. Makes it easier to get to the good off licenses and load up.

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That does look ace. Regret not getting one when the kids were the right size.

Also jealous of you getting a bike out of Fully Charged with less than a 4 month wait.

I am definitely in the phase of thinking 'do I really need my other bikes?'

THAT is what I want, that right there!!!!

It definitely offers more utility than a bathroom. Just get a bucket.

i used to stop there on the way home when I lived on green lanes!

Regret not getting one when the kids were the right size.

@stevo_com pay deposit now so you can get it just as you finish the bathroom ;)

Haven't been for around 2 years. They have had a bit of a refurb.

Wine will be nice and safe in there :p

Took the kids up Swains Lane this morning for lolz on the way back from Hampstead heath. Wasn't underpowered.

Anyone on here think this is nuts - before I try it. It's an idea for schlepping my big ladder without having to use my van. Ladder is 3.6m. The idea is some sort of pivoting coupling on ebd of my UA pannier rack, and a pair of wheels clamped to the other end of the ladder, probably with a visibility flag on back

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Just put it in your rucksack

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I guess main problem will be cornering, I'd want to recce my route before going out with that. Neat idea though. I did onCE strap a 6 rung stepladder to the rack on my MTB but this is next level(s)

Would a surfboard-rack style rack not be a bit less unwieldy? E.g.

Obviously affixed to the cargo area rather than frame.