Is there a Kickstarter or cargo bike thread this should be on?
http://www.bikerumor.com/2016/07/09/lift-turns-ordinary-bicycle-front-loading-cargo-bike/
Looks quite clever to me...
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Turn your bike into a cargo bike
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Posted 7 years ago #
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That's a real "why didn't I* think of that?" invention.
* Because the far corner of my brain is working on another cargo bike design.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Hinges on the steering I guess? Clever.
Posted 7 years ago # -
Thats clever!
Posted 7 years ago # -
Smart. Anyone car to guess/calculate how much import duty will be on it?
Posted 7 years ago # -
Nice, but £711.60 after the $200 UK charge is added and converted.
Posted 7 years ago # -
"Nice, but £711.60 after the $200 UK charge is added and converted"
Larry v. Harry Bullitt (my cargobike lust of choice) is around £1500, if not more. This looks a good deal to me!
Posted 7 years ago # -
Good compared to buying a whole cargo bike, but not cheap compared to something like a BikeHod, which is also not cheap.
Posted 7 years ago # -
You can only use it if your bike has;
* Cable actuated disk or rim brakes (no drum brakes or hydraulic brakes)
* 9mm standard dropout fork with either no suspension or a locked out suspensionYou can get decent trailers for under £100 that'll fit any bike and carry most things this will.
Posted 7 years ago # -
You can only use it if your bike has
Thats standard faire on a new bike and has been for the last 20 years or so. It excludes some more exotic kit that 95% of cyclist have never used and never realised existed.
In fact I bet every single one of "us" has a bike that would match this spec or could get one for less than a months bus fare.
Posted 7 years ago # -
"You can get decent trailers for under £100 that'll fit any bike and carry most things this will."
Given that is most certainly true, why do people spend much more to get a cargobike, when they could have a 'normal' bike and use a trailer? What is the difference?
(genuine question - I can't actually explain why I want a Bullitt in preference to a trailer, but would be interested if someone can explain why one is preferable to the other in terms of utility or performance or or or)...
Posted 7 years ago # -
Trailers are less adaptable to carrying people. You need a special trailer for carrying small people and I've yet to see any adults in trailers. I've seen plenty of people large and small as passengers in cargo bikes.
Posted 7 years ago # -
why do people spend much more to get a cargobike
Because they're a stylish yet eccentric two fingers to prevailing culture? I felt Dutch the one time I had a go on one.
Posted 7 years ago # -
"why do people spend much more to get a cargobike"
Depends whether they have 'good' reasons for having one - eg people carrying, as mentioned above. There is also the question of "much more". There are people who spend even more on superlight racers.
For some people - especially if it's for children - it can be instead of a much more expensive car.
I have an 8 Freight that has been used to carry all sorts of things (and a few people). Fortunately I was able to buy it secondhand for a price I felt 'comfortable' with.
Posted 7 years ago # -
You can get the Xtracycle kit for turning a bike into a long-wheelbase cargo bike for £449.00 currently (I'm assuming Brexit will push that up as the pound continues to slide). Not quite as adaptable as the front box style given that loads are carried higher up, or have to be in special panniers - more of a shopping carrier than a sacks of coal carrier, but you can get 2 medium sized kids safely on it (if you pay more money for the seat attachments and £139 for the kickstand)
Posted 7 years ago # -
"You can only use it if your bike has"
Thats standard faire on a new bike and has been for the last 20 years or so. It excludes some more exotic kit that 95% of cyclist have never used and never realised existed.
I wouldn't call hydraulic disc brakes exotic kit. They are pretty much standard on off mountain bikes these days which still make up a pretty significant chunk of the market.
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Posted 5 years ago #
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I do like that system with its Bromptonesque fold. But it needs mudguards to be genuinely all-purpose, and a rear mudguard needs to be separate from the wheel and fold upwards.
Posted 5 years ago # -
Very clever. Expensive to make though as lots of tubes? Potential flex at pivots. Swing arms need bushings. Weight limit on cargo bikes are always taken to limit.
Posted 5 years ago # -
There IS a rear mudguard but it has to be taken off when folding!
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Posted 5 years ago # -
“Weight limit on cargo bikes are always taken to limit.”
And beyond...
Posted 5 years ago # -
Weight limit on cargo bikes are always taken to limit.
Someone once wrote to Mike Burrows asking if he thought an 8 Freight would handle 100kg of beer barrels or some such improbable load. He replied "Don't know, try it and let me know how it goes."
Posted 5 years ago # -
100kg of beer barrels
Wouldn't be the first time I've been described thusly.
Posted 5 years ago # -
8 Freight -
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your 20 kilogram bike can regularly shift 50 kilograms of weight, with a maximum capacity of 100 kilograms
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Posted 5 years ago # -
Convercycle: payload 60kg
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/convercycle-bike-2in1-multi-city-bike#/
Posted 5 years ago #
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