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PY - Cargonaut Special
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Posted 12 years ago #
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I had to laugh when I saw Uberuce lifting a 25kg sack of gravel out of one of the Ute's panniers. The bike fell over as the 'other' 25kg of gravel pulled the bike over off its two legged stand!
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Jeepers chdot, the chain on that bike looks very close to the ground. I'd be happer with a sprung chain sprocket (spelling?) to keep the chain off the ground.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Noticed the new R&M (electric) Load carrying bike get a mention in the latest Cycle.
I imagine it will be rather expensive.
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I had to laugh when I saw Uberuce lifting a 25kg sack of gravel out of one of the Ute's panniers. The bike fell over as the 'other' 25kg of gravel pulled the bike over off its two legged stand!
I'm glad I didn't witness that! Must have been on the Bullitt or Pino at the time...
It's certainly true that you have to balance the load, and you have to steady the bike with one hand while loading/unloading, or position it so that the loaded side is close to a wall or similar.
Just as you would with a touring bike if you were adding/removing heavy panniers.
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It didn't actually fall over... uberuce managed to hold it up with one hand while dismounting the 25kg bag with the other </impressed!>
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@Dave, phew!
With the Ute it's sometimes better to plonk heavier smallish items in sturdy shopping bags with carry handles. This makes it dead easy to lift the stuff in and out of the big panniers while resting a hand on the deck to steady the bike.
I've had all sorts of stuff in there though: compost bins; boxes of books; children's cot (disassembled), wooden planks; a Workmate bench (folded); even one time lashed a mattress across the top deck and curled over the sides: that was a wide load!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Really we should get the bikes down to Ravelston Dykes there is a lot of wood on the side of the path
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The view as I arrived at the tree, ~6am:
The view as we were just about done:
Dave rides the Bullitt. I wonder if his recumbent experience has anything to do with how quick he mastered the steering?
Crowriver meets the 8-Freight:
DaveC on the Bullitt:
I think it was more the post-Bullitt blues, but Dave's bullhorns and I didn't get along:
Fimm's Brompton being Cleopatra'd around PY by myself and the big red fella:
Kaputnik meets the Bullitt:
Roibeard grins his way up MMW on the 8-Freight:
Steveo carries his stone bags around on the Bullitt:
The assembled devices:
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Cleopatra'd?
Nice photos.Posted 12 years ago # -
Thanks, and yep, Cleopatra'd. Probable historical innaccuracy alert, mind.
Update: I discovered the trick to managing the surge on a heavily loaded trailer is: ignore it, trust Nick at CarryFreedom knows what he's doing, that the hitch can take the strain and therefore just hammer over everything. Worked fine from The Bike Station to chez steveo out towards the Gyle, at any rate.
If I was going to be using a bike to huckle burly stuff on a daily basis, especially for commercial purposes, I think I'd now plump for the Bullitt with Alfine and discs. The amounts of redundant strength I could feel in the frame and brakes was comforting like a hug from your Dad when you're four, and ability to see the load(as pointed out by Darkerside) sells it in the end.
For personal purposes, and reasons of storage and budget, I still reckon I made the right choice with the Freedom.
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Echo that almost precisely. The Carry Freedom is exactly what I need now for shifting inert 'lumps of stuff'. Relatively cheap, packs away into not very much at all, does the job.
For stuff I care more about I'd be heading for the Bullitt I think. Although the lack of budget and storage makes my desire somewhat academic!
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According to the Cool Hunter, cargobikes are cool.
http://www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1549/madsen-cargo-bikes
Personally I think the 8 Freight outcools the Madsen, but there you go.
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Niels Hoe (@nielshoe)
20/10/2012 10:41
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Kolla, har cyklar vi danskt!
"Look, we have Danish bikes" thanks to web translate.
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