Posts Tagged ‘ cargo bike ’

I got sent out to the shops on my winter Fugly bike. 19kg of “essentials” later, I’m home: Yes those are lever arch files, and yes that is tramp-strength Dutch lager & fighting-talk Hobgoblin beer. Oh, and some cider. And some fizzy wine. And a shedload of chocolate. I just want to reassure you that it’s...
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Unfortunately my Pashley is STILL at the shop (Just. Don’t. Ask.), and I needed a bike that could handle icy roads for the winter. Neither the road bike, Christina, nor my commuter, Byron, have clearance for spiked tyres, so I was really excited (yes, I know - I really need to get out more)...
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It’s been a while since our last competition - our team of judges were too busy laughing themselves sick at the entries. But the winner is… Andrew: “Dave was still trying to prove that the ideal number of bikes was N+1″ because the truth of it hurt too much. Your prize is in the post -...
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There are usually just two different kinds of century ride - Metric (100km ~62 miles) and Imperial (100 miles). I do a lot of baking at home (kneading bread dough is good for my anger issues), so I go through semi-industrial quantities of flour. I’ve also become known amongst Wife’s friends as the man to...
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The other weekend I took my DIY cargo bike to the shops to do a major stock up. The advantage of the bike is that I can park it right by the shop’s entrance: You’ll notice that I’ve only locked it with a D-lock through the back wheel - it’s hard to find things to...
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For those of you who’ve been asking to see the Frankenbike in action, here’s a short clip: The paint arrived for it last Friday, so over the next few days I’ll be stripping it back to the frame and painting it scarlet!
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Last Friday the weather was fine, and the winds light, so I knocked off early to head up to Ashington to collect the Frankenbike. At around 3m long, it won’t fit into the car, so the only option was to ride it home. And that’s just what I did - I rode there on the...
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A while ago I stumbled upon Tom’s Cargo Bikes - a great little site about cargo bikes (does what it says on the tin!), which includes instructions on how to build your own. Seeing as I used to be an engineer, I decided to have a go. First up, I sourced a couple of suitable...
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In a week where we’ve been looking at electric bikes, and the possible next doomsday to hit us, i came across this photo featured on the excellent Bike Hugger site: Yep - that’s some sort of electrically assisted cargo tricycle thing. And the photo is just begging for a...
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