Tag: cargo
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Seen Bikes at Work on Farms?
I was talking with my CSA farmer about using a bike or a trike to haul boxes of veggies around the farm. While there is quite the spectrum of cargo bikes and trailers, hauling loads over unimproved paths seems challenging for small wheeled trailers. He also has a 26-inch wheeled dock-cart that could be towed…
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Bike trailers and floppy bags
Using a bike trailer can present unusual challenges, like keeping your groceries in their bags. Often I use a plastic tub to keep my groceries from spilling about in my trailer. If I’ve neglected my plastic tubs, I like to use a clip to hold the bag handles together to keep order in the trailer.…
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BikeRev EcoShopper Utility Trailer
I was loaned a Bicycler Evolution EcoShopper trailer to evaluate. I do most of my shopping by bike, and while I already have a kid trailer and an XtraCycle, I definitely looked forward to testing a dedicated cargo trailer. The EcoShopper trailer has a rugged plastic 27 gallon storage box with a snap-on lid. Its frame is…
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DIY Front Bucket Panniers (Wheel Revolution)
Pannier bags often crush fragile items like lettuce or squish loaves of bread. Often they are too narrow for really mundane items like … watermelons or pumpkins. Pannier bags are of ten pretty expensive, and they are a chore to wash. A bucket is easy to clean, and if you haul chemicals (like petrol) a…
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400 lbs bananas on a cargo bike
Really, these stunts need to be done. People are not normally convinced that you can even take so much as a briefcase on a bicycle–people probably think they can carry more using a skateboard than a bicycle because they don’t need their hands to steer a skateboard, right?
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Shrewd Cyclists Discuss Onya Cargo Trike
I posted a link to the Onya trike gallery page and it quickly gained some discussion. Some good points were raised, mostly about how the cargo bin appears very far forward on the cycle and might risk forward tipping. If this cargo cycle has extra weight in back in the form of battery and motor,…
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