Re: Load carrying devices.

(PeteCresswell)

Per !Jones:
>rigs for carrying significant loads

Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they
called something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually
worked, as long as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.

I tried Googling, but no luck.

All I found was http://tinyurl.com/3gros2
--
PeteCresswell

!Jones

On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:22:12 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech
"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:

>Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they
>called something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually
>worked, as long as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.

Talk about a poor choice of name! Remember the car named "Matador"?
GM built it in the '70s, right?

My tricycle is ridable on a smooth road *if* you don't hang a sharp
turn. When I bought it in Monterrey, NL, I asked the mechanic how it
turned... he shrugged and said (translating from Spanish): "If you
value your face as much as I value your face, then you may do as you
please." Therein, I found great wisdom!

Jones

Tom Kunich

"!Jones" <hi@there.org> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:22:12 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech
> "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
>
>>Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they
>>called something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually
>>worked, as long as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.
>
> Talk about a poor choice of name! Remember the car named "Matador"?
> GM built it in the '70s, right?

No, it was built by AMC sometimes known as Nash.

A Muzi

> "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
>> Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they
>> called something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually
>> worked, as long as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.

!Jones wrote:
> Talk about a poor choice of name! Remember the car named "Matador"?
> GM built it in the '70s, right?
>
> My tricycle is ridable on a smooth road *if* you don't hang a sharp
> turn. When I bought it in Monterrey, NL, I asked the mechanic how it
> turned... he shrugged and said (translating from Spanish): "If you
> value your face as much as I value your face, then you may do as you
> please." Therein, I found great wisdom!

Matador was Rambler-AMC
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Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
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Tom Kunich

"A Muzi" <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote in message
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>
> Matador was Rambler-AMC

Hey Andy, I suppose it takes a couple of old car buffs such as we are to
remember such things that have nil importance.

A Muzi

> "A Muzi" <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote
>> Matador was Rambler-AMC

Tom Kunich wrote:
> Hey Andy, I suppose it takes a couple of old car buffs such as we are to
> remember such things that have nil importance.

I used to have a small AMC right-side-drive ex-US Mail truck for the
bike shop. Yoshi Konno saw it, noted the AMC logo, and said dreamily,
"ahh.. Nash..."

--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
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clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada

On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:48:11 -0500, !Jones <hi@there.org> wrote:

>On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:22:12 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech
>"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
>
>>Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they
>>called something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually
>>worked, as long as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.

XtraCycle
>
>Talk about a poor choice of name! Remember the car named "Matador"?
>GM built it in the '70s, right?
>

Actually it was AMC
>My tricycle is ridable on a smooth road *if* you don't hang a sharp
>turn. When I bought it in Monterrey, NL, I asked the mechanic how it
>turned... he shrugged and said (translating from Spanish): "If you
>value your face as much as I value your face, then you may do as you
>please." Therein, I found great wisdom!
>
>Jones

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Gary Young

On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:22:12 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:

> Per !Jones:
>>rigs for carrying significant loads
>
> Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they called
> something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually worked, as long
> as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.
>
> I tried Googling, but no luck.
>
> All I found was http://tinyurl.com/3gros2

Do you mean the xtracycle?:

http://www.xtracycle.com/

clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada

On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:59:00 -0700, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com>
wrote:

>"!Jones" <hi@there.org> wrote in message
>news:gcdo44hharb0m5rvv576muasnst86k7020@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:22:12 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech
>> "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they
>>>called something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually
>>>worked, as long as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.
>>
>> Talk about a poor choice of name! Remember the car named "Matador"?
>> GM built it in the '70s, right?
>
>No, it was built by AMC sometimes known as Nash.

And Hudson
Also , later, known as Rambler.
And Jeep - and for a while also Renault.

And AM General - the Hummer people was also part of the AMC group for
a while - along with Kelvinator
>

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anth

On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 15:22 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they
> called something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually
> worked, as long as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.

Xtracyle, alternate names for this sort of thing are longtail and Sport
Utility Bike.

http://xtracycle.com/

The Yuba Mundo is a complete bike which I think is compatible with
Xtracycle accessories (not certain of this though).

http://yubaride.com/

The Surly Big Dummy frame + fork definitely takes Xtracycle accessories.

http://www.surlybikes.com/bigdummy.html

The Kona Ute is a similar concept but incompatible.

http://www.konaworld.com/08_ute_w.htm

Twitchell

In article <P9OdnSaz3PtH3tHVnZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@giganews.com>, Gary Young says...
>
>On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:22:12 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>
>> Per !Jones:
>>>rigs for carrying significant loads
>>
>> Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they called
>> something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually worked, as long
>> as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.
>>
>> I tried Googling, but no luck.
>>
>> All I found was http://tinyurl.com/3gros2
>
>Do you mean the xtracycle?:
>
>http://www.xtracycle.com/

Amazingly enough, the bike is called "Marin Novato 2007 S.U.B."

http://www.xtracycle.com/2006-marin-novato-p-70.html

This is made by Marin Bike which is located in my small town of Novato! Marin
Bike is also the manufacturer of my "junker" bike from 1994.

twitch

John Forrest Tomlinson

I first saw this when Jobst Brandt posted it:

http://aistigave.hit.bg/Logistics/

!Jones

On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:59:00 -0700, in rec.bicycles.tech "Tom Kunich"
<cyclintom@yahoo. com> wrote:

>> Talk about a poor choice of name! Remember the car named "Matador"?
>> GM built it in the '70s, right?
>
>No, it was built by AMC sometimes known as Nash.

Right you are! The name translates to "killer", BTW. Obviously,
someone didn't think that it mattered.

Jones

!Jones

On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:08:41 -0500, in rec.bicycles.tech A Muzi
<am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>Matador was Rambler-AMC

I stand corrected.