cart bike

Zebee Johnstone

http://www.instructables.com/id/Cart-Bike/

Somehow I think one of Tim's cargo bikes is going to be easier to live
with....

Zebee

DaveB

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Cart-Bike/
>
> Somehow I think one of Tim's cargo bikes is going to be easier to live
> with....
>
> Zebee

Bloody hell those things are hard enough to steer around the
supermarket, let alone on the road.

DaveB

Terryc

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Cart-Bike/

which is just wedgie with front wheel removed and shopping trolley on front.
>
> Somehow I think one of Tim's cargo bikes is going to be easier to live
> with....

The shopping trolley idea would work if you added fixed,non-turnable
wheels at the rear of the trolley, but then I'd want bigger diameter
wheels for the rough and you really need some independent suspension or
flexible frame for when a wheel hits a high spot.

thefathippy

On Mar 7, 11:37 am, Zebee Johnstone <zeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Cart-Bike/
>
> Somehow I think one of Tim's cargo bikes is going to be easier to live
> with....
>
> Zebee

What, these cargo bikes?

http://www.cargocycles.com.au/content/view/12/27/

hey, I'm sure Tim promoted my site from time to time. ;^)

Tony F
www.thefathippy.com

ray

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/Cart-Bike/
>
> Somehow I think one of Tim's cargo bikes is going to be easier to live
> with....
>
> Zebee
I find my cargo trailer has done very nicely for almost three years. The
attachment to the bike is simple, it can carry up to 30 kgs, and does
the 5 km run to the supermarket every week, and occasionally other local
trips.
On the mainbar, it says do not tow above 16 k/mh, which is why I've had
it up to 40 k/mh routinely, do not carry more than 20 kg, which I do
occasionally, and do not modify, which is why I've modified the crap out
of it, replacing non-essential steel components with alloy.
The lower profile tyres are much better, and alloy 16" wheels are on the
way somewhere. Loaded, it's just sluggish, particularly up any gradient,
unloaded it can sometimes develop wobbles at speed.
But I'm glad to have had it, people automatically think car for moving
any load, and it isn't always necessary, from the weekly groceries to
the odd computer.
And to those who admire it at the shops, my response is usually the
same: When petrol is $10 a litre, and you're in line four hours for the
ten litres on your ration card, remember me.
Cheers,
Ray

Zebee Johnstone

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:12:15 +1100
ray <ferret57@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> But I'm glad to have had it, people automatically think car for moving
> any load, and it isn't always necessary, from the weekly groceries to
> the odd computer.

I can strap a variety of things onto the 'bent.

If it's bigger than the 'bent can manage, there's the motorcycle, if
it's bigger than a motorcycle then there's the motorcycle and trailer.

If that can't manage it, then I arrange for delivery in a van.

About the only difficulty is if I need to transport more than one
passenger or that passenger has a lot of luggage.



Zebee

PeteSig

"Zebee Johnstone" wrote:

> About the only difficulty is if I need to transport more than one
> passenger or that passenger has a lot of luggage.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleverchimp/2210957328/


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Terryc

Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> In aus.bicycle on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:12:15 +1100
> ray <ferret57@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>>But I'm glad to have had it, people automatically think car for moving
>>any load, and it isn't always necessary, from the weekly groceries to
>>the odd computer.
>
>
> I can strap a variety of things onto the 'bent.
>
> If it's bigger than the 'bent can manage, there's the motorcycle,

<blart> sorry, next contestant. {:-).

TimC

On 2008-03-07, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> In aus.bicycle on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:12:15 +1100
> ray <ferret57@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> But I'm glad to have had it, people automatically think car for moving
>> any load, and it isn't always necessary, from the weekly groceries to
>> the odd computer.
>
> I can strap a variety of things onto the 'bent.
>
> If it's bigger than the 'bent can manage, there's the motorcycle, if
> it's bigger than a motorcycle then there's the motorcycle and trailer.

My thinking is that the only other vehicle I will ever own is a
motorbike, and while I didn't think of a motorbike trailer, this
little cargobike has more carrying capacity than a motorbike with
panniers (without trailer). I assume you can't carry 4 cases on a
touring (motor)bike (which will be what I (assume I will) get later
this year) anyway.

> If that can't manage it, then I arrange for delivery in a van.
>
> About the only difficulty is if I need to transport more than one
> passenger or that passenger has a lot of luggage.

If you look at the Dutch cargo bike website (link on Tim's website),
you see a photo of a guy with girl in the "bucket", and kid facing the
other way. So if your third passenger is small

--
TimC
If my head were spinning at relativistic speeds,
it would appear to everyone else that my brane had slowed down.
-- Dan E. Macs on RHOD