Have you considered an Xtracycle Free Radical? I feel like it puts the youngsters farther back so that they get a 300-degree view of the world. I'm just of fan of the Free Rad. I'll share some pictures of my current build ASAP. I've been very close to building my Chev with the Free Radical, I'd call it the Chev-wagon. I'm sure a front-loader would be killer but maybe the Free Radical wouldn't be bad. You can Bafang kit it too.
On Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 7:31:25 PM UTC-7 Michael Morrissey wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've been riding around with my little one on my Rivendell on a Yepp Mini. > With the Tosco handlebars, it's perfect. However my little one is getting > bigger each day and I think we're going to need something bigger. I love > talking and singing with my child on the front, and I just don't want to > move them to be behind me looking at my back (which is where I was when I > was on the back of my mom's bike when I was little! There has to be a > better way now!). > > I really really want a front-loader cargo bike. Has anyone gone from a > Rivendell to a front-loader? I passed up a broken 10 year old Urban Arrow a > few months ago for $400 (unavailable electric motor parts and roller/drum > brakes kept me away). I'm eyeing Larry vs. Harry Bullitt's around $2250 on > Craigslist. Does anyone have any advice or experience with them? > > I should note that my neighborhood (Queens, NYC) sucks for biking. With my > little one, I mostly ride on the sidewalk at 3 MPH. There are tons of SUVs, > big trucks and vans, and angry drivers. There are no bike lanes for the > first 2 miles of my commute. Other neighborhoods (Williamsburg, Sunnyside) > are much better for biking. I'm worried that even if I get a front-loader > it won't be as practical as "underbiking" on the Rivendell. Or should I be > the change I want to see in the world and bike unafraid? > > I'm leaning toward a regular pedal-powered bike that I could put a Bafang > electric motor on in the future. I'm worried about an electric-only bike > having proprietary parts unavailable in 10 years (hello Urban Arrow Daum > motors, hello Cake Osa). Mitch Hedberg once said, "An escalator can never > break: it can only become stairs." A converted electric bike with broken > electric parts would also still just be a regular bike. > > Thoughts? > > Michael > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2b50b167-824f-419a-b426-51e7cd591a9dn%40googlegroups.com.
