appears that Surly is coming out with a bike that will replicate? improve? compete with? imitate? the Xtracycle retrofit: it's called the Big Dummy
Surlyblog discussion on Wed., Nov 1st found
http://www.surlybikes.com/surlyblog.html
Interesting comment about the handling of the prototype Big Dummy vs. the Xtracycle (in Surly's preliminary opinion, of course) under loaded conditions...
My thought: if the retrofit Xtracycle is $ 399 including panniers, what price will the Big Dummy have to be to compete? Or will they just sell a Big Dummy frame?