Utility Cycling - Bakfiets + Xtracycle: Who's going to do it?
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surfimp
04-10-08, 09:48 AM
http://www.stevelange.net/images/bakfiets.jpg
Imagine that with an Xtracycle on the back... über utility! Maybe this is the ultimate answer to the "utility bikes = xtracycle / big dummy only?" thread from last week? :D
Steve
Plus Uber-long. Could be too unwieldy.
Nightshade
04-10-08, 10:00 AM
Just how much weight do expect a Mom to pedal? :eek::eek::eek:
Give the lady a break already!:D:D:D
d2create
04-10-08, 11:14 AM
Woah, that's a pretty short skirt for a bike. :D
wahoonc
04-10-08, 11:56 AM
IIRC Todd Farahr(sp) from Clever Cycles in Portland built one, promptly took it apart again too. Maybe he will chime in as to the whys or why nots of it. I suspect it would make the wheelbase way too long and unwieldy. BTW that is one of my favorite pictures...
Aaron:)
Buglady
04-10-08, 01:27 PM
Just how much weight do expect a Mom to pedal? :eek::eek::eek:
Give the lady a break already!:D:D:D
Yeah, that takes the "super-mom" thing a bit far :)
Hey, how about a tandem bakfiets? That way both parents can pedal. Then you can put a FreeRadical on THAT and probably cause some sort of an implosion in the space-time continuum...
xcapekey
04-10-08, 01:38 PM
when i get my bilenky i'm entertaining the thought of putting the xtra on it for Bike to Work Day :)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/2393627976_d8da29b259.jpg
check out more stuff at my blog...
http://russroca.blogspot.com
Sirrus Rider
04-10-08, 03:11 PM
http://www.stevelange.net/images/bakfiets.jpg
Imagine that with an Xtracycle on the back... über utility! Maybe this is the ultimate answer to the "utility bikes = xtracycle / big dummy only?" thread from last week? :D
Steve
Damn! Makes me wish I were that Bicycle seat! :D
coldfeet
04-10-08, 11:43 PM
Woah, that's a pretty short skirt for a bike. :D
And your problem with that is?........
StephenH
04-11-08, 12:08 AM
I notice Worksman makes industrial trikes with two rear wheels and single front, similar to the normal Adult Tricycle. Then they make the Industrial Trikes with two front wheels and a single rear wheel. Then they take the front from one and the back from the other and make a 4-wheel version- similar principle.