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11-26-10, 08:07 PM
So I was crusing home today on my Worksman front loading tricycle, hit about a 2" diameter stick in the road and lost it...not exactly sure what went on, but the net effect was that I laid the tricycle over on its side, with minimal damage to me or the trike, but with considerably wounded pride.
However, an important lesson was learned. If you have a cargo bike, trike, or trailer that is basically a big tub, and you load a bunch of loose stuff in there, and then somehow have a minor wreck, all that stuff is going to be dumped out on the road, where it will go bouncing and rolling down the road or off the road at whatever speed you were traveling at the time. So, to the maximum extent feasible, put everything in closed larger bags, rather than loading it loose or just in open-top bags.
End of lesson.
However, an important lesson was learned. If you have a cargo bike, trike, or trailer that is basically a big tub, and you load a bunch of loose stuff in there, and then somehow have a minor wreck, all that stuff is going to be dumped out on the road, where it will go bouncing and rolling down the road or off the road at whatever speed you were traveling at the time. So, to the maximum extent feasible, put everything in closed larger bags, rather than loading it loose or just in open-top bags.
End of lesson.