Now THIS is a utility bike!
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Now THIS is a utility bike!
A super duper heavy duty Japanese bike from a long time ago:
https://chikutakurinrin.cocolog-nifty...ika-heavy.html
Heavy duty everything. It's even got its own built-in trailer hitch!
M.
https://chikutakurinrin.cocolog-nifty...ika-heavy.html
Heavy duty everything. It's even got its own built-in trailer hitch!
M.
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that is way cool
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(looking for Torpado Super light frame/fork or for Raleigh International frame fork 58cm)
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My God, look at the QUALITY of materials and workmanship there. That's what Worksman should have been. No diss on Worksman intended.
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The Felt Cafe 8 is a prettly nice modern medium duty utility bike with 700c wheels. 19 3/4" chainstay, 45 3/4" wheelbase.
https://2009.feltracing.com/09-catalo...-8-deluxe.aspx
https://2009.feltracing.com/09-catalo...-8-deluxe.aspx
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The Felt Cafe 8 is a prettly nice modern medium duty utility bike with 700c wheels. 19 3/4" chainstay, 45 3/4" wheelbase.
https://2009.feltracing.com/09-catalo...-8-deluxe.aspx
https://2009.feltracing.com/09-catalo...-8-deluxe.aspx
I would consider this the modern incarnation.
Or if you are looking for less expensive the Torker Big T.
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
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My first response was, "that looks just like the bike that the mailman uses in the animated movie My Neighbor Totoro" (which is set in Japan in the 1950s). Every time I see that movie I admire that bike, even if it is just a cartoon. It just seems like a more solid version of a dutch city bike.
And the real-life Totoro house has one that looks almost identical
And the real-life Totoro house has one that looks almost identical
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Meh. I'll stick with the Keener 36er.
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The Japanese version of the famous Dutch Opa utility bike.
At 50 lbs, they're heavy but built tough for a serious purpose - load hauling! Before any one ever invented the Xtracycle *** longtail cargo bike.
At 50 lbs, they're heavy but built tough for a serious purpose - load hauling! Before any one ever invented the Xtracycle *** longtail cargo bike.
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