Almost called on this bike myself. But I don't have a safe place to park it. And with the uptick of bike thefts in town right now outside is a double not going to happen.
Justin

[QUOTE=GriddleCakes;17043976]I bought another bike! I think that I might have a bicycle addiction. My lady definitely thinks that I have an addiction. Behold the QE2:



I'd passed this beauty by when it first showed up on Craigslist a couple of months ago, despite a heady sensation of Want, and opted instead to buy a Burley Travoy trailer. But while the trailer easily managed loads beyond what a rear bike rack alone could comfortably handle (a full week's worth of groceries from Costco, 30 pound bags of dog food, a full week's worth of beer [like, several 12 packs (what? I'm a craft beer aficionado, not a drunk, I swear!)], a couple of weeks worth of recycling [mostly beer bottles/cans ]), it still handled like a trailer: herky-jerky under loaded acceleration and braking, squirrelly when going unloaded over uneven terrain (Anchorage is a winter city, and our pavement reflects that).

The Travoy worked well enough, but when I saw the Xtracycle pop up on Craigslist again, I decided to return the trailer to REI and try out the longtail. Further motivation was provided by the fact that the bike that I'd been using to pull the trailer had been recently hit by a car and was indefinitely out of commission.