What loads are you carrying?
I built a touring bike frame from frame components of cargo & tandem bikes , 22+ years ago ..
toured Ireland & Scotland on it
It is quite solid ... does weigh 40 pounds.. I worked together with a builder of cargo bikes , in Eugene Oregon..
Using one of his own long wheelbase front loading linkage steered version of the Danish Long John , in 4130,
(Owned by a friend who started a bakery CoOp)
carrying a 10'x10' folding market vendor's tent frame and canopy, ...that stuck out a few meters ahead of the front wheel
moving it across town to put up for shade over a petition signature gathering effort, in front of the Post Office..
Then, It did need some steering correction. as I navigated our small town
you are offering speculation .. I have no answer..
Austin ? talk to the guys running the compost by bike company ..
saw them on a PBS TV story..
Rather than buying, off the shelf which you found inadequate, ..
have something built
for your specific load hauling needs?
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Last edited by fietsbob; 05-21-19 at 11:04 PM.