Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
130 pounds of children. How much do they weigh?
50 and 40-something pounds, plus the trailer, which is in the mid-20s, plus toys and snacks, plus the spare diapers, etc., in the back of the trailer. 130ish total.
Double digit grade to Wall Street? Is that on one of the bridges? I didn't thinkm they were that steep.
Double-digit
back from Wall Street. I had to upgrade the stock gearing on my bike to make it up this one *$&% hill with the trailer. (The downhill in the morning is a lot of fun.)
What do you fit through the apt door to haul 130 pounds of children, plus presumably your work clothing and whatever else you take to Wall Street?
Burley d'Lite double trailer, folded. Xootr Swift with Crossrack and Arkel Bug pannier. Children. Self.
Where do you park your child carrier at your Wall Street location?
The trailer drops off at preschool with the children, folds, and goes in their lunchroom. I continue a few more miles down to work, where the bike folds and goes next to my desk. (They won't allow non-folding bikes in the building.)
Are you one of those guys with a corner office and lots of room and the clout to bring your bike and trailer inside your own Wall Street office?
No. I'm a freelance graphic artist at the bottom of the org chart.
I am impressed. How many of your Wall Street partners also bring their bikes in from the suburbs, distant locations or anywhere else?
Two coworkers bike occasionally. Everyone else takes the subway or the ferry, or drives.
Taken this morning once we were all assembled downstairs and ready to go:
This is the minimum configuration I've managed to put together for actually accomplishing this in New York City. (Though I admit I spent more than I necessarily had to on the helmet. I like lots of vents.)
Did I mention we moved to a new apartment closer to the Henry Hudson Greenway so I could haul them safely to preschool?
That's what it took.