Originally Posted by
hxzero
So those are just longboard decks that you put on there? I know xtracycle has a board that goes on top, is there an advantage to using a longboard deck instead of that, or is it just something that you already had and so didn't want to buy the xtracycle one?
Yep, my wife and I are both longboarders, and when I bought my first xtracycle, it was a great way to haul my board to hills that were too far away to conveniently skate to.
It was much more convenient to drill holes and use it as the snapdeck. Both freeing up space in the bags and keeping it from getting banged around in the back as well. As we got more and more xtracycles, we both liked the look of them with longboards back there instead of the original snapdeck. Now we are always ready to cruise a hill if we come across one and also have "longboarding 101" classes whenever we have people over for a after dinner bike ride(or to dinner) Most everybody can get the basics on easy hills very quickly- they are much more stable than skateboards.