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I've been doing some more thinking about carrying human cargo on a bike. Banana seats seem like an interesting solution, one that could potentially work with my existing steed, which is a Mark V. Some questions:

1) Is my bike burly enough to support the weight of two humans on a banana seat? Do I risk harming the frame, rim (velocity aerohead, IRO basic rear wheel) or axle? Would a larger tire help? How big a tire can I fit on a Mark V?

2) Do all seats use a standard rail width? I.e., would I need a new seatpost for a banana seat?

3) Do they make sissybars long enough for 700c wheel bikes? (My seat is fairly high off the top tube)

4) Are banana seats even big enough for two adults, or are they strictly for kiddies?

I look forward to hearing all thoughts on this matter. Thanks guys.

HereNT

Maybe try asking the alt bike guys too - they're always hacking **** up...

humancongereel

good idea.

lyledriver

Most banana seats don't have rails. Instead they have two tabs where the seat gut bolt goes through. I think you could find a sissy bar long enough to do it.

I've also found that the padding in banana seats leaves somethign to be desired.
They're made for kids, so the foam is pretty thinly wrapped over a stamped steel shell.

yeah.

The LT

get an extracycle


you might have to run an eno rear to take up chain slack since i think these have vert dropouts

redcurrycelt

Something like this might work:

adult-sized banana seat

It comes with its own (oddly-sized) seatpost. Maybe you could shim it to fit. I can't see the mount in the pic but it looks like it might be a standard two-piece seatpost like you see on cheap/old bikes. It probably would be far cheaper for them to have adapted the design to one of those (buy from taiwan for 3 cents) instead of fabbing their own custom piece.

Worth a call, maybe.

cphfxt

definitely get a custom.. u dont want a kids seat to break on you.. can you imagine the rammafications..

black label- one of them is jonny.. out in brooklyn.. trackstar can hook you up if you ask nice..

cphfxt

WOW

and get the gullwing handlebars while youīre at it..

Aeroplane

Hey, I dropped that idea when this was Passenger Fixie Part 1. You get NO credit.

Besides, since the mounting point is on the bike's dropouts, no ENO is needed if the bike already has horizontal d/o's.

Nachoman

Any device that has the words "banana" and "sissy" in it, I'd try and avoid.

Mueslix

On a bike with a banana seat, you're still going to sit pretty far back on it. I think the extracycle idea, or some other sort of completely flat rack, is the best idea. That's how they do it in Amsterdam. Also, what if the passenger gets something caught in the rear wheel or cog?

Rancid

hee hee...."ram"mafications.

cphfxt

he he
i knew i didnīt spell it right. but you got my drift. right?

just be glad you donīt have to write in my language