Bop

Check out the cargo bikes from Bilenky Cycles.
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JusticeZero

I just reviewed one of the most common ones over in Utility forum. The one I got was junk, but the weight-over-wheel configuration worked fine. Longest trip I took was 20 miles. They're not exactly 'a solution in search of a problem'; the design is good for dealing with large, dense, very heavy cargo.

surreal

Justice0, i read your review in the utility forum, and it was great to see one reviewed. If i got the gist of it, the problem was with a faulty igh, or perhaps an improperly installed one? Plus, of course, the garbage saddle and pedals? I am considering getting a used lgb from a forum member, but i own an INB. First thing i did was scrap the pedals and saddle; the seatpost is suspect too, but i'm running it for now.

I see whatcha mean about premature rust, but it seems to be surface rust, rather than rot....
Still, a Bilenky might be a better move, albeit an expensive one... (not for touring, for cargo purposes.)

-rob

JusticeZero

My issues were:
Improperly installed IGH
Seat broke
Resin pedals both broke under 40 miles
Significant surface rust after the first WEEK, after only two exposures to rain. Yeah, that's "surface rust". It got rained on TWICE. How long will that "surface rust" stay surface? I can't justify owning a primary bike for utility everyday use that melts like the Wicked Witch of the West when it rains.
Miscellaneous shoddy looking construction/welding
Oddly placed reflector due to nobody being bothered to drill a second hole
Ziptied cable guides
Unable to remove from a bus rack without assistance
Wrong part shipped with bike (never tested the handbrake kit I paid for, because they did not send the right fork)

plus comment of:
Front basket/kickstand assembly doesn't merely look bombproof, but appeared to use gratuitously large amounts of material in places. Maybe it's needed to haul baskets full of lead ingots or something. (which I don't doubt it's ability to do while maintaining great steering properties)

If you don't mind a bike that's over a hundred pounds that you need two people to get off of a bus which will melt like sugar in the rain into a rusted hulk at a terrifyingly fast rate, and you can make sure the parts are fine, it's a great bike. I actually loved the feel of it, I just had serious doubts that it would stay in one piece long without me being absolutely paranoid with a rain cover, and it failed on the #1 reason I wanted to get it in the first place.

wiiiim

this particular model looks pretty light though