Homemade longjohn
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Homemade longjohn
Slapped this together one weekend and have been hauling my granddaughters all over town. Three at a time and they absolutely love it. Can't drive them anywhere, they want to take the cargo bike.
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Sweet! You're talented.
You know I'd consider replacing the rightangled "armrest" with a curved one - or at least pad it heavily. Wouldn't want it poking kids in the ribs in the unlikely event of you all falling off.
You know I'd consider replacing the rightangled "armrest" with a curved one - or at least pad it heavily. Wouldn't want it poking kids in the ribs in the unlikely event of you all falling off.
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Very cool.
It might be wise to put up some kind of guardrail on the left side. Don't want anyone spilling into the street.
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Maybe you should put some sort of Seat-Belts in? I see nowadays, even the shopping carts have seat belts for the child seat.
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You do good work!
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Huh? I didn't build it!
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One weekend thats fast.Looks great I can understand why the grand kids only want to go places on the bike.. This makes you the coolest granddad ever.
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Kinda adapted Tom's design from tomscargobikes.com . Bottom tube is actually a rectangle 1x2" . I just cut and welded it instead of bending it. Tubing benders are kinda pricey. If I make another I will use round tubing and have someone bend it for me. The way the steering is I have very little ground clearance. The steering tube needs to be at 90 degrees to the bottom tube to get the best clearance. It's nine feet overall and I could lose a foot and a half and still have enough room.
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other builders linkage to the fork crown.. thatmay be able to keep the con rod higher.
Gene Rodenberry never put seatbelts in the starship Enterprise (or Voyager)..
[mandatory helmets on under 16 is the law in Oregon]
Maybe you should put some sort of Seat-Belts in?
[mandatory helmets on under 16 is the law in Oregon]
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