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Cargo Bikes

Posts about cargo bikes like the Surly Big Dummy, Yuba Mundo and Workcycle's front-loading bakfiets.

How a car-loving mom found herself running errands with two kids by bike

How a car-loving mom found herself running errands with two kids by bike

A guest post by Mrs S. I don’t consider myself a hardcore cyclist, but after completing the April 30 Days of Biking Challenge and now having signed up for the Endomondo National Bike Challenge I have to admit to myself that at this point I am bicycling with at

A small couch strapped across a cargo bike. Ground is covered by orange leaves.

Hauling couches by bike

Couches are fun to haul by bike. Workcycle's bakfiets, pictured above, is not particularly well-suited for the task, as the couch is much too large to fix in the box. That didn’t stop it from being fun to make it work, anyway. The best choice for hauling

Man standing with cargo bike and trailer with Christmas tree. Snow on ground and Christmas trees in background.

First Christmas tree by bike and the day I bought Bar Mitts

In previous years I had done the Christmas tree recycling by bike, but this was first year I picked up the Christmas tree by bike. It was about a 15 mile round trip to the tree farm in Centerville, Indiana from Richmond with snow falling and temps in the mid

An electric Yuba Mundo cargo bike with a trailer full of e-waste

Hauling 800 lbs of e-waste with an electric cargo bike

I needed to move about 800 lbs of e-waste from a church where I had a project to collect it to a location a mile away where there was an annual RecycleForce e-waste collection drive. The Yuba Mundo is rated to carry over 400 lbs of cargo and the Bikes-at-Work

Mother rides with child through a park with sunny park. A blue balloon blows in the breeze from the bike.

A car replacement day with an electric Yuba Mundo

Today was a car replacement day with the electric Yuba Mundo. My wife and child rode it about 20 miles around town for various trips that would have otherwise been done by car. I pedaled as hard as I could to keep up. Smiling. We stopped by the grocery on

Child sleeps on a cargo bike in the countryside. Head rests on backpack. A child-sized stuffed animal rests next to her.

Cargo bike touring with an 18 month old

So I had this crazy idea to take a heavy, hundred pound bike on a five day, 220 mile bike trip through the rolling hills of Southeastern Indiana. To make the trip more interesting, my 18-month old, 30-pound daughter would ride in the bike I pedaled. My wife and retired

A bakfiets with a child in and a man with an longtail cargo bike take a break by a stream.

I lowered the gear range on my bakfiets cargo bike and I didn't regret it

I used to have a Workcycles bakfiets cargo bike with a Shimano Nexus 8 rear hub. Here are some notes on the original and lower gearing. The change was great and I kept it for years, even taking the heavy bike on a multi-day tour. My only regret is that