Tag Archives: cargo bike

When your cart is bigger than your bike

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

Wherein I drop the fully (over?) loaded bike . . . . Continue reading →

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Test driving a Bullitt cargo bike

Posted on August 9, 2014 by

When we visited Portland two years ago, I had good intentions of visiting bike shops and test driving some cargo bikes, as I was already dreaming about adding something with serious kid- and cargo-carrying capacity to our fleet.  Alas, somewhere … Continue reading →

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Roadrunner specs and accessories

Posted on May 8, 2014 by

The folks at Xtracycle offer a few different build options for the Edgerunner, with different gearing and brakes, but once we decided we wanted an internal hub, it was cheapest to just buy the frame and build from there, rather … Continue reading →

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What’s in a bicycle name?

Posted on April 4, 2014 by

We heard on Monday that Xtracycle will start shipping out the new batch of Edgerunners mid-month.  Since we’re just getting the frame, it will likely be at least another week beyond that before our bike is ready, but it should … Continue reading →

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Waiting on our longtail bicycle

Posted on February 18, 2014 by

At the end of December, we started talking with a local bike shop (LBS) about options for ordering an Xtracycle Edgerunner.  The guy we worked with did a great job helping us price the different options.  Then came decision time. … Continue reading →

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