Soma’s calling this prototype bike truck the “Pick Up Artist” because “college girls seem to flock towards the dorky-looking bike instead of the incredibly handsome guy riding it” even as the handsome guy gives these college girls rides on his bicycle.
I walked across the street in my town when I bumped into Josh Hart — he of those marvelous orange bike pants and Fell Street Arco protests.
Onya Cycles designs electric bikes intended to replace cars for local errand runs. The Front End Loader can handle San Francisco’s hills, like this video demonstrates.
Cycle 9 bike shop in Chapel Hill, NC had somebody haul over 400 pounds of bananas (!) on a Yuba Mundo “affordable mobility” cargo bike. The cyclist, Dave Demming, looks a little shaky trying to maneuver the heavily laden two wheeler down the street, but he eventually makes it to his destination. More about read more
There’s a nice writeup on five kid and cargo carriers at Treehugger today. They looked at the Yuba Mundo (v. 3.0), Taga trike / stroller, Stokemonkey + Xtracycle, Bakfiets, and one handmade bike — the ShuttleBug from Joe Bike in Portland, OR. After you’ve read the Treehugger article, come back here to see a few read more
Xtracycle’s newly redesigned Radish longtail bike for 2010 is now available for preorder from Xtracycle.com. Xtracycle invited Grant Petersen (Rivendell Bikes) to create a design improving the loaded and unloaded handling of this cargo bike. Deliveries of the 2010 Radish will begin in May.
