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‘This doesn’t make sense. How much shopping can you really carry on a bicycle?’
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this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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Cargo-bikes exist.
With reason.
Just as many not-on-public-transport families, in North America, have both a tiny get-around vehicle and a minivan, for loading everybody-and-everything into,
having a light riding-for-the-joy-of-riding bike & a heavier "truck" bike does make sense, for many.
( do have a pair of locks for the truck-bike, so you can lock both ends of it, though. )
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I hope rentable cargo bikes show up in my city soon. I can't justify spending the money on a bike I'll only occasionally use. Currently I'll rent a car instead but there are plenty of times when a cargo bike would work fine
I went by I want a lock more expensive than my bike but that does not hold up so well to e-bikes :)
I'm working on repairing a truck-trike, that was gifted to me when a friend was clearing out "junk". In it's original form it's designed to carry up to 500 pounds. We'll see how that all works out this Summer. ;-)