Forum: Utility Cycling

i got my 64" one yesterday, and it's one of the coolest things i've ever owned. i took all of my roomates for rides around the block. woohoo! i missed being able to collect all sorts of ridiculous things, but now i'm back in action. i'll post some pics later.

So I've been thinking about how to make the ultimate machine for shifting stuff. Someone on the C&V forum has converted one of those huge Wald baskets into a Porteur style front rack, and that made me think, what about an Xtracycle, or more likely either a Surly BigDummy, or one of the ones Kona...

Hello everyone. I am building a single-wheeled trailer for use in my courier business. Eventually I hope to be capable of carrying much greater loads, but for now this will be a big step up. I'll update this as the trailer progresses, and you can see the problems I run into, where I change my...

OK, "Coroplast" is a trademark, it refers to a kind of Corrugated Plastic. (It's a lot like Corrugated Cardboard, but it's plastic, so it doesn't disitegrate when it gets wet.) Let me see if I can post photographs, which I took yesterday, 31 October, 2009: Side View:...

What utillity (by your definition) did you do today? It will be interesting what and how everyone does. Mods: Possibly sticky if it gets good response? Here goes mine for today 3 utiiliyt trips, 10 miles 1) rode to return late dvd, checkout farmers market and have lunch with my son....

My inquiry a few weeks ago about tire width and the Mundo led me to some email discussions w/ the company. A new version (V3) of the Mundo will be released within the next couple weeks. Some of the upcoming changes (taken from emails w/ Ben): disc tabs, front and rear room for larger tires...

I'm about to receive a free tricycle from a friend's mother...and I AM EXCITED! :love: Granted, I'm a 25 year old woman, and this is not the typical ride (especially in NYC!)....but I am already thinking of all the possibilities for the rear basket: deli stops, beer hauling, camera equipment, a...

I've been working on this on this nights and weekends for the past couple weeks. I'd been holding onto the rear frame for over a year with a cargo bike in mind. The steering linkage will need to be rebuilt a little stiffer, but overall it rides good. I'm not sure if the handling is poor or if I...

I don't know if you all have noticed but the price of a Big Dummy frame, at the moment, has plummeted. Bikeman has it for $600 Jenson for $700 All sizes available. I bought mine full price and painted it red thinking that the price will just go up. I didn't expect this. Makes me want to...

I live in a strange little city where the only people that typicly ride bikes (olther than $3000 carbon fiber jobbies) are hobos and DWIs, especialy a twenty year old schwinn MTB with a milk-crate trunk-basket. I'm starting to feel persecuted. Even the cops give me a long look over. On the...