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Transporting School Children / Bigger Cargo Bikes or Trailers
Maybe a FollowMe for the oldest?
At 8 years they should be close to riding 7km under their own power, but the FollowMe would still give a backup option in case they run out of energy or you are under ...
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Transporting School Children / Bigger Cargo Bikes or Trailers
Check out a Babboe Max-E. It's a larger cargo bike that will seat up to 6, and it's electric so you can truly go 7km without your legs catching on fire.
https://www.babboe.co.uk/babboe-max-e
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Transporting School Children / Bigger Cargo Bikes or Trailers
You may struggle with trailers - my daughter lasted longer on a rear seat than in a trailer because she was too tall for the latter.
The seat she used until 7 was a Bobike Junior Classic; you could ...
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Transporting School Children / Bigger Cargo Bikes or Trailers
If your bike can accept a rear rack, you can add a carrier for one child mounted there, and the two bigger children can ride in the front. I would look into the Yepp kids seats, which have both rack-...
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What brakes are these? Could I upgrade them?
Single pivot rim brake calipers. They are also mounted in a "reverse cable" orientation, which is relatively uncommon.
Start by swapping out the shoes for new ones - I see one is cracked ...
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Braking system conversion for Pashley Cargo Bike
Your bike has chromed steel rims. Regular brake pads will provide not enough friction on that surface. If you want to keep those wheels, and keep rim brakes you have to get brake pads that are ...
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Braking system conversion for Pashley Cargo Bike
All the good solutions here involve frame modifications.
A number of tadpole trikes use disc brakes on their front wheels, and a number of 6-bolt stub axle disc hubs exist for the purpose. A path you ...
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Braking system conversion for Pashley Cargo Bike
It would be a significant undertaking, but you could rebuild the front wheels with drum-brake hubs. These would offer a big improvement in braking power. Drum brakes use torque arms that need to be ...
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Shipping a bakfiets (cargo bike) across the Atlantic
The company has a lot of dealers in the US, listed here: https://na.urbanarrow.com/dealers/
You didn't say you want to personally buy it in Europe and then personally manage the shipping. You also ...
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How do you carry a dog on a bike?
I love cycling with dogs (only remember to fasten them with a seat belt 😅). To transport a dog, I use a cargo bike from Ferla https://ferlafamilybikes.com/, for me, it turned out to be the most ...
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Transporting School Children / Bigger Cargo Bikes or Trailers
I wondered if a weeride would work, but the max age there is 4. That would be an additional seat between your knees for the youngest. May be useful to a future reader.
These don't sit on the top ...
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Transporting School Children / Bigger Cargo Bikes or Trailers
Maybe a Prometheus tandem for the oldest. That way they can contribute cycling power and the vehicle is still shorter than alternatives e.g. the FollowMe
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Shipping a bakfiets (cargo bike) across the Atlantic
My original answer was a suggestion to use the manufacturer's official (corporate) shipping channels.
But a private import might be a valid option too.
If you were to buy it in Europe and ship it as a ...
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What features do i look for when shopping for a new xc mtb
An XC MTB seems like a good match for what you are looking for, but a gravel bike could also be a good fit (depends how extreme are the trails you mention). In the $2000 range, I'd be looking for an ...
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Transporting School Children / Bigger Cargo Bikes or Trailers
From experience, I will say that tricycles are more stable, especially if children are in the bucket. And taking care of three seat belts and helmets is very important.
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Transporting School Children / Bigger Cargo Bikes or Trailers
Follow me are heavy and I personally do not like the way the kid leans on one side.
I tried with one kid only, I had more success with a towing rope (TowWhee is one of the commercial solution, another ...
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Are there hybrid trailers which can be used for both kids and cargo?
I'd say that any kids trailer can carry cargo, but not necessarily the opposite.
I have a kids trailer, which has a cloth footwell area hanging lower than the seat area, and a cloth backrest that ...
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Braking system conversion for Pashley Cargo Bike
With the current setup flexing of the caliper mounting backet will change the pad angles and likely degrade braking (pressure would be on opposite ends of the pads). A length of angle iron extending ...
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Shipping a bakfiets (cargo bike) across the Atlantic
Catch an ocean liner, like in the good old days.
It appears possible to take a cargo bike as luggage, which I doubt any civilian airline would even allow.
Services are not as frequent as in the first ...
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