It's long, but I love the surly big dummy or big fat dummy. They are just great riding bikes, loaded or empty. I've had several and they are all great bikes. It's long but not much longer than a clem (for some reason). Great riding bikes and you won't even notice 100lbs or so on the tail.
On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 9:28:42 PM UTC-4 Robert Tilley wrote: > Tern used to make the Cargo Node which basically paired an Xtracycle cargo > kit with the Tern folding bike. It worked great for me while I had it and > it folded down to save space. > > Not sure if they make a similar model today. I seem to remember hearing > that Xtracycle quit making their cargo conversion kit? Here was the Cargo > Node I had: > > > [image: Tern Cargo Node 028-L.jpg] > > Tern Cargo Node (2016) - Robert Tilley > <https://roberttilley.smugmug.com/Bicycles/Tern-Cargo-Node-2016/> > roberttilley.smugmug.com > <https://roberttilley.smugmug.com/Bicycles/Tern-Cargo-Node-2016/> > <https://roberttilley.smugmug.com/Bicycles/Tern-Cargo-Node-2016/> > > Robert Tilley > San Diego, CA > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 21, 2023, at 10:49 AM, Drw <drewbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For the last 4 years I've been carrying my kid and all of our family's > gear on a rosco bubbe mountain step-thru with crust clydesdale fork. > > <IMG_2875.jpg> > Overall, it's been great, but as he gets bigger, having that amount of > weight, that high up, plus a decent load up front is starting to feel > really wiggly. I had early on thought that my son would be riding a bike > well enough to transition to one of those tag a long attachments like the > burley piccolo, but he has some sensory issues with balance and gross motor > that will probably make that not a real possibility before he is big enough > to just be riding fully on his own. > > So, I'm looking for a compact cargo bike with the following requirements. > -Non electric > -Footprint no bigger than a standard bike > -Platform/bench rear seat for kids > -Some front cargo capability > -uses deraillers (though i could be swayed to an IGH) > > Right now I am mostly looking at the bike friday haul-a-day elite > <https://bikefriday.com/product/bike-friday-haul-a-day-elite-cargo-bike/>and > the tern short haul D8 > <https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/bikes/471/short-haul-d8>. Both have pros > and cons. I am open to any other cool options. And any thoughts about the > above models would be appreciated as well. > > Thanks, > Drew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1fb29135-fea6-4387-88d2-1d7f89203748n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1fb29135-fea6-4387-88d2-1d7f89203748n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <IMG_2875.jpg> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a5a7732c-7430-4c52-b55f-1a16de2d9a36n%40googlegroups.com.
