Smitty,
I pulled the trigger on a big dummy and a Yepp Maxi. Already having a great
time on it. SO much better than a trailer. My kid will put his hands on my
and chats my ear off the entire time we are riding on it.
- Ryan
On Friday, March 1, 2013 8:19:27 AM UTC-8, Andy Smitty Schmidt
I made a comment somewhere... either on the list here or flickr... that the
Appaloosa looks like a great kid hauler with its super long everything.
Have fun out there, Ryan. Dummy life is
grand.http://www.flickr.com/photos/15966859@N07/8559115759/
--Smitty
On Friday, March 1, 2013
I always enjoy Smitty's posts. Some of my favorites have been about riding
with children. Riding with children is to me a wonder. After exploring our
options - Dummy and others..., my wife and I went with a Joe Bike, a
Portland assembled boxbike. It was great fun that passed too quickly. But
the
Savvas- What a great chronicle of amazing innovation and creativity. It's
to bad it takes so long for great innovations to catch on. Someone needs to
do a documentary on these guys and the revolution they started.
Thanks for posting and keeping the ideas alive.
On Saturday, March 2, 2013
GREAT STUFF, Smitty. I love your 3-seater cargo bike, but perhaps even
cooler, your wife using her Betty Foy as a 'mini' cargo bike.
I almost (but not quite) wish my kids were that age again... I'll have to
work on the 'next' generation...
Peace,
BB
On Friday, March 1, 2013 11:19:27 AM UTC-5,
I'd like to put a word in for having the kid(s) on the back of a tandem,
either a regular sized one with a kid back or a bike friday (or MTB type
tandem with a lower top tube in back, or if you have the $$ or get lucky on
the internet, one of the amazing periscope tandems that are made for this
Andy,
Nice blog article and nice thread. If this family cycling business is a
possibke direction for Riv then I don't think the thread is OT. Here's a
link to a flikr set I have been accumulating of 'family cycling' far away
and long ago (for some anyway):
Thanks for posting this Smitty...I have enjoyed reading several family
riding blogs each one taking me back to the early days of family riding as
I am sure is the case with some of the other old folks here. We really
didn't have much in the way of resources or products to carry our
After talking it over, we're thinking of getting my wife a Betty Foy and
fitting it with an xtracycle Free Radical and family friendly bits.
http://www.xtracycle.com/cargo-bicycles/xtracycle-cargo-bicycles/xtracycle-freeradical.html/
. That way she has a quality ride (vs. the too small Trek
My recollection is that Colin (in Texas?) on the list did it with a Bleriot.
But wouldn't one of the purpose-built longbikes (Big Dummy, Radish) be netter
for this? I think the cost would be comparable or maybe even lower, with one of
the Xtracycle models. Also, the Betty is 650b and the Free
Ahhh. Excellent point, Pudge. The other possibility we're toying with is if
the Betty Foy could do fine with a handlebar carrier and a three-year-old
with stoker bars on the back rack. Anyone done this?
With abandon,
Patrick
On Saturday, March 2, 2013 6:39:04 AM UTC-7, Pudge wrote:
My
My friend Madi had two kid seats on a regular
bikehttp://familyride.us/2011/08/02/new-big-bag-new-small-basket/.
She made it work and could cram an impressive amount of stuff on there but
she eventually got a Big Dummy (frame + rack + fenders all powder coated
pink).
650b would work fine on
Thanks, Smitty. Since we currently spend around $60 a month on gas (less
longer trips), there isn't a lot of savings to eek out there. This would
mostly be expanding to new horizons, both on local outings and on camping
trips. The downside to a longtail is we ideally need it to fit on a rear
Have you considered the Appaloosa? It's not an Xtracycle, but it has a
lot of room front and rear for kids. And it's a very fun bike to ride.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Deacon Patrick lamontg...@mac.com wrote:
Ahhh. Excellent point, Pudge. The other possibility we're toying with is if
the
Is there such a bike outside of custom made varieties? I don't think the
appaloosa is a production bike as of yet or else I would be extending my
credit line as we speak, Haha.
On Mar 2, 2013 3:06 PM, Anne Paulson anne.paul...@gmail.com wrote:
Have you considered the Appaloosa? It's not an
Both the Appaloosa and the Hunqa are worthy of consideration. Thanks!
With abandon,
Patrick
On Saturday, March 2, 2013 1:13:45 PM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote:
Grant said he thought it would be a production bike. But that's in the
future, I guess. However, as we know from Liesl's experience,
Nice post, Smitty. I like your Nitto Big Rack child-seat mod. (I assume
kiddos like it? Are the pieces zip-tied on?) I can't trust my not-quite 3
yo son to hold on, but maybe I'll get to work on collecting and building
the pieces for when he's ready.
I enthusiastically endorse the front seat.
Great post, Smitty! I just got back from taking our three oldest sledding.
My Hunqa hauled the sled, strapped long tail style, and our 3-year old on
the back rack. Worked great!
We'd love to be car free. The current obstacles to that are a narrow (no
shoulder), busy canyon highway between us
That is a great post. I am using the BoBike+ on my Bombadil and Alice loves
going for rides. Maybe by the time she outgrows the BoBike seat the
production Appaloosa-ish frame with be available. That would be great for a
rear seat.
Dan
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Shoji Takahashi
Smitty,
Great article. You and your bike antics have been an inspiration to me.
Keep it up!
Best,
Eric
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I read this when it was posted on Path Less Pedaled Facebook page, totally
didn't put it together that it was THE Andy Smitty Schmidt.
Great stuff!
My wife and I have been car free for one year. I would add that having
bikes that you love significantly helps with the transition! She had a
Totally dynamite.
There were major benefits to moving up to the top of the East Bay Hills,
but doing so made it much harder for my wife and kids to get anything done
on their bikes. We love living in a quiet, low traffic, and scenic place.
But my fourth grader sometimes says I love our
Thanks for the kind words.
Shoji-- The kid seat is zip-tied onto the Nitto Big Back Rack. It's solid.
danmc-- The Appaloosa will be a perfect kid hauler... that long TT and
bosco bars to accommodate a front kid seat and long chain stays so kiddo on
a rear seat doesn't kick the back of my
Glad I got to see the man at work.
http://flic.kr/p/cYHZBm
He and his family are amazing.
April the ladyfriend and I are planning to head to Portland hopefully the
my tandem will be ready by then...
On Friday, March 1, 2013 10:31:01 PM UTC-8, Andy Smitty Schmidt wrote:
Thanks for the
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