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It isn’t daft when you go by bike

Leave a Comment Posted by on March 20, 2012

Yesterday afternoon I took a bit of time to finally clean my Trek road bike after it got caked in mud last Wednesday when I cycled to Northampton for a District Exec meeting. Once it was clean I realised that I had run out of grease for my bike grease gun. After walking to the local [...]

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The first Alfine 11 speed Bullitt Cargobike?

12 Comments Posted by on March 18, 2012

I have just upgraded my Bullitt Cargobike from an 8 speed Alfine hub gear to an 11 speed. The reasons are long complicated and include a fair bit of incompetence on my part. So I’ll skip those. I have built the wheel myself using a Mavic rim (XM 719 but make sure you get the one for 36 [...]

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A safe Bullitt in a storm

4 Comments Posted by on December 9, 2011

Yesterday was not the best of days in terms of weather! Leicester escaped the worst, but we still had some heavy rain causing localised flooding and for a while high winds. So it might not have seemed the ideal day for riding a Bullitt Cargobike with a large cargobox on it. However, Jane had gone [...]

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The Wii test

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 8, 2011

Tonight was another Wii challenge for my new cargobox. Turned out I could fit the following in two trips: 3 x Wii’s 3 x iPod Docking sound systems 1 x 30W Guitar Amp 1 x Wii Guitar Hero drum kit 2 x Wii Guitar Hero Guitars 1 x Xbox 360 inc Kinetic 2 x LCD TV’s [...]

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I ride a cargobike because I am lazy

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 28, 2011

At times people are definitely odd and their reactions still surprise me. There is the frequent assumption that I ride a cargobike because I am some kind of fitness freak. This is amusing as a key motivation for me is laziness. Tonight for example I had a laptop, speakers, several bags of heavy books, a [...]

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Home bike infrastructure projects

2 Comments Posted by on September 10, 2011

I have been preparing my new workshop (glorified shed) so I can build a few bike related projects. Cargobike store This has suddenly become more urgent as our middle son is now cycling to college (around 7 miles each way). This means we have 3 people needing to get bikes out most mornings (Jane rides [...]

Bike bits, cargobike

Completed Bullitt Cargobox

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 5, 2011

My Bullitt Cargobox is now complete, fitted and has been used. Here are some pictures: The paint colour is not a perfect match, but reasonable. You can see the staple and padlock in the lid. The rear of the lid is trapped under a batten. Here you can see the way the lid overlaps at [...]

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Catching up

4 Comments Posted by on September 3, 2011

Just a quick post to say hi and start the process of catching up with what has happened over the summer. Some of the highlights have been: Fantastic Summer holiday for 2.5 weeks in France. The bike carrier on the Dandy folding camper worked well getting 6 bikes to France and back. I managed to [...]

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Bullitt cargobox basics complete

9 Comments Posted by on June 25, 2011

Yet another update following More Bullitt cargobox progress. This time with pictures Side View with lid on For security it slots under the batten at the handlebar end. There will be a shed shackle coming through the lid near the front for a padlock. View from the front with the top on. View from the riding [...]

Bike bits, bullitt, cargobike

More Bullitt cargobox progress

3 Comments Posted by on June 24, 2011

No pictures (cos it is dark and raining at the moment) but I made some more progress on building the new cargobox for my Bullitt Cargobike (see New Bullitt cargobox progress  for an earlier update). The part I am most pleased with (the curved front) is nearly complete. Then it is just the lid to [...]

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