How odd it must be to steer with that rubber-wrapped bar! I notice that there are no brakes, so it must be fixed-gear. (Updated: Ooops, I was wrong - it has a coaster brake, thank heavens!)
Here it is in January, still on Cambridge Street:
I couldn't find any maker information on the bicycle frame itself. There are two forks being used to hold the two front wheels, it's my theory that this is a DIY cargo bike. Isn't it wild?
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That's awesome.
I've been sketching a DIY cargo bike and this definitely looks like the simplest solution.
I'm pretty sure I spy a coaster brake on the back right seat stay. A cargofixie would be pretty hardcore.
I couldn't find a contact spot for you to invite you (and your readers) to my "Ring the Bell!" ride in New Bedford. It's May 1st at 6pm. Slow, stylish cruise around our ragged little city.
ringthebellride.wordpress.com
Come ride with us!
-mat
The rear hub has a coaster brake on it, so it isn't fixed gear. It is, however, a cool bike. Thanks for sharing!
I think there *might* be a coaster brake arm bolted to the left seat stay, instead of the chain stay where it would normally be, but I can't be sure. It also looks like a DIY job.
That is so cool! Looks like an old tube wrapped around the handlebar. I would love to have it for trips to the garden center a few blocks from my house. I'm not sure I'd want to be anywhere near it when it tries to make a turn at the bottom of a hill, though.
I didn't even consider a coaster brake, thank you all - I feel much better thinking that thing can be stopped.
Mat, I think a ride in New Bedford would be lovely - it's a beautiful ragged little city. I was just there about a month ago and wondering when they're going to extend the rail line? In my fantasy world I would buy a harbor-view flat in downtown New Bedford before that happens. So lovely.
Anyway, thanks for the invitation!
Sweet bike -- like a reversed trike, and with a wide trapeeze bar rather than trad handlebars. Love it!!
What intersection on Cambridge street is it nearest? I want to see it in person.
Also, I heard from a BBS 100Km rider that he was keeping pace with a tandem couple on an Indy Fab (or similar?) bike. Wonder if it could have been you...?
Cheers,-Sunny
Hey, this is unrelated, but thought I'd pass it along in case you'd missed it -- I just learned of it online or I would have forwarded it sooner (since it happened yesterday). Anyway, how funny:
http://www.theblessingofthebikes.com/
Wow! Crazy. I'd love to see how one steers that cargo bike. I see DIY cargo bikes in Flagstaff from time-to-time. The one habitually tied up in front of the library I am pretty sure is used to haul large quantities of library books. I wonder what this one primarily hauls. When I was a ceramics major, the tongue-in-cheek question at every critique with our ceramics prof was "What would you use this pot (platter, bowl, vessel) for?" Followed by "Well, Ron, I'd probably use this pot for storing Fig Newtons".
That's pretty awesome. I might have to build something similar.
Sunny, not me on a tandem at the 100k.
This contraption has been seen all up and down Cambridge St, usually somewhat near the intersection with 2nd or 3rd. It did appear at the same time the Russian icon shop moved in, though I haven't worked out how the two might be related.
Nicely done DIY!
I like the clean finish on the cargo box.
Even if it's not a fixie, I'm not sure how much load I'd like to push with just one speed!
Someone has to make an Instructable on this!
The owner: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kronick/3026199835/
Made at: http://miters.mit.edu/
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