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where to get me a cargo bike
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Sooooooo, I finally have saved up enough to buy me a Bullitt!!
I'm currently using a Burley Bee to bring my 5 and 3 yo girls to school, but I'd rather have a Bullitt (you know, because!).
To justify the cost, I need to make sure I get another few years out of it, so I needs to have room for the two of them.
I'm looking at these two kinds of canopies:
I think the first is preferable to me, but I don't think it'll have much leeway to grow or much of an improvement over the Burley. The second is more "future proof", but less elegant.
I'm also worried about width, for it to be day-to-day transport I need the girls to want to use it, and not complain about being squashed (like they currently do about the Burley, although I think that's as much because they'd prefer to be in the car - they look fine to me!).
Does anyone have any experience or suggestions before I push the button?
Is there anyone in Dublin (preferably South/South County) or north Wicklow who has one that would be willing to try the girls in yours?
Thanks all!0 -
AltAccount wrote: »Sooooooo, I finally have saved up enough to buy me a Bullitt!!
I'm currently using a Burley Bee to bring my 5 and 3 yo girls to school, but I'd rather have a Bullitt (you know, because!).
To justify the cost, I need to make sure I get another few years out of it, so I needs to have room for the two of them.
I'm looking at these two kinds of canopies:
I think the first is preferable to me, but I don't think it'll have much leeway to grow or much of an improvement over the Burley. The second is more "future proof", but less elegant.
I'm also worried about width, for it to be day-to-day transport I need the girls to want to use it, and not complain about being squashed (like they currently do about the Burley, although I think that's as much because they'd prefer to be in the car - they look fine to me!).
Does anyone have any experience or suggestions before I push the button?
Is there anyone in Dublin (preferably South/South County) or north Wicklow who has one that would be willing to try the girls in yours?
Thanks all!
Hi - I got bullitt with the canopy from the top photo. Im in south co dublin if this helps, if you want to seeit drop me a PM and we can try to arrange something.
I have a boy 5yrs and a girl 2.5yrs. Theyare bit squashed width wise. I reckon I'd get another year maybe two out of it with the lad if he continues grow at this pace. Girl is fine and loves it especially when shes on her own inthe cabin. 2 kids + shopping tend to be bit tricky. Expect some fights too. What I discovered recently is a real peace maker - peppa pig or ben and holly on the phone and you might as well be carrying two big potato bags.0 -
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I've the first one, 2 kids, 1.5 & almost 4, it's a snug fit but fine for now. There's occasionally tears when youngest tries to hit or grab something from oldest, but hopefully that'll diminish as he gets more words and can communicate better.AltAccount wrote: »Sooooooo, I finally have saved up enough to buy me a Bullitt!!
I'm currently using a Burley Bee to bring my 5 and 3 yo girls to school, but I'd rather have a Bullitt (you know, because!).
To justify the cost, I need to make sure I get another few years out of it, so I needs to have room for the two of them.
I'm looking at these two kinds of canopies:
I think the first is preferable to me, but I don't think it'll have much leeway to grow or much of an improvement over the Burley. The second is more "future proof", but less elegant.
I'm also worried about width, for it to be day-to-day transport I need the girls to want to use it, and not complain about being squashed (like they currently do about the Burley, although I think that's as much because they'd prefer to be in the car - they look fine to me!).
Does anyone have any experience or suggestions before I push the button?
Is there anyone in Dublin (preferably South/South County) or north Wicklow who has one that would be willing to try the girls in yours?
Thanks all!
I get their creche bags and them in, but wouldn't get much more. I made my own seat as the LvsH only has lapbelts and I needed 3 point harness for little one at 8 months old.also saved 200 euro
Work in leopardstown, live in goatstown if either suit you to try for size, pm me0 -
Thanks for the offer KenMc, but muchas gracias to Omri for the time, information and testdrive - as of Saturday I became a fully fledged member of the Bullitt Owners Club.
Well chuffed with my new purchase (well, second hand purchase). It doesn't have the canopy for the kids, but I'll get that through ThinkBike. Really looking forward to the long weekend now! 0 -
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Omri pointed me towards one on Adverts! One in a million odds tbh
https://www.adverts.ie/hybrid-bikes/cargo-bike-harry-vs-larry/107925760 -
AltAccount wrote: »Thanks for the offer KenMc, but muchas gracias to Omri for the time, information and testdrive - as of Saturday I became a fully fledged member of the Bullitt Owners Club.
Well chuffed with my new purchase (well, second hand purchase). It doesn't have the canopy for the kids, but I'll get that through ThinkBike. Really looking forward to the long weekend now!
Congrats, congrats! It's a nice start to a great project. They even have di2 on bullitts!
I've put 203mm disc on my front wheel today and moved old 180mm from the front to the back wheel. The 203 for the front is an overkill by a mile. You can see how the wheel is being pulled to the left when braking. This might call for a damper kit... Putting back the rear wheel without any kind of bike stand (I used a big box of Fairy Bio to prop the frame) was a struggle (eventually I rested the saddle on my shoulder and lifte the whole thing up). So need to come up with some sort of custom made repair stand for the bullitt.0 -
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I've put 203mm disc on my front wheel today and moved old 180mm from the front to the back wheel. The 203 for the front is an overkill by a mile. You can see how the wheel is being pulled to the left when braking. This might call for a damper kit...
Also, I'm in the middle of putting an old set of these on at the moment
http://www.mtbr.com/cat/brakes/disc-brake-system/hope/enduro-4/prd_360157_1507crx.aspx
Pretty sure it's a 205 on the front, sooooooo maybe I should be thinking twice about the upgrade... 0 -
AltAccount wrote: »Jaysus, you were tempting me with suspension forks when we were chatting, now you're dangling di2 under my nose!
Get thee behind me, devil!!
Nothing wrong with a little bit of encouragement...
I'll give my road bike another chance but if it's over between us then definitely will get another bullitt for strictly personal use 0 -
AltAccount wrote: »Also, I'm in the middle of putting an old set of these on at the moment
http://www.mtbr.com/cat/brakes/disc-brake-system/hope/enduro-4/prd_360157_1507crx.aspx
Pretty sure it's a 205 on the front, sooooooo maybe I should be thinking twice about the upgrade...
I'm sure it will be fine although in technical info (on larryvsharry.com) they say max disc it will take in front is 203.0 -
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There's two pictures in this sequence that show a cargo bike propped up by the main tube behind the box. It's probably not all that much better than using the Persil Bio arrangement, except a bit stronger and more stable, I guess.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/iamnotacyclist/6123452343/in/photostream/
I might have found the solution.
At €14 a pair. So €28 for 3 to put the bike on and one for spare parts + some old tubes to protect the frame. 50cm max height which hopefully will make things comfortable enough. 0 -
I might have found the solution.
At €14 a pair. So €28 for 3 to put the bike on and one for spare parts + some old tubes to protect the frame. 50cm max height which hopefully will make things comfortable enough.
They won't do alone as you'll be likely to pull the bike off them. If you come up with something to tie them together and something to strap the bike to the stands it will be much more stable.0 -
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AltAccount wrote: »Thanks for the offer KenMc, but muchas gracias to Omri for the time, information and testdrive - as of Saturday I became a fully fledged member of the Bullitt Owners Club.
Well chuffed with my new purchase (well, second hand purchase). It doesn't have the canopy for the kids, but I'll get that through ThinkBike. Really looking forward to the long weekend now!
My mean machine and some happy passengers this morning.
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AltAccount wrote: »P.S. This bike has a thru-axle quick release front wheel, whereas I prefer using locking skewers like these:
Does anyone have any suggestions of how to best make the front wheel un-nickable?
I was looking at sixpack nailer 2 but unfortunately couldn't find the right size axle for the front wheel - and its only front wheel that needs it. On bike24 they have 10x135 which might fit the rear wheel if its10mm. The front is 100mm and so far I didnt manage to find anything in this size.0 -
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Its a decent day outside so decided to test the cargo bike stand. A little bit of fiddling with the stands positioning and its as stabe as its going to get.
The wheel has to be turned otherwise the steering rod is in the way. At least in this layout. Its possible to position the stands to rest the box on them.
Would advise keeping the kids away from the bike but other than that it does the job. Putting the bike on the stands isnt too difficult either.
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