[workbike] Re: workbike digest V2 #198

Where can I see what the Long Haul looks like?
--Gil
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Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 5:12 AM
Subject: workbike digest V2 #198


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>workbike digest        Sunday, October 17 1999        Volume 02 :
Number 198
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>Re: [workbike] opinions wanted
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>Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 15:28:13 GMT
>From: "Shane Rhodes" <shanerh@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [workbike] opinions wanted
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>Mike and all,
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>    Having worked with two wheeled, three wheeled, and trailers
(still no
>'four wheelers' in my life) I would have to say that... it depends.
There
>are so many factors!  What are you hauling, where, how much can you
spend,
>distance, urban layout, etc..?
>      But my personal opinion, and I think we are all a little bias
to the
>vehicle we use, is that a nice two wheeled cargo bike is hard to beat
for
>general all around use.  I have used my Long Haul to carry tons of
cargo in
>Eugene, Davis, and Sevilla, took it on a train from Spain to Germany,
rode
>single track in the Black Forest with a kid in a carseat up front,
done bike
>tours, thrown it into one and a half bike boxes and flown it back and
forth
>across the Atlantic... twice, moved everything I own with it, and
most
>importantly met 'mi media naranja' (the love of my life) when I gave
her a
>ride in it.
>    If I need more capacity I throw a trailer on it.  If I just want
to
>cruise I go empty (I don't have a fiberglass container, which keeps
it light
>and more versatile).  I love the capacity and ease of the tri-hauler
I have
>used and like how the Brox I rode felt but I think these bikes have
more of
>a limited use--- owning a cargo-cycle courier company I wouldn't be
without
>one for too long, but with another type of company or for personal
use I
>think it would be overkill.
>      So, that's my opinion.
>      Am currently reading Cycling for Profit.  Looks great! Makes me
>jealous I didn't write it, but glad someone did!  A must read for
anyone
>interested in starting up.
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