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Very cool, sasha! I wouldnt mind ridin one of them for a bit either. Looks like a cool design....Wonder how they ride..
 
At $800 for the single speed and $900 for the 6 speed I'll pass. I can buy a nice trailer, hook it to a bike I already have and have a lot of money left over.
 
Go for the SURLY

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That Surly is freakin awesome. I would love to get me a frame, and build a singlespeed on it......:cool:
 
The Surly is more then twice that price. But i like that more people start building sort of utilty bikes. Been thinking about getting one to get around. Thats why i started to look them up.. But need to save for that.

sasha
 
I don't think I need to be able to put a couch on the back of my bike. The whole point is to go light go far. I have been able to put an 80 lbs load on the cheep rack on my GT rebound, That was a lot of crap I didn't need.
 
Hub gears would be the way to go for strength as the wheel is more balanced, plus you can get a pedal back brake or hub brake which are good for heavier loads.
 
Dinkum said:
Hub gears would be the way to go for strength as the wheel is more balanced, plus you can get a pedal back brake or hub brake which are good for heavier loads.
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That back pedal brake will kill you off road. You need that float to maintain balance, especially on high speed downhill descents. The last thing you want is your wheel locking up on ya.
 
jlouis976 said:
That back pedal brake will kill you off road. You need that float to maintain balance, especially on high speed downhill descents. The last thing you want is your wheel locking up on ya.
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Its hardly a downhill bike....

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I were just looking for a bike that could carry everything i might need on a cross country. We got some great roads over here that would take me out in the desert so you also have to carry lots of water. Its build like a tank.

Sasha
 
jonnymac44 said:
They've got some great looking bikes on that website, but what's up with all the dudes wearing dresses or tight half-shirts in all of the pictures?!?!:confused: I forgot to check and see where they're based, but I could take a wild guess:D
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Your guess might be wrong. They seem to have a light hearted approach to bikes, catering to a more specialized, upscale crowd. I believe they are actually manufactured in Taiwan.

The Surly and Yuba both seem based on the Xtracycle, which itself is an add-on extension for most bikes. ISTR they used to have sort of plans for the DIYers out there, since the idea originally was a means of making a more practical utility bike from existing bicycles in third world regions, using common materials. They do seem extremely practical as far as human powered machines go.
 
"High tensile" steel (usually something like 1020) is no heavier than 4130 or Reynolds steel. And still plenty strong. The main reason to use those fancier steels on bicycles is so that less can be used for equivalent amount of strength (and of course, to add sale value). The result is lower weight for comparable amount of strength. For something as heavily built as these things, one doesn't economize for the sake of weight. These are bikes designed to carry perhaps 400+ lbs. Makes little sense to try shaving a small fraction of weight. If you must have chrome moly, Surly will be happy to fulfill the need... for twice the price.

They are really neat bikes, but I think for many who need to haul stuff, a kid's trailer makes more economical sense. The ones that hitch near the rear axle of a bicycle are very easy to pull with minimal amount of strain on bike or rider. They do demand a wider footprint, however.
 
Haha:

designed to promote affordable, scaleable transportation for cargo and people, particularly for developing parts of the world that rely heavily on human-powered mobility in rugged conditions
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At 540 - 800 euros, how many people in developing parts of the world will be able to afford that? Cool concept, but it does not look like a complicated design with expensive components, so that price is a little silly.
 
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