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I have a yuba mundo cargo bike with a BBSHD 750W motor and Panasonic 52V battery. The whole setup costs around 2.5K, as I did the electric setup myself. It has

• ghvknvgvh 9y ago
  > I can carry 2 kids on it Are you nuts? Do you want them to die?
  • thingschanged 9y ago
    They are in child seats, the Yuba is a great bike that is rated for over 700 pounds and has lots of child friendly adapters. You can see more examples of parents pushing their kids in cargo bikes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yy3kXIaKp8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yy3kXIaKp8 Without electric it can be a real workout, but with electric assist its so much more fun. The kids cry these days if we tell them they need to go into the car. You can buy a Yuba with Electric from the company, but its 5K which seemed way too much when you can do it yourself for 1/2 the price.
    • ghvknvgvh 9y ago
      Have you thought of what would happen if you collided with a car? And then, have you thought of what would happen if you were in a car? In the car, you have a crumple zone. In the bike, your kids are the crumple zone.
  • URSpider94 9y ago
    Any particular reason you say that? The Mundo is an extended-frame cargo bike that has really excellent accommodations for carrying two kids (or a week's worth of groceries, or a hundred kilos of other cargo).