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Cargo bikes are a bitch to squeeze through or store tight spaces. I'd love to have a cargo bike but I don't see how I could store it without moving out to subur

by mantas 8y ago

Cargo bikes are a bitch to squeeze through or store tight spaces. I'd love to have a cargo bike but I don't see how I could store it without moving out to suburbs into a house with a big garage/shed. But then I wouldn't need cargo bike anymore... And pseudo-mountain bikes handle crappy pavement and rubbish on the streets much better. MTB-like bikes with rigid forks is where it's at though.

fulafel 8y ago
In many places, apartment buildings have indoor (or at least fenced / roofed) bike storage.
- mantas 8y ago
  Yes. And that bike storage would be full in no time if people started putting cargo bikes in there en masse. The beauty of bike parking is they're lightweight and easy to put in a very very compact manner. Cargo bikes take up space of several bikes and require much more space for manoeuvring.
  - fulafel 8y ago
    You went from the personal to the general :) I suppose for the en masse case for an apartment building, communal trailers might be a solution?
    - mantas 8y ago
      A rack with panniers and/or a backpack works good enough in 9 out of 10 cases. For the rest, some sort of bigger motor vehicle is likely to be significantly better than cargo bike. The only good use I could see is carrying 2 toddlers to school. But that's a very specific situation for a short span of time and in the end it's very rare. Looks damn cool in pics though!