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> a two-wheeled cargo bikes are much easier to cycle than three-wheeled cargo bikes. See video "The Car-Replacement Bicycle (the bakfiets)" * https://www.yout
by throw0101a 4y ago
> a two-wheeled cargo bikes are much easier to cycle than three-wheeled cargo bikes.
See video "The Car-Replacement Bicycle (the bakfiets)"
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQhzEnWCgHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQhzEnWCgHA
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_bike#Long_John_bicycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_bike#Long_John_bicycle
- radu_floricica 4y agoThanks, that was a good video. I'm more sold on cargo bikes now (though unfortunately I doubt they're much use in my climate in winter)
- panick21_ 4y agoThe same channel has other videos about biking in winter. But I of course don't know where you live and what you would use them for.
- throw0101a 4y ago"Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can)": * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU
- radu_floricica 4y agoYeah, I've been linked this before in another thread. But somebody there also provided the statistics: even in the "capital of winter biking", about 22% of trips are taken by bike. Which makes bikes a valid alternative, but not a main solution.
- Xylakant 4y agoIt’s worth noting that the two-wheeler demonstrated in this video is an old-style one with wheels just attached at the box. The Butchers and Bicycles one linked by the grandparent post is one with an actual steering at the front - the box and the bike will lean into a corner, just like a two-wheeler would. This makes modern 3-wheelers much more agile. They still have certain disadvantages- they’re wide and bulky, you’ll have trouble avoiding potholes etc., but they’re nowhere as bad as those boxes with wheels (tough you can still buy those - their upside is their low price)