Leaning cargo trikes

"cycle trucks will abound in utopia" H.G.Wells

http://feetz.nl/

http://www.onyacycles.com/

Heat for feet with froze toes

cold feet and hands cycling below freezing can be a problem

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/80187-lightweight-electric-heating-pads

Bicycles of the Future

A double sided rear stand is essential for a fully loaded cargo bike.
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/409872474/bicycle_double_stand.html

Forum
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/773753-Short-utility-bike-search?p=13333676#post13333676


This is the one that I designed and will build out of two old bikes, leaving the two cranks for two riding positions. This will be very easy to mount and dismount when fully loaded.

This one needs a Rohloff gear hub.

http://bicycles.dreamwidth.org/25591.html http://wrenbicycles.co.uk/bicycles/

http://www.bakfiets-en-meer.nl/workcycles-faqs-overviews/overview-fr8-transport-bikes/

http://www.bakfiets-en-meer.nl/2011/10/21/workcycles-e-fr8s-really/comment-page-1/?rcommentid=30590&rerror=incorrect-captcha-sol&rchash=65504ed365024a4b0036e759c05d511b#commentform

http://tomscargobikes.com/ This one needs a 60 degree seat tube.

http://www.bilenky.com/Bikes.html

remove the top bar!

http://civiacycles.com/blog/post/introducing_the_civia_halsted/

This one has the gears but you can't sit up straight nor get off easy! http://www.ahearnecycles.com/

You can sit up straight on this one, but not get off easy!

http://bakfietscargo.blogspot.com/

This one is not the best, but it is in the right direction. It needs hill climbing gears. And the crank is too close under the seat. I will just have to build one that is right.

http://velo-city.org/cargo-cycles/index.html
http://www.torkerusa.com/archives/2011-cargot

You probably will not find a short wheel base cargo bike that has an easy step through frame to get off the bike, with short legs, without leaning it over to the side; almost imposable when fully loaded to 350lbs total combined weight; http://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-need-10-gear-inches-with-390lbs-on-16.html

And you will not find one that has the front rack welded to the frame so that it will not affect the steering when climbing a steep hill at 3mph (the slowest balancing speed). WHY!?

Because most people have no idea how to ride it up steep hills. All you have to do is slide your ass forward a bit to get more weight on the pedals. I learned this by not being able to ride a prone bike any longer.

Long wheel base bikes are harder to handle in traffic, and there are just plain heavier than short bikes.

Most people can't afford to own more than one bike; this one can be made from two old mountain bikes.

The two crank positions are for fitting the person's riding style, or just to have a much lower gear so that spinning with short crank arms. Most cargo bikes are made for flat land, this one is for the 10% grades that I climb every day.



This kickstand is made of aluminum, what a waste of time! It should be stainless steel!
http://clevercycles.com/


http://www.haulincolin.com/racks.html


http://velo-city.org/cargo-cycles/index.html

http://www.ahearnecycles.com/cycle-truck-intro/

http://cargocycling.org/2010/08/feetz-leaning-trike-independent-steering-converts-to-stroller.html


http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-20111403-235/the-ultimate-utility-bike-maybe-its-an-e-bike/

info about another bike here:

http://urbanadventureleague.blogspot.com/2011/12/huckleberry-cycle-truck.html

http://news.cnet.com/2300-10797_3-10009541.html

Weight loss and cycling

walking machine for people with bad backs and painful wrists http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/a-different-hybrid-bicycle.php

I became obese about ten years ago when a friend told I could eat all the olive oil I wanted. Ever sense I have been trying to burn off the extra fat by pedaling up steep hills, (walking is a much better exercise for aerobics) but I never could lose more than 20 lbs before going back up. I just got more hungry. I kept fueling my exercise with stimulants like sugar, caffeine, and salt (the most deadly of all).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptin

Well eventually I developed high blood pressure (most dangerous)and diabetes. The glorified pharmacist’s called doctors never bothered to explain that obesity and high blood pressure are prodromals of heart disease (clogged arteries lead to heart attacks, or how!)

And when I was tested for diabetes two and a half years ago they never told me that I would probably be diabetic soon. So on June 3rd I had a heart attack that I could not ignore, it felt like stomach and gas pains so it took a while to realize that I had to go to the ER. Well two weeks in the hospital eating cafeteria food shrank my stomach enough to make it easy to lose weight when they let me go the day after a stint was put in to one of my arteries.

I have been burning fat like crazy now that I have more blood going into my heart and the fact that I am just not hungry because of the smaller stomach. 30lbs in 6 weeks without starving! I will be skinny in just a few months if I keep reminding myself that it’s is a matter of life and death. And maybe stay away from the grocery stores that have anything you could possibly want to eat.

If insurance corporations were forced to pay for disease prevention education and weight loss clinics, hospitals (owned by the insurance mafia) would probably go out of business, so they fight the government’s attempts to make national health care! My own heart attack cost close to $100 thousand dollars. $58 thousand at just one of the hospitals I was in.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calories_burned.asp?exercise=184


Potato chips are deadly!(But cheese will kill you just as fast)

Savory fats, salt and sugar are the worst addictions known to humans, they make you eat more more more! Yes! Even raw unsalted tree nuts, like cashews and almonds!
If your Obese, you do not need to eat FAT! 2 tbsp fresh ground flax seed daily has enough fat!

High fiber foods like celery, Brussels sprouts, leeks, and muesli are the foods that keep me full and help me loose weight.

Endorphins

http://www.metafilter.com/81200/Fat-Salt-and-Sugar-Alter-Brain-Chemistry

Endorphins

http://www.healthkicker.com/706161024/why-we-are-addicted-to-fat-salt-and-sugar/

Endorphins

http://healthrecipes.com/food-addiction-great-business.htm

you don't have to be over weight to have a heart attack. This is the book to read:

http://joepiscatella.com/bookstore/prevent-halt-reverse-heart-disease/

Balanced protein is the secret to loosing fat, think "egg white milk shakes", not soy.

I dream of a world with our cars!

Arcology is about the life support systems that humans will need if they want to survive the future, and the relationship of architecture.

The basics are to minimize the every thing stop the suburban sprawl that is supported by high-energy transportation and mass consumption. Don’t think that electric cars are going to save the world, they won’t.

Archeology is epitomized by gigantic buildings that will be cityscapes unto them self’s. Surrounded by wilderness and farmland they will use green building techniques that will eliminate waste / pollution and segregation.

A renewal of the psychological connection with our biosphere will dominate. These structures may first appear in big cities but will not work properly until they are no longer supported by expansionism.

Unfortunately there wont be much support for this concept until suburbia goes through several catastrophes like environmental heating, ocean levels rising, running out of fossil fuels.

http://arcosanti.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcosanti

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138

Sit Up Straight!

This is the only one with a full set of gears, but it is made of aluminum. I may need to build one from scratch. http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/town/recreation/pure/pure_sport_lowstep

http://www.bikergo.com/
http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/showthread.php?p=777908#post777908
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/731137-Bikergo-with-trailer?p=12568270#post12568270

http://www.electrabike.com/ This one has low enough gears also. But they all need MTB gears.

http://www.khsbicycles.com/09_iped_3_11.htm

After 16 years of leaning on my handlebars, creating carpel tunnel syndrome and arthritis in my lower spine, I got a new seat that requires that it be in the right place. The two pads move independently, there is no pressure on the crotch, and it has a width adjustment. But it could use more padding.

Now I realize that my old bike was 6” shorter than it should be for my torso!!
I turned it into a crank forward by building an offset adaptor for the new seat. Sitting up straight takes the pressure off my wrists. But to apply more pressure to the pedals I must lean forward a little, but hill climbing is easier than on my recumbent bike.

http://www.hobsonseats.com/

Now I must buy an X-tracycle add on to push the rear wheel back far enough to balance the weight between the wheels. I think it will be better if I just buy a new crank-forward bike.

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/bike_path/pure/puresportlowstep/

After only a few months this seat broke! The bolt that holds the individual pads sheared off. It should have been made of stainless steel, because it is more flexable.

They replaced the seat free, but I had to send the pold one back because I don't have a working digital camera any longer. But just keep in mind that they are for light weight people. (250lbs max. and in the up straight possition, maybe less).

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Slow Commuting Vehicles

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/09/17/cute-video-of-cargo-bikes-in-copenhagen/


Cars move too fast, they cause all kinds of problems buzzing around at 30 to 80 mph. I never used my car much, so I finally gave it to the junk yard over a dozen years ago.


One year ago at age 60, I realized that I was not going to be able to live without a motor much longer. So I started researching how to build an electric trike. People kept telling me that I had to drive up hills as fast as possible to keep the power system from burning out. That didn’t sound right to me.


It took me years to find out the reason that e-bikes can’t climb hills slowly; it was so simple that I could not see it. With all the technology that goes into an electric power system, it boils down to one simple thing: “gears verses speed”.


If you’re going to build a single gear machine it should be a low slow gear, hub motors are built for speed and therefore have problems moving a heavy vehicle up steep hills. Not only is it the law that power assisted bikes have a speed limit of only 20 mph, it also saves a lot of energy.


Life at 20 mph or slower is much safer, relaxing and just costs much less money. An electric golf cart would make a good truck, but if you want to build a sexy aerodynamic micro car to save even more energy, read my blog page about it ( http://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2010/10/secrets-of-motor-pedal-hybrid-design.html ), and if you think these vehicles cost too much do the math on your car.


There is a town that promotes slow travel by golf carts etc.http://www.peachtree-city.org/index.aspx?nid=216 they have built a trail system that crosses over main car roads.