Pedropete
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Horsham, and the Dr. Bike clinics are in Horsham, Southwater and Broadbridge Heath
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Andy in Germany
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- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I realised our Bakfiets, despite being a daily workhorse, doesn't get photographed very often so here it is after rushing Beautiful Daughter to an appointment because we were late.
Again.
Thirteen years old and still going strong; I generously estimate it's cost about 250€ in maintenance in that time.
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Pedropete
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- West Sussex, UK
Love these bikes!
Yep - I bought it a couple of years ago for a bit of a laugh really & I liked the historical aspect being a former Royal Mail bike. I have to say I absolutely love it now! In the event of a nuclear holocaust, I’m sure the only thing that survives will be cockroaches riding Elephant bikes!
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Boopop
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Surely the most well used cargo bike model in the UK. Love it!
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Boopop
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Cargo solution upgrade, new trailer arm so I can tow the Leighton BuzzCycles gazebo. I could probably tow it with any of my bikes but towing with the Bullitt seems the obvious solution, I'm not sure what would happen if I pulled it with a normal bike...accidental wheelies? 😂
I could have got the 0.5m extension arm, but for £10 more I got the 0.9m one. I could probably tow a sofa now! I think buying this arm has further reduced my incentive to remove the box from the Bullitt any time soon. Well, other than to rescue a pen that fell between the frame and box on Saturday!
I could have got the 0.5m extension arm, but for £10 more I got the 0.9m one. I could probably tow a sofa now! I think buying this arm has further reduced my incentive to remove the box from the Bullitt any time soon. Well, other than to rescue a pen that fell between the frame and box on Saturday!
Pedropete
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- West Sussex, UK
Been meaning to order a longer arm for one of my Ys; that, and a Weber HD hitch. Out of interest, how flexy is it when loaded?
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Well I did notice when grinding up the hills that it felt like my pedal strokes were reverberating down to the back of the trailer, then back up to me again on the bike. A bit like a concertina effect. Is that what you mean?
What's the benefit of that hitch? Easier to use? I don't actually use my trailer very often really, I just like having that option. Kind of like owning a flatbed truck really, except the opposite in terms of environmental impact and risk to others 😁
HMS_Dave
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Like mine but mine is Olive Green, amazing bikes. It took me from about 25 stone down to a normal human weight without a problem. Some came with the plastic translucent chain guard, some didn't, its one thing i keep needing to get for mine. I must admit, i also don't have a severed dogs head in the front tub.
That's large enough to start your own funerals business 🤔
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Boopop
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I have had a comment about coffins already 😆
Pedropete
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Yep, sort of. Interested to see how much it deflects under braking with a heavy load too.
Pretty much. Faster and less prone to locking up when the bike and trailer aren't dead flat.
I use my main Y loads, less so the other one but that's waiting for a future project to turn it into something more interesting.
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Thanks for the info. They're great trailers 🙂Now I've got this long arm it's pretty unlikely I'll be removing the Convoy box on the Bullitt very often. I'll just use the trailer instead.
