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   totcycle added this photo to their favorites. (31 months ago)

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   totcycle (31 months ago | reply)

   That is one rad baby & toddler cargo bike setup! Tell me about that bike, please - custom long-john? I feel like I've seen it elsewhere in a different configuration ... maybe on one of your Kidical Mass Toronto shots?

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   cycle mama (31 months ago | reply)

   yep, you probably saw one of our photos in the KM folder. and yes, it's a custom long john which has been transformed several times to accomodate our growing family (you can see all of the different phases in my "Cargo Bike" photo set). a local structural engineer (who grew-up riding cargo bikes in Denmark) made the bike for us. his name is paul larson.
   when our first son was born paul rigged up a system so that we could carry our 'lil guy in a car seat in the cargo area (the car seat snapped onto a "base" - just like it would in a car). when our son outgrew the carseat paul mounted a rear bike seat on raised metal plate, which was bolted onto the cargo bin.
   then we had to make room for two passengers, so paul removed the aluminum bin and replaced it w/a carbon fiber one - which has an aluminum "base" attached to the bottom (basically two metal pipes/rods). again, the carseat snaps on and off the base, and next to the carseat a toddler bike seat is bolted on. in the spring - when we no longer need the carseat - we'll just mount another toddler seat next to the one that's already there.
   it's a GREAT bike. i can't imagine life w/out it.
   here's paul's link: www.invodane.com/feat2_cargobike.html

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   totcycle (31 months ago | reply)

   Great - thanks for the info/link ... sounds quite versatile, and I love that the toddler seat had it's own bell!

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