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Like our car, I have a complete protective barrier from the elements to stay comfortable.

Unlike our car, I have studded tires on this vehicle.
Unlike our car, I can pick this vehicle up and move it if it gets stuck.
Unlike our car, most the energy involved goes towards moving me forward, not the vehicle.
Unlike our car, this solution doesn't require a monthly payment with interest just to get groceries.

Here's another view of our combination of Mundo accessories.

Notably, because the Go Getter bags have been offset to the rear, they over-hang the rear of the rack some and obscure the tail light, which is now recessed about 6" or more. The taillight would be difficult to see unless a car was directly behind us. This could be addressed by mounting the wired tail light on the rear of kid seat, or using clip-on battery powered lights on the bags or the child seat.

Zooming in, you can see that both bags are hooked to the rack at the absolute rear. This required trimming down the Utility Deck, as seen in a nearby photo. You can also see that the fit only allows for one of the two rear hooks to be attached. The bags are still very usable without all the attachment points, their capacity just can't be maxed out, which is a fine trade-off for adding the child seat.

It has been a challenge to get these three accessories to work together with your Yuba Mundo v3.2:

* The v3 Utility Deck (shown here)
* The Peanut Shell kid's seat
* A Go-Getter bag (both the original version and the new 2012 model.

The problem is that the presence of the Peanut Shell means that the Go Getter bag either has to be scrunched up or offset to the rear. However, the Utility Deck limits where clips can go through.

I think I've found the best solution: I cut off nearly all the "bump outs" on the Utility Deck, maximizing the places the Go-Getter can attach to the frame. That was done with just a straight edge to line up the cut, a screw-driver to mark the line in the plastic, and a hand-saw to cut off the bump-outs.

As far as I can tell, the Utility Deck will still function about the same, and will be a few grams lighter to boot. It also looks like a reasonable enough alternation that it was meant to be be that by.

Now, I no longer mess with trying to get the Go-Getter back to attach *under* the Peanut Shell, which I think would be impossible with the new 2012 models. Instead, I attach the bag immediately behind the seat.

The offset is not ideal-- there only room to attach one of the two hooks on each side of the Go Getter bag, and a bit of the bag extends beyond the rear of the bike. Both of those changes mean that the total practical weight capacity of each bag is reduced, but that's an acceptable trade-off considering the arrangement allows for carrying a child's seat and a child as well.

Yuba sent me a couple new mega-sized acessories for our Yuba. Both the new front rack and pannier look sharp and function well. I'll be sharing more about them in the future.

The service at Mendenhall's Hardware in Richmond, Indiana is always fast and friendly, but on this cold, snowy winter day, it was exceptional.

I explained that I needed some bolts of an unknown size that fit into my bike frame. Without hestitation, I was asked to roll my wet, dripping cargo bike into the store so they could help me find a matching bolt. Not just barely into the store, but into the back isle where the hardware is.

My total came to about $1.75 and the the experience took about 5 minutes. When I asked if I could pay $5 instead of $1.75 for the great service, the answer was no.