My experience: Yuba sent me a Mundo 21 speed with lots of accessories to test, and I’ve been riding it several times a week for 6 weeks. Build Quality: 3.5/5 Function: 4.5/5 Style: 2/5 Overall: 4/5 Availability: Yuba is actively looking for an Austin dealer but for now you must order online at the Yuba [...]
Posts Tagged ‘long tail bike’
Bakfiets versus Xtracycle: What’s the best way to haul stuff on a bike?
I’ve now had my Xtracycle Free Radical Conversion of my Trek 7200 for over a month, using it to shuttle my kids as a bicycle mini-van and do grocery shopping including transporting a 20 pound bag of dog for with a week’s worth of food for my family. In that time, I also test rode [...]
Winners Announced in our “What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest
Thank you to everyone who submitted pictures and voted in Austin Bike Blog’s “What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. It’s been a blast to see all the ways people have used their bikes to haul big things. Chris from Madison, Wisconsin, our first prize winner, did a hell of a job [...]
Art of the Xtracycle
My wife and I had great time this weekend putting our Xtracycle Free Radical conversion to work hauling our weekly purchase of groceries as well as our kids. Based on the amount of milk we have to buy to make it through the week, this was no small task. We got to try out our [...]
Time for Austin Bike Blog readers to vote in our contest
For the last 6 weeks, Austin Bike Blog has called for entries in our “What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. We got a lot of great submissions which we’ve share with you each week. For some reason people named Mark really like to haul things on their bikes. Now is the [...]
Final Week- “Biggest thing your carried with your Bike?” Contest Semifinalists
This is it . . . the final week of listing semifinalists in AustinBikeBlog’s “What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. We are still taking entries until midnight CST tomorrow, September 30, so you can still have a chance to win fabulous prizes by submitting your loaded bike photo. Once the submissions are in and [...]
“Biggest thing your carried with your Bike?” Contest Semifinalists- Week 5
We’ve got only one more week to go until the end of the entry period for our What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. If you missed our last semifinalist, you can still take a look at Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, and Week 4. Here are this week’s semifinalist: Semifinalist [...]
“Biggest thing your carried with your Bike?” Contest Semifinalists- Week 4
This is our 4th week of picking semifinalists for our What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. Just in case you missed the last few weeks of semifinalist, you can still view Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3. Our submissions have fallen into 2 types of hauling: those hauling stuff on their bike and those [...]
“Biggest thing your carried with your Bike?” Contest Semifinalist- Week 3
It’s Monday, so this means it’s time to announce our latest semifinalist in AustinBikeBlog’s What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. If you missed our previous semifinalists, you can still view the folks who made the cut in Week 1 and Week 2. If you are just finding out about this contest, [...]
“Biggest thing your carried with your Bike?” Contest Semifinalist- Week 2
We are happy to announce our next semifinalist in our “What’s the biggest thing you’ve carried on your bike?” Contest. Please also check out last week’s semifinalists if you haven’t had a chance yet. Semifinal #3: Daniel from Chattanooga, Tennesse If you have not entered our contest, there is still a chance for you to win fabulous prizes [...]
