Cargobike First time user

I'm afraid the days when I could feel comfortable on a loaded cargo bike are behind me, but some of you still can and will ride them ... youth is so wasted on the young ...
 
Never saw that story before, but it's a goody. A pic below.
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Art Deco said:
I'm afraid the days when I could feel comfortable on a loaded cargo bike are behind me, but some of you still can and will ride them ... youth is so wasted on the young ...
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I'm age 70, and the yuba bodaboda is a lot more comfortable than the MTB with baskets on the back I was riding & shopping with previously. This bike hasn't dumped me on my chin yet, after 6000 miles & 3 years. the Pacific Quantum MTB put my chin on the pavement twice. More weight on the front tire keeps it from snapping out of my hands on bumps and whipping sideways.
Only problem is with too much weight up high on the rack. Weight down in the panniers, not a problem. I had to have a friend haul a 67 lb B&S motor in box from town to camp last summer. the weight was okay but the load position was all wrong. It helps I put the 7 lb motor & 7 lb battery on the front. That helps keep the front from skidding around. Oh, I did dump the bike on its side yesterday while loading groceries. Have to keep doing the pushups and lift weights to keep the arms in shape for that eventuality. Didn't even have to unload the 4 two liter bottles to upright it. Aluminum rack I installed & long rubber handgrips prevented paint damage.
The treehugger is going to have fun when she wears out a 22" tire on that radwagon. Mine are bog standard 26"x2.1" available at grocery stores if you don't mind the tread they sell.
Should have seen me yesterday pushing the bike + groceries through a sewer project. The alternate route to the grocery is 55 mph & the city has turned all the bike lanes into mandatory right hand turn lanes. The marked detour around the sewer trench ran to River road which has 96" lanes and a 3" high berm, and was over a mile. I just dodged the barricades over the dike and pushed past a cat digger, a 30 ton CAT dump truck, 2 highway licensed dump trucks, a crew drilling 12" diameter holes in a 4' diameter sewer junction pipe. Lots of mud, my tires are still brown today. The groceries are in the pantry & refrigerator.
 
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Just Wow. Lots to unpack in that post from some one who does it. I've often wondered why hub motors are prefered on cargo bikes and trikes, and I see the Amish carry huge wooden boxes on the back rack.
 
Art Deco said:
I've often wondered why hub motors are prefered on cargo bikes and trikes, and I see the Amish carry huge wooden boxes on the back rack.
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I take the battery off when the weather freezes and store it in the garage. Was 32 yesterday, will be probably 6 in January. The geared hub motor doesn't drag unpowered. Also when the first motor wore out @ 4500 miles, a different brand went on in 2 afternoons. Electric bodaboda was bosch in 2017. I don't need a boat anchor. I pedal unpowered a lot to maintain my heart/lungs. Shimano steps bodaboda sold now would be tempting.
I welded up a set of baskets for the MTB since all consumer products are made in *****. Used yard signs & refrigerator shelves for stock. The yuba panniers weigh less. The Wald baskets are too narrow at the bottom to fit a gallon water jug.
 
I also like the look of the specialized pizza rack.
 
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