Author Topic: I carried this on my bicycle (Read 214892 times)

Peter · « **Reply #50 on:** 26 January, 2011, 12:24:19 am »

Quote from: DrMekon on 26 January, 2011, 12:14:21 am

   YouTube
   - View from inside a cargotrike


Video of my better half (5'2) carrying me (6'2), our 5yr old and 1yr old.

A couple of weeks back I did 14 miles with a 105kg colleague and 3 weeks worth of luggage. Probably not more than 125kg.

That's pretty impressive! Your son is the spitting image of you, with emphasis on the spitting. Some of the manoeuvring made me quite giddy till I remembered it wasn't the rider's head-cam. Really good!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #51 on:** 26 January, 2011, 02:58:22 pm »

Blessed are the Mekon, for they shall inherit the roads.

Jaded · « **Reply #52 on:** 26 January, 2011, 03:13:17 pm »

What is the music?

Wobbly John · « **Reply #53 on:** 26 January, 2011, 05:01:12 pm »

If we are including trailers, then how about:

a 1000 litre water tank (empty):

a 100 litre water tank (full!)

a boat:

1/4 ton of hoss muck

Last week I had some 3.6 metre lengths of 6" x 2" timber on the same trailer.

And I have riden about a mile home, carrying a 8' x 4' sheet of plywood under my arm with just a bungee cord as a handle!

Jaded · « **Reply #54 on:** 26 January, 2011, 05:21:15 pm »

Quote from: Wobbly John on 26 January, 2011, 05:01:12 pm

1/4 ton of hoss muck

I hope you had a headwind.

Palinurus · « **Reply #55 on:** 26 January, 2011, 07:58:46 pm »

I had a gig. In the woods.

Note sensible use of 23 mm tyres and floppy case to hold 1978 Fender Precision. The trailer is a really cheap job I bought originally for doing the recycling, I gave it away on Freecycle eventually.

Palinurus · « **Reply #56 on:** 26 January, 2011, 07:59:59 pm »

Or maybe they were 25 mm tyres.

DrMekon · « **Reply #57 on:** 27 January, 2011, 01:34:37 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 26 January, 2011, 03:13:17 pm

What is the music?

It's a Terry Riley piece. I think it's from Persian Surgery Dervishes, but I am not sure.

geraldc · « **Reply #58 on:** 27 January, 2011, 01:38:42 pm »

David Martin · « **Reply #59 on:** 27 January, 2011, 05:05:59 pm »

I prefer lying down on the job..

Cycle trailer by davidmamartin, on Flickr

longers · « **Reply #60 on:** 18 February, 2011, 08:08:48 pm »

Is this anyone here?

Bike/fridge/Wandlebury.

RichForrest · « **Reply #61 on:** 19 February, 2011, 01:10:40 pm »

That story was on the local news yesterday.
While they were filming at the same spot the pic was taken he came cycling past.
He was a Polish guy who saw a fridge in a skip and took it home (16miles).

longers · « **Reply #62 on:** 19 February, 2011, 01:39:05 pm »

Ta for the info. 16 mile is a good effort like that!

Feline · « **Reply #63 on:** 19 February, 2011, 01:43:10 pm »

If he had that thing tied to his back I wonder what would of happened if he had lost his balance

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #64 on:** 21 February, 2011, 10:27:47 pm »

Quote from: longers on 19 February, 2011, 01:39:05 pm

Ta for the info. 16 mile is a good effort like that!

Especially compared to:

Quote

John added that the mystery cyclist was aged in his 60s and believes he carried the fridge freezer for at least three miles.

The article calls him "barmy", which he may be, but I'd say he's also "balmy". He looks quite serene in that photo.

Polish, is he? It is more common to carry large loads on bikes in Poland, since bikes are more commonly used as a person's workhorse only transport, and you rarely get trailers - though I have seen a few, all homemade. Even so, that must have made for a good balancing act.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #65 on:** 21 February, 2011, 10:35:02 pm »

There was a short video of him on Youtube - can't find it now. He was going along at a good steady pace.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #66 on:** 21 February, 2011, 10:48:30 pm »

Five mph according to that article!

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #67 on:** 21 February, 2011, 10:54:53 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 21 February, 2011, 10:48:30 pm

Five mph according to that article!

Not on the clip that I saw - I'd say 10 mph. I didn't see any sign of "traffic coming to a standstill" either.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #68 on:** 21 February, 2011, 10:57:28 pm »

Here it is:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ac5FNV_UOO4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ac5FNV_UOO4&rel=1</a>

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #69 on:** 21 February, 2011, 11:12:28 pm »

Yep, clearly not 5mph and no standstill traffic.

Regulator · « **Reply #70 on:** 22 February, 2011, 07:39:29 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 21 February, 2011, 11:12:28 pm

Yep, clearly not 5mph and no standstill traffic.

But several close overtakes...

DrMekon · « **Reply #71 on:** 22 February, 2011, 10:53:11 am »

SimonP popped around last night, and took me for a spin in our cargotrike. I can see why it keeps the kids quiet - it's like being in a runaway rollercoaster. I regularly do 35kph with my 5yr old in it; no wonder finds cars boring.

clarion · « **Reply #72 on:** 22 February, 2011, 11:39:00 am »

Quote from: Regulator on 22 February, 2011, 07:39:29 am

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 21 February, 2011, 11:12:28 pm
Yep, clearly not 5mph and no standstill traffic.

But several close overtakes...

Punishment Passes?

Valiant · « **Reply #73 on:** 24 February, 2011, 02:36:24 pm »

woollypigs · « **Reply #74 on:** 25 February, 2011, 08:34:36 am »

Ah Beatrix, I do miss her.