BBC article on bakfietsen i.e. cargo / box bikes

[Reynard]

Ran across this article on the BBC website today and thought it made for interesting reading:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40600234

Have to say, they are becoming far more common. Remember the first time I saw one and my reaction was a cross between "wtf" and "that's a good idea"... They do look rather ungainly and I'm not certain I'd want to ride one out here in a howling gale, but they seem an interesting solution to a tricky little problem.

 

[classic33]

The person I bought this

used one to take his kids to school.

It'd be fairly easy to fit two small seats on the back. If I needed to.

 

[Reynard]

That's actually quite a neat contraption

 

[classic33]

That's actually quite a neat contraption

Contraption!!

 

[Reynard]

Yeah, it even has a blinkenlight on the back!

 

[classic33]

One with seating fitted, not mine.

 

[classic33]

Ran across this article on the BBC website today and thought it made for interesting reading:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40600234

Have to say, they are becoming far more common. Remember the first time I saw one and my reaction was a cross between "wtf" and "that's a good idea"... They do look rather ungainly and I'm not certain I'd want to ride one out here in a howling gale, but they seem an interesting solution to a tricky little problem.

Once you get used to the longer wheelbase, it becomes easier to ride one.

Great for doing your shopping with. No more MOT's!!

 

[Dan B]

One with seating fitted, not mine.
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Brox Compact? Here's one with a music system on it

 

[classic33]

Brox Compact? Here's one with a music system on it
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Where do the kids sit?

 

[slowmotion]

There were some about in the 1950s.

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