Hi Dan, your experience sounds similar to mine. My Xtracycle rides great, but I find it impractical to travel with by car and, at least for my needs, I've found I can carry most of my cargo with my other bikes. Congrats on grabbing Dave's Cheviot. I hope it works out well. And thanks for the Ursus recommendation. I used a Pletscher 2-legger on my Quickbeam for years and didn't really feel it was much more stable than the single legger. That Ursus looks like it might be more stable. Do you have any plans to use a front wheel stabilizer with the 2 legged stand?
On Saturday, August 23, 2014 5:55:44 PM UTC-5, danmc wrote: > > I had the BoBike on the Bombadil. With Bosco bars. That was a great > setup. > > Tried a Yepp on the rear of the Bomba but the swing leg over TT move is a > little difficult. Getting old I guess. Plus being so upright with the Bosco > bars makes it a little tippy going up a steep hill. Hello wheely! > > Built out my old Rockhopper as an Xtracycle for Yepp use which is great > for local rides but not for moving around via car rack for family rides. > > Much soul searching (and having almost bought an Yves back in the day) I > pulled the trigger on Dave's Cheviot from RBW this morning. Yepp going on > the rear rack. Pass & Stow porteur rack up front. > > Step-thru easy! Hopefully. > > Also putting a really good stand on the bike. Ursus. > > I may try the large Saddlesack on the porteur rack. Should work. > > Dan > > On Aug 23, 2014, at 12:04 PM, "'Jay B' via RBW Owners Bunch" < > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > howdy folks, > > We’ve been super happy with the Bobike Mini front child carrier for toting > around our nearly 2 year old for the last year. Combined with a large rear > saddlesack and front basket on the Bleriot, Betty, or Quickbeam, we’ve got > our daily urban transport needs just about covered (we just moved to > Houston, and while it’s not nearly as bike-friendly as Denver, it’s proved > surprisingly bike-able for our needs). > > Our little guy is approaching the 33 lb suggested weight limit for the > Bobike, but more concerning to me is that his shoulders are now several > inches above the top of the backrest of the carrier and the shoulder straps > tend to work their way off his shoulders. So, I’ve been pondering our next > step. > > I’ve considered getting a Yepp Maxi (or similar rear child carrier), and > while it would work great with my wife’s Betty, I think I might get tired > of throwing my leg over my already high (for me) top tubes. And I would > have a hard time giving up my much used and loved large rear saddlesack. > I’ve considered getting a Cheviot and setting it up similar to RBW > employee Keven’s that was spotlighted on the Blug, especially if I could > fit Big Bens and fenders on it (I’ve yet to reach out to Keven to see how > that setup is going). I have an Xtracycle that would also work with the > Yepp Maxi, but I was really hoping to let that bike go as we really don’t > use it often enough. > > I feel I have reached the useful limit of my theoretical ponderings on the > matter and could really use some real world feedback from those of you with > experience. All shared knowledge and lessons learned are much appreciated! > > thanks, > > Jay B. > Houston, TX > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
