Drw said "by the time you install with a new wheel/tire/brakes/basket etc, you’ll be wayyyy over 250$"
In my case, I decided to convert a late-1990s mountain bike into a college beater for my son. The bike was "free". It was an aluminum Specialized with a shock. 3x9 drivetrain, rim brakes. For the conversion I chose: a rigid front fork: $90 at Jenson a simworks potluck front rack: $198 (but I already had it) Wald medium basket: $20 Sackville Shopsack: $70 Solid bolt/on front and rear axles: $70 from Wheels Manufacturing (but I already had them) My labor: $free So for the value of $448 I converted a decent mountain bike into a far more useful utility college bike. In retrospect I could have done a Crust cargo fork: $245 BMX front wheel: $50 (guessing used from a BMX shop or other sources) Wald Huge basket: $24 Solid rear axle: $35 (since the front would already be bolt-on) For $354 I could have made a cargo bike. It would have been over $100 cheaper if I had the foresight. Given that a Pass and Stow porteur rack is $280, it makes that cargo fork again really attractive. Now if you started with an early 90s rigid mountain bike, then you don't have to buy a fork to make it utility. If you run the WALD paperboy rackless setup, then perhaps you don't have to buy a good rack. My point is that the price of the project depends on where you start and where you want to end up, but $245 for a fork PLUS a bomber cargo rack is a steal. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 8:08:06 PM UTC-8, Drw wrote: > > I cannot endorse the crust cargo fork more highly. It’s actually opened up > venues of riding and erranding that I didn’t fully realize bikes could do > in a convenient way. Also it rides exceptionally normal. > That said, by the time you install with a new wheel/tire/brakes/basket > etc, you’ll be wayyyy over 250$ -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ea5f9966-e091-470f-8e05-c5102d8ef545%40googlegroups.com.
