An eventful year has passed since my first New Year status report. A lot has happened in my life and the cargo biking scene that would have strained my imagination last January. And a few things didn’t happen that I confidently anticipated. I would be thrilled to repeat last year’s progress in 2011, but I’ll try to [...]
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A few days ago, I was carrying a load of groceries home on my cargo bike. Ahead of me, a serious lycra-clad cyclist was cranking a nice-looking bike up the steady incline. Normally, I try to avoid passing hard-working cyclists on hills out of respect for their efforts. But on this occasion, the gap between [...] Finally! It has been months – even years – since rumors of an electrically-assisted Ute cargo bike first surfaced on the web. Kona recently posted its 2011 catalog online, and there it was: the Electric Ute in all its beauty. At $2599, Kona has allowed the Yuba elMundo to keep its low-price crown ($2297 including [...] [NOTE: I originally posted this article on June 15, 2010. In mid-August, Kona officially added the Electric Ute to its 2011 catalog (here). I've re-edited the article to incorporate new information and correct a few mistaken assumptions on my part. I compare the Ute to the latest version of the Yuba elMundo and the upcoming [...] The statistics for this blog are another encouraging sign for cargo biking (as well as my own efforts to spread the word). On a good day, nearly 100 people visit MyCargoBike.net. Given the language, it’s not surprising that most of my readers are from the U.S., but we’re only 2 weeks into June, and visitors [...] I went to the “Sustainable West Seattle Festival” with my family on a rare sunny Saturday afternoon, hoping to see a Kona Electric Ute that a local bike shop was scheduled to show there. It was fun to see many like-minded people showing various sustainable choices — bee keepers selling local honey, farmers selling organic [...] Just for fun, here are a few numbers I measured this morning, in an effort to make my blog a little more precise: 70 pounds — the unloaded weight of my Hammer Truck, battery, motor, bags, lights, etc. That’s actually somewhat heavier than I expected. And that doesn’t include the canvas shopping bags, rain cover, bike lock, [...] [NOTE: I originally posted this article on May 27, 2010. Since then, new information has become available. I edited this on August 24 to incorporate some of the new developments.] The title of this post might be a tad premature, but today I’m feeling a little more optimistic than I have in recent weeks. That’s partly [...] |
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