Transport+ update: Available. Invisible.

It has been 7 months since I posted my first article mentioning the Trek Transport+.  After a very long fall and winter, the bike appears to be available to order.  Trek has removed the “available late fall” qualification from their web site, and dealers in my area would be happy to take my order.  With [...]

New Year status report: Year 2

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 [...]

Year of the electric cargo bike: 2011

Today I was eagerly searching for a Trek dealer in the Seattle area who might have the new Transport+ cargo bike available for a test ride.  I knew I was being a little optimistic, but several months ago a Trek marketer told me the bike would be available by November.  Trek’s web site continues to say [...]

Looking back, cranking forward

This month marks the one-year anniversary of my cargo bike and my blog.  What an interesting year it has been!  I realize I’ve already made that point in several recent blog posts, so I won’t repeat myself here.  But I will take just a moment to marvel at the timing of this: shortly after I returned to [...]

The future is electric

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 [...]

Electric Ute official debut, Trek coming

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 [...]