Does anyone have suggestions regarding listening to music while on a bike? Not using my iPod, that's probably illegal where I live, and definitely a bad idea...
http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/FR308A03-Surly+Big+Dummy+Frameset.aspx just got this via email..if you're still trying to decide...it's a great bike...i...
Lots of us here subscribe to the get on and ride philosophy of bicycling. In other words, it should be just as simple to ride your bike to the store as it is...
... 3 problems solved I am Juliana Crownover and was part of the pea pod pilot. Our dear friend Brandon Wert helped us tweak the radish so it would work...
Hello, I'm planning a year-long trip around New Zealand and am curious about getting setup with an xtracycle over there (I'm based near NYC). Although some NZ...
I'm not a fan of this band, just liked this video. Saw it first over on Bike Commuters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPytEJIK0CA Band is 30 Seconds To Mars....
I recently upgraded to a Big Dummy and couldn't be happier with the switch. My original plan was to sell off my old free radical and probably the rest of the...
Hi, First thing, thanks for all the cold weather clothing tips. I acquired some good pieces based on your advice and am much more comfortable. Here's my...
Hi guys, Last year, I purchased a freeradical used from a member here. I used it a lot while in college, but since then I've been moving around a lot, and...
I'm in the process of (very slowly) building up a Big Dummy and I'm looking to sew my own Freeloader bags. It's partly an issue of cost, but mostly just that...
http://www.xtracycle.com/supermarket-street-sweep Anyone in the Bay Area and free on December 5th, 2009, come ride with us and collect food for the SF Food...
Thanks so much you guys, I have a huge list of suggestion to ponder now :0) I'll definitely post pics, but don't hold your breath. I'm slowly saving money...
Hello All, I need to do some research for a personal project. I am wondering where to find data on numbers of cyclists who ride with their young ones "on...
Hi Radicals, I've been running a Rohloff speedhub for about a year now and its time for its first oil change. I rocked on down to my local bike shop to book it...
Friends, I've successfully crossed that psychological divide between commuting by bike "when I can" to riding "because I can." With the mountains around here,...
Here's a video we made for our part of the xtracycle radish/PPLT pilot program. It was my first ever attempt at video editing but I think it came out pretty...
If you're in Florida or South Georgia and looking for Big Dummy the guy who built mine is selling his: http://gainesville.craigslist.org/bik/1475898988.html ...
Check out the trailer for this new film following the Tour d' Afrique. Four months on a bicycle between Cairo, Egypt and Cape Town South Africa. somebody's...
Folks here might be interested in an article my wife and I wrote for shareable.net (our xtra set-up and kid seat from Rob Hanson figure prominently in the...
A frozen 20lb turkey fits between the freeloader bars and the seat stays. Position it head down and put a single bungie cord around it's legs/butt. My heels...
Plan on commuting on my Xtra through the winter, any ideas on keeping the Free loader dry? I was thinking a backpack rain cover. Does anyone already have...
Thanks everyone for the advice, what I found that worked really well is a backpack rain cover. I have one I detached from a backpack I never use and one that I...
So, I recently bought a Big Dummy frame and, fancying myself to be a handy sort of fellow, thought "It can't be that hard to make my own V-racks, Free Loader...
Hello Roots Radicals, After last weekend's time shift backward off daylight savings, many of us are commuting home from jobs during a much darker time of the...
Howdy folks. Well my bargain BD arrived yesterday. I am going to use as much of my old Trek 8000 as I can in the build, but the wheels and brakes probably ...
Andrew's concern for the my headset has got my wondering how much people abuse their Big Dummies. I'm hoping to start a "Kids, don't try this at home with...
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