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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...
16 12:18 am
John Wilde
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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...
5 Dec 4, 2009
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mac stricklen
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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...
5 Dec 4, 2009
12:47 pm

Dave Lloyd
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... 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...
1 Dec 3, 2009
9:28 pm

Rick Pickett
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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...
8 Dec 3, 2009
11:54 am

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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....
3 Dec 3, 2009
6:22 am

Carl Ray
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http://www.terracycle.com/CargoMonster.htm...
8 Dec 3, 2009
1:43 am

Rick Pickett
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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...
8 Dec 1, 2009
3:41 pm

Tone
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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...
4 Dec 1, 2009
3:39 am

Wes T
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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...
1 Nov 30, 2009
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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...
14 Nov 30, 2009
3:36 pm

dianedouglas8
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My twins are almost 4 and really wanted to ride their own bikes now for short trips. I was looking into these:...
7 Nov 29, 2009
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Geoff Cisler
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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...
1 Nov 27, 2009
10:15 pm

Rick Pickett
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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...
1 Nov 26, 2009
9:39 pm

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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...
14 Nov 26, 2009
9:21 am

Pam Tellew
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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...
1 Nov 25, 2009
9:00 pm

murrayneill
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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,...
23 Nov 25, 2009
2:26 pm

ama3655@...
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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...
1 Nov 24, 2009
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Bill Swingle
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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 ...
2 Nov 24, 2009
3:39 am

sh8knj8kster
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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...
3 Nov 24, 2009
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Pete B
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Is anyone interested in doing a tour from Colorado Springs to Telluride, CO in December?...
3 Nov 22, 2009
11:47 pm

Hamilton
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Here's a movie of me and my dummy headed to the Seaside Farmer's market a couple of weeks ago....
3 Nov 22, 2009
3:49 am

Devian Gilbert
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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...
1 Nov 17, 2009
3:25 pm

Dorea Vierling-Claassen
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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...
1 Nov 17, 2009
4:52 am

Sean Moore
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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...
9 Nov 17, 2009
2:23 am

cpt.bluez
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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...
2 Nov 14, 2009
1:08 am

Sean Moore
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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...
3 Nov 10, 2009
6:02 am

Sean Moore
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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...
6 Nov 10, 2009
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jj
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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 ...
23 Nov 4, 2009
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Liz W. Durham
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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...
3 Nov 3, 2009
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Andrew Kreps
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