Jonah from Somerville, MA (and founder of Schleptastic)

[Jonah]

I'm excited about this new platform for the bike world! Thanks Arleigh!


This is my current around town Trek (which sometimes sees the light of day as an actual mountain bike) with my Tow Monster tow hitch and cargo carrier.

My regular daily rider was a very old Miyata road frame that I built up with DIY bullhorn handlebars and front and rear racks -- I'm rebuilding it at the moment. I also just bought an Xtracycle Hopper for kid transport and bad-knee-times, which I love, and I have an acoustic Haul-a-Day, a hand powered trike, and an older Bianchi Eros road bike. (I have been on a long term bike diet with limited success... I have somehow managed to avoid getting a tandem, which is clearly and problematically missing from my lineup; it's a wonder I'm able to get by. )

 

[MJuncker]

Wonderful to see the bike Transporter! Is it also suitable for towing a bike with a kid on it?

 

[Jonah]

Wonderful to see the bike Transporter! Is it also suitable for towing a bike with a kid on it?

Thanks!! No it's only designed for towing bikes without a passenger, but that's where the rear seat comes in handy. If you want a product that can handle a bike with a kid, you need the FollowMe Tandem, which has its own set of constraints. The FollowMe Tandem has special clamping hardware to permanently add to the kid's bike and extra steering bearings to steer safely with a passenger, it's quite heavy and is limited to towing 20" bikes or smaller, but it supposedly works great for towing kids.

 

[MJuncker]

Thanks! I really like the Tow Monster, its a very clever design and it can be used in so many different ways! Really cool, never saw something like this in the Netherlands.