Hi all,
We're discussing a second cargo bike for the family and curious for opinions!
We currently have a 3yo, 1yo and I'm pregnant with our third. We have an Urban Arrow that we love for the daily daycare run and everything else. In fact, we love it so much that we'd like a second cargo bike. However, my husband's commute is bike to daycare->bike to train station->light rail->bike a bit farther to the office. The Urban Arrow isn't compatible with that (guidelines are max 80" for the bike). Right now he does a bike swap halfway through that process, but we'd love to eliminate that step.
In the short term, we're expecting that this second bike would only be used by the two "big kids" (the little one will only be in a car seat in the Urban Arrow until he's 1), but long term, it would be ideal if we could get all three kids on the second bike too (so say ages 6, 4 & 3).
A longtail is an obvious option here because of the train-compatibility, but the garage space would be nice too! I'm a bit concerned about whether a longtail with three kids on it would be too heavy for me to manage, so I'd love thoughts on that (not in a hill sense, but tippiness-wise). At the same time, our bakfiets is so great and feels very safe, so I'm not opposed to staying in that camp.
The three bikes we're looking at and would love to test at this point are:
- Yuba Spicy Curry
- Xtracycle Swoop
- Riese & Muller Carrie (two in the basket, 1 in the Yepp seat on the back).
All three are about 83", so they're not quite within the train guidelines, but they're probably close enough to get away with it!
Any thoughts on which one(s) might be a good fit for our situation? Are we missing any that would fit that criteria from our list?
We're discussing a second cargo bike for the family and curious for opinions!
We currently have a 3yo, 1yo and I'm pregnant with our third. We have an Urban Arrow that we love for the daily daycare run and everything else. In fact, we love it so much that we'd like a second cargo bike. However, my husband's commute is bike to daycare->bike to train station->light rail->bike a bit farther to the office. The Urban Arrow isn't compatible with that (guidelines are max 80" for the bike). Right now he does a bike swap halfway through that process, but we'd love to eliminate that step.
In the short term, we're expecting that this second bike would only be used by the two "big kids" (the little one will only be in a car seat in the Urban Arrow until he's 1), but long term, it would be ideal if we could get all three kids on the second bike too (so say ages 6, 4 & 3).
A longtail is an obvious option here because of the train-compatibility, but the garage space would be nice too! I'm a bit concerned about whether a longtail with three kids on it would be too heavy for me to manage, so I'd love thoughts on that (not in a hill sense, but tippiness-wise). At the same time, our bakfiets is so great and feels very safe, so I'm not opposed to staying in that camp.
The three bikes we're looking at and would love to test at this point are:
- Yuba Spicy Curry
- Xtracycle Swoop
- Riese & Muller Carrie (two in the basket, 1 in the Yepp seat on the back).
All three are about 83", so they're not quite within the train guidelines, but they're probably close enough to get away with it!
Any thoughts on which one(s) might be a good fit for our situation? Are we missing any that would fit that criteria from our list?
