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oldhippie on June 28, 2006 - 7:49pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Gary
Congrats. What an inspiration. 200 lbs was about the max I ever worked with on my working bikes and I started backing off from that after age 30. The Sensible Utility Vehicle is a beautifully developed work of art. A beautiful tool. Everybody visit organicengines.com.
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beggar on June 28, 2006 - 8:32pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Thanks, OldHippie!

I was out working all day -- just got back.  I worked on replacing a threshold of a door, did some tuckpointing, masonry crack sealing, and also put some insulative foam in places in an old house belonging to some clients a couple of miles away.

I hauled all the tools, including a ladder, and the mortar and other supplies -- plus lunch! -- on the trike.  It was a beautiful day!

Some very fine comments on the need to integrate transit and walking and biking.

Also good comments on diet and exercise!  I've read that some of the pedicabbers in India and other third world countries do not get an adequate diet, but also guess that other health concerns may enter in as well.

I do get plenty of food for fuel and nutrition.  I am more concerned about getting adequate food in a few years as peak oil meets so many other world-shaping trends -- climate change and a variety of resource shortages and shifts, along with resource wars and shifts in geopolitical power.

I hope to pedal my trike through it all.

I try to get back to post as much as possible -- but what great comments while I was out and about!  No laptop on my trike yet.

-- resting from a very full day!  -- Gary (Beggar)

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JimK on June 29, 2006 - 2:22am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Rosarita refried beans were on sale at Safeway for $0.80 a 15 oz. can, and cantaloupe was $0.33 a pound. So I loaded up my Azor Transport Super:



with 30 pounds of groceries in the front basket. I just got the bike a month ago. It's fun to see what I can do with it. Handled the 30 pounds without complaining. Rated for about 50 pounds in the front & 75 in the back. I've got the 8 speed Shimano Nexus hub - with enough weight, even the little hills between Safeway and my apartment will out-torque what I can apply at the pedals. I'm a long way from that yet, though!

 

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fallout on June 29, 2006 - 9:12am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Where did you get your Azor, Jim?  I have been unable to locate a North American distributor or even e-seller of these, or the Monark brand ones, either.
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JimK on June 29, 2006 - 12:50pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
These folks are the US importers:

http://www.dutchbikes.us/

I'm not sure what they have in stock. I had to wait about ten weeks for the container ship to cross the Atlantic, etc. It's a solid bike, though - I measured 60 pounds. That's steel.

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Kalpa on June 29, 2006 - 1:08pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Congrats! That bike's a beauty!  After pondering electric bikes, I finally settled on a single-speed Trek cruiser, with double rear baskets and fat tires(not electric).  My next dream, for faster non-hauling trips is a single-speed racer style, yes, for in-town.
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