A run-of-the-mill bike with a carrier rack and panniers can empower you to transport your work clothes or moderate sized loads. So once you become schooled on overcoming the commonplace hurdles of the car lite or car free lifestyle you will be ready to tackle bigger challenges. You'll seek to solve more of your transportation problems with the bike.
And that's when you'll have found yourself immersed in the Great Longtail Revolution. Call it a hitchless trailer, a longtail, a cargo bike, an SUB (Sport Utility Bike), a utility cycle or whatever, but realize that the evolution of the bicycle as a vehicle lies down the path of extended or modified frames that allow you to portage greater loads and passengers with increased stability and efficiency.
Stop feeling the despair of rising gas prices. Be free from the confines of traffic and stop circling the parking lot looking for a space.
Why do you need a car? For your commute? To transport your family and stuff? There is another option. There is an option that frees you from oil dependency, traffic, and the cost of owning and operating a car.
Join the longtail revolution. Don't replace that second (or first!) car with another four-wheeled monstrosity. Get a longtail bike! If you have a bike, make the easy transition by upgrading it with an Xtracycle FreeRadical kit.
2 comments:
So my biggest challenge to car free is my blind and disabled mother that I take care of. I cannot put her on the back of my X it's not safe. Found a solution. A friend is giving me her daughter's 3 wheeled bike. Just need to find a way to steer her behind me. And I will!
And no more car. :)
That does sound like a challenge, but I have faith you'll find something that will work. We work with a group called Assisted Cycling Tours that gets people with all kinds of physical disabilities on bikes.
Look into the Trail Gator tow bar. It might work with the three wheeled bike.
I would also think you could modify a child's trailer for an adult as well. And if cost is no object (when is it NOT) you could look into a tandem recumbent trike.
Another option would be one of those pedicabs. I saw TWO for sale on CO Spgs craigslist a few months ago for about $600.
Good luck! I know you'll find a solution.
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