Hello to all !
After a few months of reading posts of this forum & taking notes, I'm ready to introduce myself :
My name is Alex, I'm 28 y-o & come from France (excuse my english !). About 6 months ago, I found accidentaly the cargo bike forum. Found some photos of Big Dummies, liked it & decided to learn more about these weird bikes !
After a long thinking, I decided to go ahead & finally buy a f****** Big Dummy ! I was motivated by the facts that :
1. I recently crashed my car (sometimes, old people shouldn't drive...).
2. I'd like to make a big tour in northern Europe, there's a lot of countries out there I'd like to discover.
So in mid-june, I received a big box & then, I started to build my new bike !
The building :
- 2011 Surly Big Dummy
- Wideloaders
- Longloader
- Rolling Jackass centerstand
- Flight deck
- 2010 freeloaders
- Jones aluminum loop H-bar
- Ergon GP1 biokork grips
- Deda leather handlebar tape
- Crane bell
- Crankbrothers 50/50 pedals
- Brooks Flyer Special saddle
- Woody's sexy fenders
I think that's all...
Bad news during the building : the bike had an impact during the transport & I wasn't able to mount the headset (for a $600 shipping, thank you FedEx !). But a few hammer strokes & the problem was solved...
Didn't know flat pedals but now, I love them !
Loop H-bar + Ergon grips + leather tape = yeah baby !
Well, riding the Dummy is really pleasant. Great feeling since the first time. The length of the bike is not disturbing at all. You just have to take care of the width when riding with the wideloaders for the first time ! So now, it feels kinda weird when I take my other bike (a 2010 Scott Aspect) : it feels like I'm riding a kid bike ! Funny...
Now, I'm looking with envy at some Large Marge rims & maybe 2,5" Hookworms tires. But I think it could be too much tiring for a long distance... I think I'll wait a little more time before trying it...
That's all for the moment ; it's nearly 2am here in France & it's too late for me to (trying to) speak in english ! Better for me to come back later.
So good night for those who sleep & see you later everybody.
Alex
After a few months of reading posts of this forum & taking notes, I'm ready to introduce myself :
My name is Alex, I'm 28 y-o & come from France (excuse my english !). About 6 months ago, I found accidentaly the cargo bike forum. Found some photos of Big Dummies, liked it & decided to learn more about these weird bikes !
After a long thinking, I decided to go ahead & finally buy a f****** Big Dummy ! I was motivated by the facts that :
1. I recently crashed my car (sometimes, old people shouldn't drive...).
2. I'd like to make a big tour in northern Europe, there's a lot of countries out there I'd like to discover.
So in mid-june, I received a big box & then, I started to build my new bike !
The building :
- 2011 Surly Big Dummy
- Wideloaders
- Longloader
- Rolling Jackass centerstand
- Flight deck
- 2010 freeloaders
- Jones aluminum loop H-bar
- Ergon GP1 biokork grips
- Deda leather handlebar tape
- Crane bell
- Crankbrothers 50/50 pedals
- Brooks Flyer Special saddle
- Woody's sexy fenders
I think that's all...
Bad news during the building : the bike had an impact during the transport & I wasn't able to mount the headset (for a $600 shipping, thank you FedEx !). But a few hammer strokes & the problem was solved...
Didn't know flat pedals but now, I love them !
Loop H-bar + Ergon grips + leather tape = yeah baby !
Well, riding the Dummy is really pleasant. Great feeling since the first time. The length of the bike is not disturbing at all. You just have to take care of the width when riding with the wideloaders for the first time ! So now, it feels kinda weird when I take my other bike (a 2010 Scott Aspect) : it feels like I'm riding a kid bike ! Funny...
Now, I'm looking with envy at some Large Marge rims & maybe 2,5" Hookworms tires. But I think it could be too much tiring for a long distance... I think I'll wait a little more time before trying it...
That's all for the moment ; it's nearly 2am here in France & it's too late for me to (trying to) speak in english ! Better for me to come back later.
So good night for those who sleep & see you later everybody.
Alex