Kids in Bakfiets

Near the end of the commute from elementary school, Jim pauses to lift the rain tent revealing two cozy girls.

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• Bakfiet
• Bakfiets
• cargobike
• clevercycle
• box
• Chico
• CA
• rainy
• day

[localworld]

i love you the little girls are cute

[onomonapoeia]

Please get off the sidewalk. You're a vehicle; please act like one. The safety of your kids is compromised when you bike on the sidewalk. Drivers don't expect you there.

[localworld]

If you look at the other video I posted you will see that I do ride on the street in most situations. On this video you will see that there is a wide truck parked in what should be a bike lane, forcing me into the line of traffic on a rainy day. I chose to get on the sidewalk for the last hundred yards to avoid the tight pinch and to park in front of my videographer. Of course I would prefer to have dedicated bike lanes 100% of the time, but car addicted California requires creative biking.

[Greengate777]

lol... The SUV frame of mind... if you search for a reason why something doesn't work, you will find one... it's a problem of attitude..

I'm from Holland and there are cargo bikes like this, (one or 3 wheeled ones) EVERYWHERE. They work...

A road with potholes and bad maintenance? get the local council to fix it.. That's why you pay taxes. Hills to climb? seriously? there isn't a flat bit of US anywhere?... Portland seems to do alright for bikes... but they want them around...

[stopglobalswarming]

@0MirrorMask0 You can get cargo bikes with multiple speed drivetrains, electric motors, and even put a gas bike engine on them for more versatility.

[earthboundcruiser]

@onomonapoeia the safety of your kids is compromised when you ride on a safe place like a sidewalk? I suppose the street is much safer...

[0MirrorMask0]

I want to like this concept, however, real roads have dips, curves, corners that slant, please show us examples of how it handles off the side walk (since not all roads have smooth endless sidewalks for bikes like this) show us how handles going down and up common hills that turn to the side. Every video I've seen so far shows flat smooth controlled surfaces. If that is all this bike is good for, then sadly it won't work for this real roads parent.

[leafstomper]

That is great! We hit the side walks whenever we can! 3000lbs vs 200lbs? wont end well. keep riding and enjoying life.

[cantabambo]

sorry to write with all due respect I see that you put up videos of their children's name on youtube kid kids what happens is that I'm from peru and chicokids is a registered name of an orchestra xfavor just ask if you can change your name you put the video greetings and thank you very much so do not create videos confuscon

[onomonapoeia]

Lord, if I got to be in charge, I'd radically re-engineer the central valley.

Or else, um? Maybe join the Federated Peoples' Republic of San Francisco and Berkeley?