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Carrying Your Stuff: Cargo Bicycles.

Now we’re going to round it out with a look at the category of Cargo Bicycles.There have been many interesting debates in various corners of the bicycle interwebs, breaking down the pros and cons of bike bags/racks vs. bike trailers, bike trailers vs. cargo bikes and bike bags/racks vs. cargo bikes. Here at Utility Cycling we like to embrace all things that give bicycles more use, so naturally, we are fans of all 3 approaches. While a specific approach can be distinctly better than the others in a particular situation, generally any method for carrying stuff on your bicycle dramatically increases the utility potential of cycling.In many instances some combination of cargo bike, bike trailer and bike bags/racks will prove to be a very effective approach. Many utility cyclists utilize a combination of products mixing and matching depending on the requirements of their load. A good example is owning both a mid-size cargo bike and a bike trailer and hooking up the bike trailer to the cargo bike when the load gets larger.To look at the variations in cargo bicycle design is to look at several branches in a design tree. The main trunk of a design tree is the basic cargo bicycle, a standard bicycle with heavy duty rear and/or front racks. This basic design branches off into standard length bikes with special setups like small front wheels that integrate into heavy duty racks or boxes. Branching beyond standard length designs, the bicycles frames stretch out either forward or rearward for accommodating larger loads. Generally these stretched out cargo bike designs, focus the load either to the front or the rear but not both, though it is common to have a standard length rack opposite the extended cargo area of the bike.The other major branching is applying the forward and rearward load configurations of cargo bicycles to a tricycle configuration. While standard length cargo tricycles are possible, the balance and load carrying advantages of a tricycle generally lead to the inclusion a large, extended cargo area as part of the design. The two wheels of the tricycle support the cargo area. Front loading tricycles have the 2 wheels forward in a configuration that is referred to as tadpole or reverse trike, while rear loading tricycles have the 2 wheels rearward in the traditional tricycle configuration.Beyond front and rear loads and two or three wheels, cargo bicycles, go into some odd extremities that are not very common. Anything you can imagine from side-loading to multi-person pedaling machines have been done though are generally more used for novelty, fun and community building rather than more work oriented utility cycling.To know more about bicycle visit our site http://allindiayellowpage.com/.