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I don’t have kids, but this looks like an awesome way to raise them.

  • @AchtungDrempels@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11•1 year ago

    My city subsidized buying cargo bikes in two waves, there’s a lot of them now on the streets. Delivery services use them too quite a bit. Thing is, i don’t think our infrastructure is spacious enough in many places, i hope this will force the city to update it.

    Transporting kids is surely much more fun in a cargo bike, but i think for many people a good old trailer would make more sense really. Much cheaper too and you’re probably able to put it in the basement if you live in an appartment.

    • @Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      but i think for many people a good old trailer would make more sense really.

      I agree. Unless someone has room for a traditional bike and a large cargo bike, a trailer can do much of the same things, but in a smaller form factor and with far more options for flexibility (storage, cost, space, manoeuvrability, etc.).

      That said, I saw a few bakfiets this past weekend with kids inside (one guy was hauling his dog), and it looked like so much fun to ride and be ridden with!

    • @Bahalex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I had a trailer because we didn’t really have the space for a long bike. It folded flat for ease of storage. It was a pain to get bike out, trailer out, kid out, put wheels and tow arm on trailer, trailer on bike, kid in trailer… then do it all in reverse when we got home. Living in a place where cars rule the road, even with nice bike lanes, having the wide trailer behind was nerve wracking.

      I ended up getting a seat for the rear rack.