aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,506
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Mentioned: 511 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 7351 Post(s)
If I had an excuse to own a cargo bike, I would have one. They're becoming popular in my neighborhood. Some people bring their kids to school on long bikes and bakfietsen and on bikes with a banana seat added for a small passenger.
After moving back to the city in 2013, I made some grocery trips on bike, but it was too much trouble. Manhattan is so dense that shopping by foot turns out to be the most convenient way. Most of us here tend to buy as much as we can carry and go as frequently as we need to. I've learned to enjoy carrying cargo by hand. The nicest part for me is that I'm not using a car. I sold my car after moving back in. My wife drives her car frequently and kept it.