cargo bike design?

[irishpowerjunkie]

has anyone on here ever made a cargo bike with shopping cart/trolley as I am considering making one with old trolley and rigid framed bike. I plan to try and use a trike/go cart axle if possible at back of trolley with back triangle cut off bike and trolley welded on. would this be a good design and how would I link up bike gears still not sure.

this is similar idea but I plan it to be lower and have a ramp for allowing lawnmower/wheelbarrow/etc to be wheeled on and off easily as plan on using for garden maintaince business

 

[msrfan]

Too cool. With the kind of weight you intend to carry, you may consider making a trailer you can disconnect and still have a motorbike. A motorized pusher trailer is another way to go. If you go with a trike, be sure to use a differential axle and use a jackshaft for gear reduction. http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=13-1495&catname=powerTrans. Or you can use a horizontal shaft with a transaxle http://www.ebay.com/itm/PEERLESS-TE...665?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ac66b3549.

 

[chainmaker]

Check out this site just about everything you need to pull it off. http://www.atomiczombie.com/DIY Plans.aspx

 

[BigBlue]

Here's a nice cargo design that would give you plenty of carrying capacity and repurpose a couple of bikes:

http://bicyclesmodified.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html

http://motorbicycling.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=61015&stc=1&d=1372962933

Good Luck,

Chris
AKA: BigBlue

 

[CTripps]

I like the idea.

To get your cargo area lower, you'll probably have to go with a trike, sidecar or trailer design. Sidecar and trailer both have the advantage of being far more stable for loading and unloading. I posted it elsewhere, but here's a link to Xtracycle, they have an extension kit system and sidecar that they claim can hold 250 lbs.

Food for thought, if nothing else.

http://www.xtracycle.com/

 

[maniac57]

Xtracycle makes some nice stuff. Expensive though...

 

[CTripps]

Xtracycle makes some nice stuff. Expensive though...

Definately. That's part of the downside of it being a 'niche market' and having a system designed to be that modular and upgradable.

However I'm thinking someone with a welder and the stock pipe might be able to bodge something similar together.

 

[irishpowerjunkie]

I think i may go with trailer idea and make it so it may be used for multiple bikes. Thanks for the links though would be thinking along two wheeled variety.

 

[wheelbender6]

I like it. I could take my dog for a ride on it.

 

[irishpowerjunkie]

Yeah good use for it eswell as i have a dog myself a lab called podge.pure black and crazy for water and sticks. Favouite toy is a plastic bottle he destroys everyday