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   😀🚲 (enobacon@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 07:04:16 JST 😀🚲

   Using a car because there's plenty of street parking but nowhere to store a cargo bike? We need better folding and compact cargo bike options, but bike trailers can lean against a wall, or fold flat with the wheels off. Brompton and travoy, r&m carrie, quite a few ways to store in apartments. Also curbside hangar sheds need to become a common thing, securely storing several cargo bikes and ebikes in the space of one car.

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     😀🚲 (enobacon@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 07:04:11 JST 😀🚲

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     Cargo bikes don't have to be very wide. This build also reminds me of the argo kit, which allows your regular bike to convert to and from cargo mode.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQk2WSO6eY

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     😀🚲 (enobacon@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 07:04:12 JST 😀🚲

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     (ab)using a cheap tubing bender for aluminum round bar. (I didn't know you could cold bend aluminum without cracking, maybe that depends on the type (alloy?) of aluminum.)

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjidZtS0tc

     Børge repeated this.
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     😀🚲 (enobacon@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 07:04:13 JST 😀🚲

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     A DIY bamboo version of the handcart/bike trailer (using Burley travoy seatpost hitch.) Carbon fiber with expoxy resin, but I've seen this done with jute twine too and not so much effort on making flush joints.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXw2ocuuBRg

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     😀🚲 (enobacon@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 07:04:14 JST 😀🚲

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     Folding (brompton) bike and folding (travoy) trailer. A nice ride to the store on a rainy day.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE3vK9tcmWI

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     😀🚲 (enobacon@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 07:04:15 JST 😀🚲

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     R&M Carrie, compact #cargoBikes with folding/locking box, only 18in wide when shut, handlebar stem folds so you won't get snagged on it in a hallway, roughly the length of a typical bike but you've got room for a child passenger and/or dog. Suspension fork, 80lb empty, $10k.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3WQ2rOeFvg