The First Xtracycle Load

Posted by Byron Watkins Thursday, June 02, 2011

So I carrried the first large cargo load on the Xtracycle. It was a box of I Bike Fresno stuff that weighed about 45 lbs. Then in the panniers I carried my laptop bag, some clothes and another grocery bag of stuff. 

The box attached easily with a cam strap and held tight the entire time. I tried adding two bungie cords but they were a bit big and did not pull very tight so I dont think they really did much. 

When I wasnt riding, the box would pull the bike left and right a bit but I never felt like the bike was hard to keep upright. Once I was pedaling it never really felt like the box was controling the bike. Total distance was about seven miles and it took me exactly 30 minutes.

It was honestly much easier than I thought it was going to be. When I first plopped the box on top I was thinking, "This is never going to work." I was picturing myself on the side of the road picking up scattered contents. But the bike rode great and having only two wheels instead of four made taking off easy and getting up to speed quick.