Testimonials
[Jump to Press Reviews]Finally went to the Farmer's Market by bike
By Scott, Berkeley CA.
We went for a nice ride on Saturday to farmer's market. - Scott, Berkeley CA 6/16/2008
Brought home about 90 lbs today from Costco
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Below is my bike loaded with about 50 lbs of groceries from a Costco run this morning. Lois and I brought home about 90 lbs today from Costco. I think you should order me a left-sided wide loader to match the right sided cover you are re-ordering for me. I may need a Stoker Monkey next.- Jerry, San Francisco, CA 11/14/2007
First relaxed night ride of my life.
By Pam, Oakland CA.- Pam, Oakland CA 11/14/2007Hi Paul,
Happy happy happy is what my crazy neighbor says when he takes his
signs and sits at the Powell Street cable car turnaround, but it's
what I feel like saying riding my new bike! I rode home with it
Monday night and had so much fun I rode right past my house and kept going!The Down Low Glow gave me such a feeling of safety, knowing I was
seen, that I had the first relaxed night ride in my life. You're
right: the night ride is quality time. The traffic is much less,
the sun doesn't make you hot, I had lots of streets to myself, and it
The ride is great
By Neil, Berkeley CA.- Neil, Berkeley CA 10/20/2007The ride is great. Very comfy and tight.
I carried all the tools I needed to build a patio.
By Douglas, San Francisco, CA.- Douglas, San Francisco, CA 8/3/2007I run my business off of this bike. I carried all the tools I needed to build a patio, from the Park to the Mission.
Election cycle used in Craig Kelley's city council campaign
By Craig Kelley, June 27,2005.- Craig Kelley, June 27,2005 4/25/2007My bicycle blender is a HUGE hit. Mounted to what is now known as the "Election Cycle" in honor of my City Council campaign (www.CraigKelley.org), it is really impressing people as an innovative way to get things done.
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And a year later, Craig writes:
Press Reviews
[Jump to Testimonials]Newsweek rundown of utlity bicycles includes Xtracycle SUB and Mundo Utility Bicycle
Originally appeared on Newsweek.Quotation:
Utility bicycles are the pickup trucks of the cycling world.
Utility bikes are the pickup trucks of the cycling world. Made to carry big loads that would normally require a car, they are popular abroad and are now catching on here. Imported from the Netherlands, the Bakfiets brand is like a pedal-powered minivan for soccer moms. Shoulder harnesses secure up to three kids, eight gears provide torque for hills, and a chain guard, fenders and mud flaps keep riders clean ($3,023; dutchbikes.us/cargo).
My family car is an SUB and I love it
Originally appeared on Salon.com's "The Good Life", by Mark Benjamin.Quotation:
Trader Joe's is three miles away. It was a pleasant ride. My bike is heavier by a few pounds -- it's certainly more cumbersome to carry down the porch steps -- but I couldn't feel the difference when riding. The bike performed pretty much the same as before. At Trader Joe's, I filled an entire grocery cart to the rim. By the time I reached the checkout lane, all seemed lost. No way this was going to fit on my bike.
Dirt Rag covers the Bicycle Music Festival
Originally appeared on Dirt Rag Magazine.Quotation:
The musicians rocked, packed and pedaled their way across the city, hauling their guitars, cellos, flutes and drum sets on rear trailers and Xtracycles, those endlessly useful bike rear extensions, and concluded with an evening show in the Mission District's Dolores Park.
THE BICYCLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
by Alastair Bland
It's no secret that cars stink, but who knew that bikes could rock? Around the nation and the world a growing number of musicians on the move are ditching cars and opting for pedal-power instead, taking their traveling acts entirely off the grid. In the winter and spring of 2007, the Ginger Ninjas, a folk-ska band from the Sierra foothills, took the revolution to new heights as they cycled 5000 miles in seven months from their hometown to Chiapas, Mexico. They played 80 pedal-powered shows and returned home in May by bus — and they made it just in time to headline the second annual Bicycle Music Festival in San Francisco.
On its first time around in August of 2007, the Festival rolled through the streets of San Francisco featuring local, low-impact acts that shirk cars and even dodge the ever-trendy biodiesel van. It was the first event of its sort-anywhere, to the best of its organizers' knowledge. Organized by Gabe Dominguez, guitarist in SHAKE YOUR PEACE! and Paul Freedman, a.k.a. Fossil Fool: The Bike Rapper, the festival featured a dozen bands and drew several hundred fans from venue to venue, beginning at the city's east side at the Alemany Farmer's Market. The musicians rocked, packed and pedaled their way across the city, hauling their guitars, cellos, flutes and drum sets on rear trailers and Xtracycles, those endlessly useful bike rear extensions, and concluded with an evening show in the Mission District's Dolores Park.
Gear: Sport utility bikes
Originally appeared on Los Angeles Times.Quotation:
Solid, simple execution of the cargo-bike concept.
The LA Times reviewed and compared four popular load-carrying bike options including the Mundo Cargo Bike and the Xtracycle Sport Utility Bicycle
Gear: Sport utility bikes
A solid workhorse
Yuba Mundo Cargo bicycle: Integrated, six-speed, steel longtail bike and cargo frame with built-in rack and low-slung side-load platforms designed to carry 440 pounds.
Likes: Solid, simple execution of the cargo-bike concept. Side-load platforms double as passenger footrests. Includes tough 48-spoke rear wheel. Quite stable due to long wheelbase (a foot longer than that on normal bikes) and its ability to carry items low to the ground. I carried a 42-inch Coleman cooler filled with beer and soft drinks on one side with a 200-pound man on the rack for several miles.