Get This Man A Rivendell

[Steve Cole]

This photo appeared in today's Washington Post in a brief story about the snowstorm that hit the Northeast yesterday. I love the bike.  Other than two different sized wheels, it could easily be a Rivendell -- steel frame, basket up front, fenders, etc.  I love it.

[Steven Sweedler]

Looks pretty similar to the Schwinn Cycle Truck, I think its a fairly common design of an early cargo bike. Steve

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 8:49 AM Steve Cole <cole...@gmail.com> wrote:

This photo appeared in today's Washington Post in a brief story about the snowstorm that hit the Northeast yesterday. I love the bike.  Other than two different sized wheels, it could easily be a Rivendell -- steel frame, basket up front, fenders, etc.  I love it.

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[Bob Lovejoy]

And a modern, artful and available version... https://www.ahearnecycles.com/cycletruck

Not to say the rider's bike is not artful because it is.  With a disc up front, v-brakes in the rear, it makes me think there was some tinkering and work going on.  Oh, and I am assuming low trail(!), though planing would probably be more of a problem than a feature.

Cool bikes!

Bob Lovejoy

Soon to be back in Galesburg, IL!

[Joe Bernard]

Looks like a Virtue with a front disc conversion. Which is a pretty interesting company..all Made In China I'm sure, but really cool bikes.

https://www.virtuecycles.com/collections/bikes/products/virtue-truck

[David Bivins]

I would bet it's the owner or an employee of Around Town Bicycles in Wilkes-Barre. That's obviously an advertisement for the shop in the frame. 

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:27 AM Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote:

Looks like a Virtue with a front disc conversion. Which is a pretty interesting company..all Made In China I'm sure, but really cool bikes.

https://www.virtuecycles.com/collections/bikes/products/virtue-truck

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[Bill Lindsay]

Rivendell themselves endorse buying a Crust cargo fork for your old mountain bike cargo conversion:

https://crustbikes.com/products/clydesdale-fork/

$250 for that fork is a great deal, IMO

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[Jason Fuller]

Looks like a Soma Tradesman, too.  

[Mark Roland]

It certainly seems to be popular. Every time I have money to buy one it's out of stock.

[Drw]

I cannot endorse the crust cargo fork more highly. It’s actually opened up venues of riding and erranding that I didn’t fully realize bikes could do in a convenient way. Also it rides exceptionally normal.
That said, by the time you install with a new wheel/tire/brakes/basket etc, you’ll be wayyyy over 250$

[Bill Lindsay]

Drw said "by the time you install with a new wheel/tire/brakes/basket etc, you’ll be wayyyy over 250$"

In my case, I decided to convert a late-1990s mountain bike into a college beater for my son.  The bike was "free".  It was an aluminum Specialized with a shock.  3x9 drivetrain, rim brakes.  For the conversion I chose:

a rigid front fork: $90 at Jenson

a simworks potluck front rack: $198 (but I already had it)

Wald medium basket: $20

Sackville Shopsack: $70

Solid bolt/on front and rear axles: $70 from Wheels Manufacturing (but I already had them)

My labor: $free

So for the value of $448 I converted a decent mountain bike into a far more useful utility college bike. 

In retrospect I could have done a

Crust cargo fork: $245

BMX front wheel: $50 (guessing used from a BMX shop or other sources)

Wald Huge basket: $24

Solid rear axle: $35 (since the front would already be bolt-on)

For $354 I could have made a cargo bike.  It would have been over $100 cheaper if I had the foresight. 

Given that a Pass and Stow porteur rack is $280, it makes that cargo fork again really attractive.  Now if you started with an early 90s rigid mountain bike, then you don't have to buy a fork to make it utility.  If you run the WALD paperboy rackless setup, then perhaps you don't have to buy a good rack. 

My point is that the price of the project depends on where you start and where you want to end up, but $245 for a fork PLUS a bomber cargo rack is a steal. 

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[Drw]

I think that’s overly optimistic pricing, but I guess it depends on what you have at hand and what parts you want new. I wasn’t shooting for a lowest common denominator build, but nothing fancy either. Wheel, tire, tube, brake, cables, qr + converting threaded to 1” threadless = new stem, spacers etc. the big wald is about 50$ unless you find a great deal somewhere. It adds up fast.

[Drw]

Also not saying it isn’t a good deal. It is. It just ended up over 2x the price to get it functioning on a bike. Ive actually been keeping an eye out for another one to hoard. It’s that good of a product.

[Joe Bernard]

It definitely matters how much stuff you already have hanging around. The Crust fork primarily - in my opinion - exists for people who already have an old mtb wasting away in the garage in need of a new mission.

Oddly, I have a new 20" disc front wheel wasting away that was left over from an abandoned recumbent adventure. I'll bet I could spend a BUNCH of money building a Crust-fork cargo bike around it!

[Bill Lindsay]

yes, if you start with a Rivendell with 1" threaded then there's more stuff to buy.  My Specialized was already 9/8" threadless and already had a front brake, so I wouldn't have needed a stem, brake or headset.  My $24 Huge Wald line item was the bigger one Rivendell sells.  If I really did a Crust fork I might just bolt a leather barcalounger to it.  Or a keg. 

BL