Found! A Hybrid More Efficient Than a Prius
by Warren McLaren, Sydney 
on 09. 2.05
How could we resist? The ever insightful WorldWatch Magazine recently had a delightful photo essay on the many uses of the bicycle. But this image tops even their selection. How we found this glorious pic is a story in itself, so wax your board as we’re off on a surf. Rob Baxter, who is a keen trailer toting cyclist (even helping a friend move house via bicycle), read our story on the trioBike and thought readers might be interested in the very cute Leggero Shopper that converts from bike trailer to shopping trolley. The Swiss Leggero is available in Canada from Bike Box, who also do a line of ...
... bike trailers, including the Modular Base model, which apparently is happy hauling loads up to 200 lbs (90 kg). But Andy Hunter, CEO and Designer of BikeBox, also has a gallery of bike trailers and suchlike, out-and-about. Aside from spying his link to the award winning British Carry Freedom convertible trailers, this is where we also stumbled on that great three-wheeler photo from Bike Box customers, Gwendal and Tania, who are part of The Antipodes Expedition: From Ushuaia to Inuvik by Bicycle. (that's the bottom of South America to the top of North America). Around the world in eight e-links, huh?
Bikes with trailers help with moving house.
The carry freedom City trailer.
Need to move 200 lbs (90 kgs)? Then maybe Bike Box can help.
The Leggero shopper cum bike trailer that started this whole post.
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Thought you might be interested in the Xtracycle. During a wedding on Rackwick Beach (Hoy, Orkney, Scotland) we brought an entire circus marquee, all the trestle tables and cooking gear for 30 people for a week down an offroad track using combinations and permutations of several on and off-road Xtracycles. Very nice machines...
Here are more photos of moving a house by bike. Here in Portland, OR, this is becoming a regular occurence!
You can also watch one on BikeTV.
Then, we've also got a local entrepreneur who is making a new "Human Electric Hybrid Drive" for use with Xtracycle called the Stokemonkey.
Great post! Thanks.
why am I having such trouble finding said photo essay from World Watch Magazine? Which issue is this in?
Hello from the Antipodes Expedition Team! Fresh from the snow in Inuvik. We loved having the Bike Box Trailer with us. Worked great especially here in bear country!. The design of the Bike Box is so simple we were able to customize it with fenders to fend of the mud from the Dempster Highway. It accomodated extra fuel and water carrying space for sections of the expedition where we had few places to refuel. And how else were we going to carry 2 pressure cookers and a wok! Cheers, Tania and Gwendal and The Antipodes Expedition Team.
Please note that credit should be given to Team Rider Armel Castellan for his photo taken in Central America. To see more photos feel free to peruse our site http://www.antipodes-expeditions.com
just for info we developed the y frame that with carry freedom"
and our new trailer the modular base is the next genration
after the y frame
get a proper bike. ( trek session 7.7)