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Haul-a-Day assembly

7/18/2014

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While we were camping (that's another post for later, I know I'm behind!), our package arrived from Eugene! It was a difficult wait but at least we were relaxing tranquilly at the beautiful Rancho Cicada Resort in Plymouth.

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I got home and immediately started putting the bike together with my dad's help, it was apparent that I this was going to be a bigger job than we were ready for.

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After wrenching the frame bolts together, I realized I had made a pretty rotten mistake. Stupid chain.

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I called John Boyer at Edible Pedal and set up a time to bring the bike by and have a professional save my sanity. John's our local Bike Friday dealer so if anyone could help me, it'd be him.

Today, I dropped the kids off to play at Nama's house, went back home and loaded up the Mundo.

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It was a slow three miles to the bike shop but the HaD was securely strapped on and we rolled over without a hitch. I might not be good at bike building but I'm a whiz at cargo bike loading!

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John's shop was busy and I didn't get a chance to pick the HaD until this evening. I still had the Hooptie, pedals, and seat to install. I ordered the Bike Friday half hooptie but that wasn't ready yet and should be shipping next week.

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The finishing touch was the pretty pink flag that I picked up at Edible Pedal.

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Somehow, I also got lucky enough to bring the HaD over to Edible Pedal on the same day Brian and Monica or Carsick Designs popped over and they were able to make measurements for a new set of mini-Mondo Slings like the wonderful ones we have on our Mundo. Do we get hot pink to match the flag, lime green like the cable housing, or something totally different?

There are still a few things that need to be worked out and this is a prototype cargo bike so I anticipate a few hiccups along the way. However, I also expect this to open many multimodal cargo biking opportunities.

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Bekah
7/19/2014 01:49:40 am

Green Slings, definitely!

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Shane
7/19/2014 09:55:02 am

Excited cited to see how it goes for you. Hmmm- Pink bags.

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Eric S
7/21/2014 01:40:48 pm

I noticed that you didn't receive bags, in addition to your BF-style hooptie. Did you intend to use the Mundo bags instead?
I'm still waiting on my front frame-mounted basket.
I put it together pretty easily myself, but I had one incident of a crank arm falling off (didn't realize I needed to tighten them since they came installed).
Both myself (5'10") and my wife (5') have successfully and comfortably transported children on the bike, and I was thrilled to fit it on the front of a city bus - with foot bars and hooptie while another bike was already on the rack. Woohoo! The promises of this bike are coming true in ways previous bikes have disappointed.

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Elle Bustamante
7/22/2014 11:36:46 am

I am ordering bags from a local business called Carsick Designs. They did my Mundo sling bags and I love them! We're also waiting on the front basket. We were sent the wrong hooptie. Do you notice any deck bowing on yours? The only other issue we're having is getting the kickstand stable enough to load the kids. Other than that, I have high hopes for the bike!

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Eric S
7/22/2014 11:02:21 pm

Our deck seems to not be completely straight; I was assuming this was due to the way that they screwed it in rather than using hooks. It's just a bit noticeable, and I don't think it will cause us any issues (hope not). Kickstand seems stable, enough, too.
I see now that you wrote about the "slings" already, didn't catch that they were bags. I thought perhaps you meant foot straps for some reason.

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