Let's see some e-bikes doing some work!

I haven't posted here in a while, because I haven't e-biked in a while, been too busy off roading with my new-used Surly Pugsley (which I might electrify later this winter). I must say getting back on an e-bike after having been without gave me the EV grin all over again

It's fall, which means cleaning up fallen leaves for me. I have a compost site about a half mile away, and I have two sedans. Logical conclusion? Just walk a wagon that carries two trash bins full of leaves.

Well... that's all fine and stuff for jobs that are relatively small like pulling some weeds... but there are leaves eeeeeverywhere.

SO I bought a Burley Travoy, scrounged for some tie downs of some kind, and here is the result:



As you might imagine I got some stares.

The quick-mount feature of the trailer is handy at the dump site... I just unhook and abandon the bike. Piece of cake. I just need a quicker tie-down arrangement.

Awesome dude!

I like to haul stuff with the ebike. Once I get my new build up and running I'll be doing dump runs again with garbage and recycling. People think you are crazy.....yeah. On an ebike, it's quite practical if you have a good trailer setup. I'm using this kid cart I got for free off craigslist. I'll post some pics of hauling a huge tv and a TON of groceries (including 10 gallons of liquid).

Yeah, that's right. I rather do something "crazy" like this than drive the car.

I've been throwing paper for a little over a week now on the bike. On Wednesdays and Sundays I have to use the car because of the size of the paper. It is SOOO much easier to do the route by bike than it is from the car it's crazy. I can do it much quicker and with fewer throwing errors. Wednesdays and Sundays kinda suck, but since the weather has been nice so far, throwing from the bike has actually been kinda fun. Not only do I get to do my crazy paper boy impersonation from "Better Off Dead" I also get to play a live action version of Paperboy the arcade game! :lol:

http://www.free80sarcade.com/paperboy.php

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i really like the duallity of using the ebike,im going to attempt a carryall for other bicycles in a few months.ive never typed those words,duallity and carryall.hope there right :? .

StudEbiker said:

Not only do I get to do my crazy paper boy impersonation from "Better Off Dead"...

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Hehe. TWO DOLLARS!!

So far so good.

Hmmm....
Here's DayGlo Avenger as it used to look, plus the Kennel Trailer (empty in this pic)

The trailer isn't actualy hooked ot hte bike in the pic, but Hachi is about 100lbs, and I haul her (or the other dogs, one or more at a time depending on which ones) around in this:

Though sometimes it gets used for at least a couple hundred pounds of dogfood instead:



Or a lot of bikes/parts:


When Hachi was smaller, she used to ride *in* DayGlo Avenger's cargo pod:

but she would never fit now.
Plus it's now re-insulated to keep cold groceries cold:


Pic from quite a while back, when I used to drink a lot of soda:

Kinda weighs a lot, and sloshes too:


Sometimes just for some odd stuff:


Or for just regular grocery runs:

where the heavy stuff is in the cargo pod and not-quite so heavy in that bag on the rack.

The older trailer,

still used sometimes:

but being two-wheel it doesn't balance as well for big heavy loads, so I keep it down to two or three bags, whereas I can do 5 or 6, maybe up to 8 on the other trailer.


Somehwere I have some pics of CrazyBike2 loaded up heavy, but can't find them right now.

My bike is a front wheel drive Crystalyte X-408F motor with 3 12V-35AH SLA batteries mounted on the trailer. Not much for speed, but I have hauled some very heavy loads.