Comments on: Kids transporter: Pak Max Duo

By: 2whls3spds

2whls3spds — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:37:59 +0000

The bucket is for carrying your heavy lock and chain in (yes really) However I have seen pictures of them used for umbrellas, champagne etc. Some have even suggest it would make a handy barf bucket for the kid… LOL

Aaron

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:15:43 +0000

Val, where would we be without you? That “link” to Fietsfabriek was pretty well hidden.

The tallbike is actually a “replica” Pedersen bike…similar, I suppose, to the tallbikes of freak-biking culture, but preceding them by many years. Here’s more information on them:

http://www.pedersenbicycles.com/history.htm

By: Val

Val — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:07:45 +0000

If you follow the link to De Fietsfabriek, there is much more information. The upshot is that in the Netherlands and Denmark, there are many companies making bikes of this type. In this country, the Dutch Bike Company of America has been importing Van Andel bakfietsen (bikes with boxes) for several years, as well as Azor city and cargo bikes. Now we have Bucket bike (another reference to the boxes, I’ll bet) which appears to be importing from De fietsfabriek, which is a competing company that does a lot more with longtail kid bikes and other fun stuff. If you look hard enough, you will see that they actually offer an off the shelf tallbike! I think it’s great to get some variety and competition in this category of bike here in the states. The more, the better, for sure.

By: Moe

Moe — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:48:29 +0000

Well, like I mentioned, they will be at the Urban Commuter Expo so we will try to get some more info then. I’m really hoping that they will take one to display, who knows, I may bring one home…

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:45:35 +0000

Ha ha…so you DID get my email!

I wish that site had more information…those bikes look awesome, but it is hard to make a decision based purely on a bad photograph.

By: Moe

Moe — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:44:54 +0000

Or if the kid gets ‘bike sick’?

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:43:25 +0000

So, is that shiny metal cylinder just in front of the first passenger the “bucket” in “BucketBike”? Their site is woefully sparse on information and specs of the individual models.

Perhaps that “bucket” is a way to carry a bouquet of flowers to your wife or girlfriend?

By: Scott Workman

Scott Workman — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:54:22 +0000

Saw an interesting article about the 1 of ~1700 people in Alabama who bike to work, who picks his child up from school on a tandem bike built for him and kid. Here is the tree hugger link: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/father-takes-bike-to-work.php
Thought it might be a nice segue from the review of the bike above built for adult and youngins.
Scott

By: Moe

Moe — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:25:46 +0000

Fixed it, thanks for the heads up!

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:10:16 +0000

I think the URL is BucketBike.com (no s at the end, that goes to an Aussie site). Cool stuff though!