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How did kitty do with the trip?
I always wanted to take Tuffy (RIP) to the vet on my Lorry. It would have been like a half-mile trip if that vet had ever answered the phone.
Iā¦ Iā¦ Iāve started idly browsing sites like Omnium, Muli, Le Petit Porteurā¦ like, I have no need, because I have a good basket bike already, butā¦ butā¦ what is tarck doing to meā¦
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he didnāt seem to mind, but he was hopped up on gabapentin for the vet visit too
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So I really like this bike and will be sad to sell it soon. I just moved to a new apartment only two blocks away and wanted to see how much I could do without driving. I got about 2/3 of my stuff moved over and then went out on a late night side quest to pickup a free dining room table.
It was easier to load the bike up at the bottom of my stairs at the old place and roll right up to the bottom of the stairs at the new place before hauling everything up three flights. I moved the last bit in my van as I have done before and it was so much more work to haul everything all the way to the alley, load the van all the way up, then do the reverse at the new place and carry everything more than twice as far.
I hope to not move again for a couple years and when I do Iād like it to be by bike.
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Bullitt SQ: How are they with tight/switchback corners?
Thereās a bike trail near my house that I get to via a bike/ped bridge. The switchbacks on that are very easy on some of my bikes but very hard on others. LHT and Pugsley with no toe overlap? Easy peasy. On my road bike where Iām clipped in and have a good bit of toe overlap? I have to really focus on my line and speed otherwise I feel like Iām going to fall over or run into the railing. On my Big Dummy itās sort of intermediate, thereās no toe overlap but itās still a delicate maneuver with a toddler on the back.
Now Iām aware a Bullitt does not have any toe overlap but the overall length and geometry make me wonder how it navigates some bits of bike infrastructure
There is no one bike for all things
Some bikes get close but the answer youāre looking for doesnāt exist
Iāve done a āswitchbackā ramp meant for wheelchairs/strollers to bypass a short staircaise on my bullet-alike, its doable, way easier on a longtail/xtracycle style though.
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That actually sounds way tighter than the ramp Iām thinking of lol
Sounds like it would probably be fine thenā¦ There are couple other tight corners on the trails but I imagine you just have to take it slow
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Iād take those slow and maybe drop the saddle so I could strider it around the corners.
I go around these switchbacks on the horrible North Ave./LSD pedestrian bridge all the time and I have to drop the saddle and skoot around, but your bridge looks less narrow and as if it were designed some time in this century unlike the North Ave bridge which I believe dates to the 1950s.
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The bridge was designed by Ralph H. Burke and was completed in 1940.
Hereās a stock picture that almost shows the switchback. You can see itās tight af. I think youāll be fine.
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+1 on the dropper post for a Bullitt - itās a big help for switchbacks and other tight maneuvering situations
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Yeah the bridge Iām worried about is plenty wide. Itās actually pretty easy to go up the ramps as you can keep a little power on the pedals, itās going down them where it can get a little weird since itās hard to nail your speed.
Is a guy who is ~5ā11" going to have room for a dropper on a Bullitt? Itās sort of hard to tell from pictures
I just double-checked and I guess I was able to fit a 110mm on my Big Dummy so yeah I agree there should be something that would work.
The Bullitt purchasing dither is going to be a long one I think. For better or worse you canāt just walk in to a store and buy one here, and new ones are going to be out of the budget for a very long time. I am prepared to be patient but they are so cool lolā¦
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Absolutely. Iām just barely six feet and my dropper fits perfectly. I think itās 150mm and itās bottomed out with the collar of the post resting right on top of the seat binder.
They are cool, but Iām really really frustrated with the minimal rear tire clearance. So much so that Iām in talks with Haulinā Colin about having a custom set of dropouts made that move the axel back a couple centimeters to gain a bit of tire clearance.
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Iāve taken mine around all sorts of tight corners. A dropper post and the ability to put a foot down greatly improves the agility of a bullitt.
It also comes down to your personal comfort level and familiarity with the bike. After about a year of riding mine a few times every week. Iām cutting much tighter corners than I was on the exact same bike just a year ago.
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tarcklebee for inspirational quote
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