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Longtail comparison: Yuba Mundo, Kona Ute, and Surly Big Dummy
I’ve been drooling over longtail cargo bikes for more than a year now, and, with Sir close to outgrowing the IBert, the time has come. Over the past few months, we’ve done our research, comparing the...
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Life’s leaps and bounds
Remember that job Matthew and I both applied for back in December? Well, less than 24-hours after the initial interview, they notified me that I was not in the running. While being notified of your...
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Waiting on our longtail bicycle
At the end of December, we started talking with a local bike shop (LBS) about options for ordering an Xtracycle Edgerunner. The guy we worked with did a great job helping us price the different...
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Decisions, decisions
Before last Friday, I had gone almost four years since my last professional hair cut! Over those four years, I saved a lot of money by trimming my own hair (with a pair of professional-grade hair...
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What’s in a bicycle name?
We heard on Monday that Xtracycle will start shipping out the new batch of Edgerunners mid-month. Since we’re just getting the frame, it will likely be at least another week beyond that before our...
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She’s heeeeeeeere!
After over a year of planning and research (I clearly need to go back and add the Edgerunner to that comparison chart!), and many months of waiting, we have our new bike! We picked her up from the bike...
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Roadrunner specs and accessories
The folks at Xtracycle offer a few different build options for the Edgerunner, with different gearing and brakes, but once we decided we wanted an internal hub, it was cheapest to just buy the frame...
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Super bikey weekend (the best kind)
I kicked the weekend off with a bike shop date on Friday night, followed by a full day of CyclingSavvy on Saturday. We wrapped things up with a Mother’s Day picnic by bike. Bike shop date night...
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First big grocery haul by longtail
Today, I set out to test the Roadrunner’s cargo capacity, seeing if she was up to a grocery run. We have a grocery store just over a mile away that I use for small, weekly needs, but I keep a running...
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