{"id":1661,"date":"2013-03-19T09:37:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2013-03-19T09:37:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T14:37:41","slug":"bike-building-project-completing-a-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/bike-building-project-completing-a-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike building project: Completing a Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Out of the tree that we planned to build (see previous posts), one is completed. The big space between the front wheel and the handle bar is the cargo area, that folds up vertically for storage. As you can see below, it was tested by multiple people and some (live) cargo as well. No long-distance trips yet happened on it, but according to some reports it works very smoothly, according to others it feels first a bit weird with the front wheel way out front (we will have to call it “very front wheel”) but can be gotten used to after a while. Sharp U-turns are challenging\/impossible, but easier to do towards the left…
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\"\"<\/a>Another bike, a second cargo of the same kind has made serious headways during this weekend. Although the same kind it is the result of another planning mind, thus many things around the front is going to end up quite a bit different. Meet Jeff, who has been working on it creatively and committedly in spite of having just started a new job full+ time (luckily, working with metal of all kinds).
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