{"id":1830,"date":"2013-07-26T15:36:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T20:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2013-07-26T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T20:36:22","slug":"weekend-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/weekend-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010056.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010056-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Yuba with Truck\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010056-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010056-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010056.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Guess what happened this weekend? I received a visit from Steve, from Yuba Bicycles!<\/p>\n<p>Long story short, I have not only been making cargo bicycles but also put some energy in researching ones made by others. I tried the <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/comparing-the-yuba-mundo-with-surlys-big-dummy\/\">Surly Big Dummy<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/the-trek-transport-cargo-bike\/\">Trek Transport<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/electric-assist\/\">XtraCycle FreeRadical<\/a>, and got to the conclusion, that I would like something really robust, well built, and affordable. Although I couldn&#8217;t try before buying, I decided with the Yuba Mundo. However in the process of figuring out how to order a Mundo from Yuba, who didn&#8217;t have a local reseller at the time I was offered to be an aficionado. A year later I ended up with two Mundos and quite a bit of exposure to Yuba staff. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010065-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Boda and Mundo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010065-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010065-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010065.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>So last week I got an email from Steve, one of the staff, saying he would be around my neck of the woods, would I want to get together. Which indeed we did; not only got together, but looked at bikes, biked over to Laughing Dog Cyclery and as a result of that you may see some long- and midtail cargo bicycles there soon, and hung out in general. I believe there is some write-up by him about this visit somewhere on Facebook &#8211; can&#8217;t confirm it as I am not on it, but I am sure you will find it by searching for &#8216;Yuba Bicycles&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010057-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Boda-boda\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010057-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010057-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010057.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Also I got to see and try their new Boda-boda, a so-called midtail bicycle, meaning that while it does have cargo space, the Boda-boda is not as large as the Mundo. Maybe it is just me, but I found it riding like a cruiser while, due to its aluminum frame, probably waying less.<\/p>\n<p>Overall it was fun to meet Steve, experience first hand how much he knows about bicycles, and witness his commitment to bicycling in general and to Yuba in particular.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1830 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/weekend-visit\/olympus-digital-camera-148\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010056-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/weekend-visit\/olympus-digital-camera-149\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010057-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/weekend-visit\/olympus-digital-camera-150\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010065-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/weekend-visit\/olympus-digital-camera-151\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P1010069-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what happened this weekend? I received a visit from Steve, from Yuba Bicycles! Long story short, I have not only been making cargo bicycles but also put some energy in researching ones made by others. I tried the Surly &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/weekend-visit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cargobicycling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1830"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1845,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions\/1845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transitionamherst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}