Comments on: New Bakfiets Cargobike Extra Long

By: henry

henry — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:54:46 +0000

Tony,
Don’t worry; You’re not the only one who thought it might be real. Believe it or not we actually get purchase inquiries for these every couple weeks and I’ve come across entire blog comment debates about whether it’s real or photoshopped, never even considering that it’s not even serious.

Thanks for the compliments!

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:49:41 +0000

AAAAHHH! you got me on that one!! that was such a good one that even a year later you got me!! hehehe, for the rest I do appreciate the good work on all your bikes, that’s why I was surprised of such a bluff.. keep it up!!

By: henry

henry — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:44:15 +0000

Tony,
Take it easy and please note the date of the original post; It was an April fool’s joke last year. Such a bike is impossible and the photo is just a badly photoshopped Cargobike Long, in fact the same photo as shown for the real bike on our website: http://www.workcycles.com/workbike/bicycles/bakfiets.nl/bakfiets.nl-cargobike-long-child-transport-bike.html

However, putting kids together on bikes has not been a problem at all in our experience. We sell a special bike for kindergartens and day care centers that carries eight and sometimes nice kids and we mostly hear that the kids have a great time squeezed in there for the (usually short) ride. We’ve sold more than a hundred of these and have never heard anything about the kids fighting inside.
http://www.workcycles.com/workbike/bicycles/deredding-tricycles/de-redding-kdv-tricycle.html

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:32:50 +0000

Im my humble opinion, I have never, ever in my life, seen a more useless bakfiets. Let’s talk about stability of it all: having up to 12 childs on it for the idealistic head of the marketeer may sound wonderful , but we all know how more than 3 childs of different ages behave when together, not to talk about the same, assimetrically disposed in a box, placed upon a 6 meter long iron bar with no side support. The limo look is interesting for about 10 seconds, but the people that have been on a bycicle in NL or elsewhere know there’s nothing like lightness, stability and margin of manoeuver while turning and going up/down. 6 meters is easily the width of a street, therefor I would not put a gram of my body on this bike without having at least a classic threewheeler frame and two diagonal mirrors on top of the front wheel to be able to foresee cars crossing my road from left or/and right (BTW this tip is for free; if you go for it, please use it).

a whinch (r u serious?) + side support wheels + mirrors = even more weight, hmm ; I don’t know.
I REALLY wonder who has been asking around if he/she could have even more place on his bakfiets to transport up to 12 childs or groceries, and all the rest; if you need to drive 12 kids somewhere you better use a Van, a bus (or the train), it’s saver, easier and a longer term solution. And yes noone would have place enough to steal it, but hey, who has a 6 meters deep garage to park this beast? Honestly, I consider a bakfiets that long an accident waiting to happen, when not a mass murder weappon; nothing personal.
Tony

By: henry

henry — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:59:17 +0000

Jack,
I think the winch (above) should solve the problem of bottoming out over the bridges. If that’s not convenient enough we’ll add a series of little rollerblade wheels under the middle of the frame so you can still roll along, even when your wheels are in the air.

Concerning carrying long materials we’re considering building a special bakfiets cargobike extra long as a carpenter’s and plumber’s bike. It’ll also have brackets and straps on the right side to carry pipes and other items as long as the bike of longer. You can make pretty much anything with seven meter long materials.

-Henry

By: jack west

jack west — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:58:20 +0000

It is a great Idea, Brilliant for Collecting Long Pieces of Wood or Sheets of Veneer for making Wardrobes and Bookcases from DIY Emporiiums. I could have done with one of these Bikes over the Years. I have Collected 10Feet or 3 Metre Lengths of Wood on a normal type Bike ,balanced on the Saddle and Handlebars and it is extremely awkward as you have to walk the Bike along the Path as it is to dangerous on the road with Traffic.

By: jack west

jack west — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:47:35 +0000

How will they manage with some of the small Hump back Bridges in Amsterdam.They will be left with it see sawing up and down like a Swing. Mother or Father will have to get of the Bike and Lift it across the Bridges. They will have to put Traffic warning signs on Bridges saying Long Bakfietsen Forbidden on Bridge.

By: henry

henry — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:21:22 +0000

Who ever said anything about having morals? I thought we were just in the business of Super Sizing the bicycle to get filthy rich. The kids just don’t need DVD players in Amsterdam – its entertaining enough to watch the tourists trying to steer over the tram tracks and through the bike traffic jams. GPS is also unnecessary here: with a circular city plan you always end up back in the same spot if you get lost.

The winch is a great idea though: to help cyclists pull their bikes out of the canals.

-Henry

By: limonaia

limonaia — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:00:30 +0000

Sooooooooo, just like Detroit, I see that even the fine, upstanding folks at WorkCycles cannot help but soil their morals in the high profit margins of excess However, I believe you’ve missed a couple of opportunities for optional “must have” luxury package accessories:

Where are the in box DVD players, GPS navigation system with cupholder, advanced traction control, tinted rain cover and winch package???

By: doede

doede — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:19:36 +0000

Call me the ‘fool’ of the month, but I really would like to ride this one! Would be great on the Amsterdamse Grachten, especially on the high shoulderd bridges