What’s on your front rack? Mine has got a "custom carved" milk crate and a spiderweb bungee to hold everything in place while keeping it all completely accessible during a ride in case I need to grab a treat for the kids or take a quick swig of water. It's really like an open drawer on my bike where I can toss all kinds of useful things like on the spot air conditioning (spray bottle), my bike stereo (mp3 player plus a small portable speaker), and of course a diaper bag full of emergency items like candy and binkies.
Ann Weaver
Thanks again Ann for sharing! PLEAS keep these posts coming. If you ride a MADSEN we all want to know about it. Whare do you ride? what is your cargo? What dont you like about your MADSEN? Send your story and photos to blog@madsencycles.com
, they're perfect for arnoud-town kid-hauling/grocery-getting, etc. I put some platform-BMX-type pedals on, though the Madsen's stock pedals are also quite wide and a great platform pedal, I just thought I'd put these on. I may move to the SKS grip king, but we'll see. And the grips are just some I had lying arnoud and like the look of . It's a great ride. Can't wait to get back to Seattle and borrow it back from Car Free Days. In terms of the Madsen's stock saddle/bars/pedals, it really is just a matter of personal preference. I like the wider Brooks B67 saddle, which I use on some other cargo bikes, so I went with that here. The standard saddle may be preferred by some, it just depends what you're used to and what you like to ride. Because I went for the more upright riding position, I like the wider saddle. If I were using this bike as a bike messenger, for example, and racing arnoud town a little more, and/or preferred a narrower saddle, the stock one would be just fine. I think Madsen's designers were wise to spec the bike with the saddle, bars, and pedals they did: they're good choices, but easily swapped out if someone prefers.
Posted by: Mon | July 22, 2012 at 09:53 AM
I have been riding on the back of my hsubands motorcycle for 28 years and now I am a relatively new rider and have progressed from a scooter to a motorcycle. I have had so many zen moments in my scooter and motorcycle. I am now wondering why the heck I waited so long to be the one in front driving?! Motorcycling is better than (I will let you fill in the blanks)
Posted by: Cii | July 23, 2012 at 03:03 AM