Sunday, October 5, 2008

26: Fast Boy's Xtra





















From the telltale jog in the seat tube, it appears to be a Karate Monkey.

Photo courtesy Fast Boy Cycles, purveyor of delicious wooden fenders and many other things bike.

Here is another nice shot or three of the "pickup truck."

3 comments:

  1. These are the next best two photos of his of his Surly Karate Monkey Xtracycle: (since i can't post images in the comments the link for the image is before the linked description

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/361037597_362a27ec38.jpg
    Carrying another bike in box

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/430757438_87fa60c745.jpg
    Carrying LUMBER!

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  2. HA! Great! Thanks for posting these.
    I largely blame xtracycle for my decent into the world of bikes. Faster Panda Kill Kill (of flickr) pointed them out to me once, and I got pretty obsessed. I thought, "these guys are idealist hippy dreamers.. where do I sign up?" I turned my SS KM mountain bike into one, because living in the city, I didn't really have anywhere to ride it as it was. Changed my life. Wow. Trips to the supermarket, to dinner with a friend on the back, to the hardware store, etc.. I can't really explain the rest of the transformation, but I know that's where it started. Now I build frames full time. Weird. Naturally, I will have to build myself a fast boy cargo bike at some point, but PROPS to xtra for an amazing product, and getting it all started.

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  3. Once you get the Xtracycle bug you can't shake it. I love sharing mine with friends and family. People initially don't get it... then you let them ride it, you take them for a ride, or you let them ride with their kids and the light bulb goes on. Its a remarkable product and really goes to the heart of why people ride their bikes in the first place.

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