Hi Xtracycle Gallery, great site, thanks! Here's a pic of my Xtracycle, a black Electra Townie. Me and my bike are located in and around Berlin, Germany and attracting some attention.Especially when carrying some load, for instance these three potted plants - my company was moving offices and I wanted to show off my xtra's carrying capacity.
It came with a 3-speed internal gear hub, which I traded up into a 8-speed. I did it almost by myself but in the end Maik of www.elpotosports.de had to help out with some tricky bits.
Keep up the good work... Jonas
Here is my townie x updated
"Electra Townie 7D w/Xtracycle Conversion. I purchased the bike from Two Wheel Drive, Albuquerque NM. They also ordered the Xtracycle and installed it for me."Photo courtesy Todd C.
Modified footsies for a 5 yr old...
Update on my Xtracyle... love the ape handlebars... have to get monkey electric lights now
Photos courtesy
David Parsons.
If you want the gory details of the thing, I bought the Trek in 1989 (from the now-demised OutSpoken in Chicago) and rode it as a bobtail touring bike until last fall, when I bought a free radical and (after surgery to shorten it to fit into the rear triangle) stretched it out.
It's not an ideal cargo bicycle -- it's much too short and twitchy for heavy loads -- but I think it's pretty close to ideal for the sort of light shopping ( <=75 pounds) and randonneuring I do. The current configuration of the bicycle is:
- 1989 Trek 1000 frame, fork, front wheel, brake levers, front brake, crankset [52/42], derailers.
- Salsa delgrado rear wheel (with Shimano 13/15/17/20/24/29/34 cassette.)
- Rivendell "Silver" friction shifters.
- MKS touring pedals with Delta toeclips.
- Tektro 556 rear brake.
- Nitto Randonneur bars.
- Brooks Professional saddle.
- 28mm Vittoria Randonneur tires (which seem /really/ fat after many decades of 23mm and 25mm tires.)
- El-cheapo Planet Bike 42mm full fenders.
(Editor's note: The Electra is not David's)
Photo courtesy Marcus Bellecourt.
Photo courtesy Arnie Jacobsen.
Photo courtesy
h@u.
In action
Photo courtesy
roddheino. Note the PL 350 Bionx motor on the Townie.
Photo courtesy
Polluxsj.
Burning Man cameo.
Photo courtesy of
Rustyfloorplan.
Note the fender tucked up in there. And always love to see the DLG shots.
Photo courtesy
Cafemama.
Can't resist posting a shot of the sleeping nub.
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