Time for a re-build

The Long bike is due for a major overhaul again, this time I don't know if I can save the frame.

The problem is that the thread in the frame where the bottom bracket screws in must be stripped. The bottom bracket has all but broken free of the frame but I cannot unscrew it.

I've looked around for a second hand replacement frame but haven't been able to find any suitable donor bikes. Mountain bikes these days seem to all come with suspension on the front, I need more rigidity.  If I can't re-tap the thread for the bottom bracket, I am really going to need a suitable steel frame with rigid forks to transfer the Xtracycle onto. I never thought they would have become so hard to find.

I don't intend to start this fix until about April or May when the weather improves but I sure hope I find a solution before then. I doubt I'll be satisfied with another frame so I'm starting to think I aught to ask around at some engineering places to see if it's possible to insert a sleeve and re-tap the thread.

Cargo fleet

Oh I have neglected this site terribly! I am so sorry guys but I have ignored the criteria for my own blog. I've focused on Rickshaws and pedicabs and forgotten completely to talk about cargo bikes.

Well I don't actually have the time or feel inspired to do that right now but I thought I'd at least post a couple of photos of my two amazing cargo bikes, which I have come to depend upon for carting all kinds of stuff, while usually transporting my kids at the same time!

Firstly I'd like to introduce you to the Xtracycle.
This has been my primary mode of transport since 2008... I think...






She can carry a load!


THE CARGOBIKE (In Ice-cream bike mode)


Cargobike as she was when I purchased her


Cargobike in family transport mode