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Re:Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles by justinator on Sunday July 08, 2018 @01:20PM (#17484939)
Check out this invention my buddy made - it turns ANY bike into a cargo bike!

https://argobikes.com/

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Re:Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles by jacquesm on Sunday July 08, 2018 @07:13PM (#17486836)
I absolutely love the Argo but would caution to make sure your bike plays nicely with it before committing to purchase. Argo claims it should work with Aluminum bikes but I would be very wary of that combination, most AL bikes are near the edge of their engineering parameters and the Argo loads the frame in ways that I'm not 100% comfortable with. If I were to use one - almost bought it but then settled on a 2nd hand Christiania - I'd use it on a steel bike, not an aluminum one. (The bike it was supposed to go on was an aluminum one and that is why we ended up abandoning the Argo.)
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Re:Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles by double0jimb0 on Sunday July 08, 2018 @01:35PM (#17485032)
Backed Kickstarter for the Argo and the delivered product exceeded all expectations.

I hope they catch on, the Argo is 1/3 the price of the fancy euro cargo bikes.

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Re:Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles by justinator on Sunday July 08, 2018 @01:41PM (#17485069)
AWESOME! I started a new HN thread on it (for what its worth):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17484959

Scott @ Argo ran the best bike shop ever, before starting Argo. Such a clever solution!

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