Xtracycle Rider Profiled in San Clemente Times

Category: Cargo Bike News

7/23/12 2:28 PM

As part of a story on San Clemente's efforts to make the city friendlier to both cyclists and pedestrians, an Xtracycle recently graced the cover of the San Clemente Times (along with bicycle advocate & passionate Xtracycler Brenda Miller and her dog Foxy).


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43 trips and 100 miles (in about a week)

Category: Xtracycle Riders

6/4/12 3:36 PM

Steve Boyd, General Manager - North America, for Tern Bicycles has this to say about his Xtracycle equipped Tern Joe, after about a week's worth of riding:

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An Open Letter to the Bicycle Press

Category: Cargo Bike News

3/28/12 12:53 PM

The cargo bike sector is longing for a great apples to apples review of the cargo bike offering on the market. Reviews that crop up in periodicals big and small continue to be cursory (hey! look at this!) and apples to oranges (comparing a 10′ long Bakfiets to a 3 wheeled Zigo to a bike with a basket). These reviews are really just page filler, and do little to increase ridership of this new and growing class of bikes.

Readers please be aware, this is a long diatribe – not for the faint of heart, or those of a fleeting Facebook-sized attention span (like myself at times). Please feel free to move along if this isn’t your scene or the right time – no hard feelings. If you are intrigued, please read on! And share. Read More

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The EdgeRunner Series: The Future of the Cargo Bike

Category: EdgeRunner Series

3/26/12 1:01 PM

Xtracycle has spent the last 14 months developing the next generation of Long-Tail Cargo Bike and, true to our nature, have partnered with several noteworthy industry leaders.

We’d like to introduce one of our partners as the first in The EdgeRunner Series: The Future of the Cargo Bike...

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Cargo Bike Documentary Taking Shape – You Can Help

Category: Cargo Bike News

10/24/11 1:00 PM

The only ‘trailer’ we’re seeing these days is for a Cargo Bike Documentary by California filmmaker Liz Canning. (R)evolutions Per Minute is a documentary about the growing cargo bike movement, or what we at Xtracycle refer to as the ‘cargo bike boom.’ Read on to see the preview. Read More
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You've found Xtracycle cargo bicycles, which is really the same thing as Xtra-cycle, Xtra Cycle, Extra-cycle or Extracycle but different. Xtracycle's LongTail innovation is a hitchless trailer that evolves the bike rack, bike bag (or pannier or basket), bike trailer, passenger seat, and baby seat into one cargo bike or sport utility bicycle system. With a long wheelbase, balanced center of gravity, and versatile carrying capacity, your Xtracycle LongTail may open the door to car-free or car-lite transportation in your life. Load your LongTail with precious cargo: a week's worth of groceries, or a picnic in your FreeLoader; your children, friends or lovers on the SnapDeck. A WideLoader and LongLoader enable you to carry, yep you guessed it, wide and long loads like surfboards, ladders, instruments or equipment. Be a daily bike commuter. Go out for a ride and end up at work. Be a weekend bicycle tourist. Re-imagine eco tourism: from a simple daytrip to an epic adventure. Travel the globe with the function of a Sport Utility Bike and explore trails, beaches, markets, neighborhoods, and parks. Ride to love. Ride to smile. Ride to feel sexy and healthy and to have fun. Welcome to a life of vitality, simple joys and a brilliant future.