Look, now I have three kids! OK, they’re not all mine. But they kind of look like they match, so I could pretend they’re all mine. For half a second until their parents figure out my clever ruse. Anyway, here we all are, going for a ride around the strip mall sidewalk. There are 140 lbs of kids on the deck, 30 lbs of dog food in one freeloader, and 7 lbs of dog pee cleaner in the other freeloader. I was really impressed with how the bike handled, although I didn’t put it to a very strenuous test on the strip mall sidewalk. I was even more impressed with how all 3 kids held on, didn’t squiggle, and didn’t fight. Amazing! Life on the X is fun!
August 30th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
[...] The Xtracycle is that rare thing in today’s world: a green product that could actually make a difference. It could allow thousands of two-car families to switch to one car, and one-car families to switch to zero cars, and have more fun than they did before. Right now my family doesn’t own any cars. We have an Xtracycle, several personal bicycles, and a subscription to a carsharing service. It’s working well and it’s really cheap. Plus kids love Xtracycles. [...]