box bike
Carrier Pigeon Diary 23
Back in November, 2008, I discussed the possibility of converting one of our carrier pigeon box bikes to an externally geared machine, in an effort to gain greater flexibility in the drivetrain compared to an internally geared hub. While I have enjoyed the Sturmey-Archer XRD-8 hub a great deal, it –like its internally geared brethren– [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 22
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I absolutely love the Sturmey-Archer drum brake on the XRD-8 hub. It is consistent, powerful and gentle in its modulation. I find it very well-suited to the higher weight demands of the carrier pigeon box bike. This being said, many folks may not realize that this [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 21
We just had two consecutive days using the carrier pigeons for packing our family about. On Tuesday, Keri and I each piloted our box bikes with human cargo to a kindergarten roundup. The best part of this journey was that it was the first time we rode as a family in the dark! I must [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 20
This past Monday I added a diary entry rhapsodizing about the carrier pigeon’s keen ability to handle robust hauls from the grocery store. Unfortunately, I haven’t been terribly good at adding photos of the box bikes in action, though I have received several emails from readers asking for said photos. With this in mind, I [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 19
The bitter cold of recent has kept our family indoors far more than we’d like, so the carrier pigeons have been sitting patiently in the garage. While family rides may be rare these days, I have managed to keep the wheels turning for trips to the grocery store.
Grocery-getter trips really enable the box bike design [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 18
It was a beautifully sunny and crisp day that called me to the road today. Mindful of the clock, I had a couple of hours before my youngest daughter’s nap, so I decided to load `em up in my pigeon and move on down the road! I didn’t have any specific destination in mind, but I [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 17
Just a quick note that I made my first big grocery run of the new year, after being kept off the roads for nearly two weeks by the snow. I waited for the rain to calm and then hit Freddies to stock up on all the heavy essentials that we depleted while being held under [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 16
After the snow storm stopped and the streets cleared enough to allow travel by bike, we were finally able to break the pigeons out of the garage! Both Goliath and Big Beef sat quietly in their pigeon-port for nearly two weeks, disabled by our lack of studded tires and need to venture by bike in [...]
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