Once my wife and I started a family, I wanted a way to be able to ride while keeping the kids with me.
| First we used a trailer. | ![]() |
![]() | Next we used a trailer-bike. |
| Components | Stock or bought with purchase | ||
| Frame | 7005 Aluminum | Fork | Oversize Cro-Moly Unicrown |
| Headset | Tioga DX 2 Aheadset | Captain Hanldebar | Alloy |
| Front Rim | Sun Rhyno Lite, 40 Hole | Rear Rim | Sun Rhyno Lite, 40 Hole |
| Front Hub | Alloy QR | Rear Hub | Shimano XT 145mm Double Threaded QS |
| Tires | KHS 26 x 1.75 | Tubes | Presta |
| Spokes | 14 ga Stainless 40 x 40 | Derailer Front | Shimano Tiagra |
| Derailer Rear | Shimano XT | Shifters | Shimano LX |
| Chain | KMC-Z9000 | Timing Chain | KMC-Z9000 |
| Front Eccentric | ??? | Front Bottom Bracket | TH7418 Cartridge |
| Rear Bottom Bracket | TH7418 Cartridge | Crankset | Suigino RD-5000T 52/42/30 |
| Cassette | Shimano Deore 9 Speed 11-34 | Captain Pedals | Shimano M324 SPD |
| Stoker Pedals | VP Alloy with toe clips | Captain Seatpost | Kalloy SP 267 |
| Stoker Seatpost | Equivalent | Captain Saddle | KHS Velo 3011 |
| Stoker Saddle | Serfas Split and Padded | Stoker handlebar | Alloy Wide Risers |
| Captain Stem | Alloy | Stoker Stem | Alloy Adjustable |
| Brake Levers | Power Tools | Front Brake | Shimano LX V-Brakes |
| Rear Brake | Shimano LX V-Brakes | Color | Blue / Titanium |
| Cables | ??? | ||
| Frame size | 20 x 16 | Weight | 38.5 lbs/17.5 kilos |
The only additions to date have been:
Switching the stoker bars out for the old steel bars off my Raleigh Twenty to increase the reach to the kids.
Added a Softride suspension stem.
Added a rear rack.
Added Water Bottle cages,br>
Arkel Handlebar Bag (sometimes switched between bikes)
Performance Trunk Bag. I've had for a while.
Future plans:
Add fenders, removeable
Switch back the normal stoker bars now that the kids are taller
Add a front rack for front panniers
Occaisionally put on some knobbies for more real off road use, per my daughter's request. Isn't she just hard core!
This is the bike as of October, 2005.
