TOM'S CARGO BIKES
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
On the left is what I call "KIDFIET". It's built from a On the right is my wifes "WITCH BIKE". Once upon a
twenty inch little princess bike, goodwill laundry time this was a Schwinn 3speed. I added the broom
basket and a 18 inch front end. Does your kid stick across the top and the kettle on the back
have alot of cargo to haul? doubles as functional panniers.
twenty inch little princess bike, goodwill laundry time this was a Schwinn 3speed. I added the broom
basket and a 18 inch front end. Does your kid stick across the top and the kettle on the back
have alot of cargo to haul? doubles as functional panniers.
On the left is my first attempt at building a CARGO On the right is a "DRAGON CHOPPER" art bike. I built
BIKE. It's a tadpole sytle trike using a shopping this on a whim, and then wondered why. Who would
cart and a garage sale Huffy. It looks cool, but ride that around?, well come to find out, one of my co-
the jacked up C.G. makes it tippy and a wee bit workers. The body work is recycled from a old metal
dangerous. desk and a Murry beach cruiser.
This is my version of the "beer" bike. The Hotel Monoco, of Portland, hired me to build a promotional bike that combined beer, coffee, art, biking and recycling. So it has a beer keg and working tap, coffee pot on the rear rack, a painting of the city skyline and is made of about 85% recycled materials. The public debut was in this years Portland Starlight Parade.
Built this SIDECAR BIKE a few years ago. It's an Above is the KEGGER CARGO BIKE. It's the
old 10 speed Schwinn with a rear facing combination of an old aluminum Schlitz beer keg
passenger seat. In front of the seat is a large and a mountain bike. I cut a lid out, hillbilly BBQ
cargo box with a hinged lid. I sold this bike on style, with functining hinge and latch.
craigslist, and often wonder what became of it.
This is my first attempt at building a "longtail" bike. I was looking for something between a cargo bike
I grafted the rear trangle from a kids 20" bike onto and a rear rack - so I built the bike above. It's called
a old 26" mountain bike. The bucket in the middle the OVER WHEEL (very creative) and I use it as
doubles as storage and a passenger seat. my work commuter.
Above is the "spin art trike" built for a paint company to use as a
promotional tool. The chain runs foward of the pedals to a differential
that spins a card for you to pour paint on. My daughter and I had lots
of fun with this bike.
A local family decided that they would rather have their cargo
out front. So, I turned a perfectly good DELTA trike into a perfectly
good TADPOLE trike.
A local, small, bottled water buisness asked This is the same bike as the image to the left.
to have this bike made as a advertising tool. After the bottled water guys backed out, I
But, just as I finished it, they backed out of decieded to convert this build into a rolling
the project and left me with a really cool yet BBQ. I cut off the cargo area, added a grill,
unique bike to unload. cooler, table, repainted the frame & ta-da!
BIKE. It's a tadpole sytle trike using a shopping this on a whim, and then wondered why. Who would
cart and a garage sale Huffy. It looks cool, but ride that around?, well come to find out, one of my co-
the jacked up C.G. makes it tippy and a wee bit workers. The body work is recycled from a old metal
dangerous. desk and a Murry beach cruiser.
This is my version of the "beer" bike. The Hotel Monoco, of Portland, hired me to build a promotional bike that combined beer, coffee, art, biking and recycling. So it has a beer keg and working tap, coffee pot on the rear rack, a painting of the city skyline and is made of about 85% recycled materials. The public debut was in this years Portland Starlight Parade.
Built this SIDECAR BIKE a few years ago. It's an Above is the KEGGER CARGO BIKE. It's the
old 10 speed Schwinn with a rear facing combination of an old aluminum Schlitz beer keg
passenger seat. In front of the seat is a large and a mountain bike. I cut a lid out, hillbilly BBQ
cargo box with a hinged lid. I sold this bike on style, with functining hinge and latch.
craigslist, and often wonder what became of it.
This is my first attempt at building a "longtail" bike. I was looking for something between a cargo bike
I grafted the rear trangle from a kids 20" bike onto and a rear rack - so I built the bike above. It's called
a old 26" mountain bike. The bucket in the middle the OVER WHEEL (very creative) and I use it as
doubles as storage and a passenger seat. my work commuter.
Above is the "spin art trike" built for a paint company to use as a
promotional tool. The chain runs foward of the pedals to a differential
that spins a card for you to pour paint on. My daughter and I had lots
of fun with this bike.
A local family decided that they would rather have their cargo
out front. So, I turned a perfectly good DELTA trike into a perfectly
good TADPOLE trike.
A local, small, bottled water buisness asked This is the same bike as the image to the left.
to have this bike made as a advertising tool. After the bottled water guys backed out, I
But, just as I finished it, they backed out of decieded to convert this build into a rolling
the project and left me with a really cool yet BBQ. I cut off the cargo area, added a grill,
unique bike to unload. cooler, table, repainted the frame & ta-da!
