Cool Bike of the Month

Meet the Surly Big Dummy. This is Surly's latest innovation, meant to be a Sport Utility Bicycle. It has a super long wheelbase, and a "FreeRadical" kit that's made by a company called XtraCycle www.Xtracycle.com

This bike will allow you to transport of large and heavy loads while handling like a normal bike. We got this as a "Shop bike" to run errands, etc. and so far it's hauled gallons of water, beer (of course), and a load of supplies from Home Depot. I've also made a bike delivery to a friend of mine who drives a convertible and didn't have a way to pick it up. I strapped her bike frame on the top board, put one wheel in each side "saddle bag" and rode it out to her with no problem at all. Total weight of that load with her bike, the Big Dummy and me all together was around 270lbs, and it rode great!

This particular bike custom built, but one just like it would be available for purchase for $2499.99 with parts like you see here. Other add-on parts include side racks for larger loads (I've seen pictures of people hauling lumber and kayaks!) foot pegs for rear passengers, etc.

This is one COOL bike!