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Field Notes with a Two-Wheel View

Tag: Sustainable Transportation

  • Carbon-free delivery vehicle

    Carbon-free delivery vehicle

    As part of my weekend prep for the upcoming work week, I needed to move a MacBook, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer from two different offices in Ocean Park/Crescent community to my Sunnyside workspace.

    Relocating office equipment, small appliances, music gear, etc., is an excellent reason to put a cargo bike to work. I loaded up the computer, monitor, and keyboard/mouse at my Ocean Park home office and headed to the Crescent office site to get the printer. After several attempts to “Tetris” all that equipment into the cargo bay, I was off to deliver the gear to Sunnyside.

    I took a straightforward route down 24 Ave to get to Sunnyside. After a quick unload at the office, I headed to Peninsula Village to pick up some groceries and drug store items (not pictured). Errands completed, I made my way home on the Semiahmoo Trail and the 18 Ave bikeway.

    You can see my route on Strava.

    Carbon-free office equipment delivery
    Larry v Harry Bluebird Bullitt

    My cargo bike is a Larry v Harry Bullitt (Bluebird colour). I bought the frame, bucket, and wheels from a bike mechanic in Edmonton and had him build it up with Deore XT components: 1×12 drivetrain (with pie plate sprocket on the back) and dual-piston hydro brakes.