bakfiets

Some mornings I take the preschooler on my e-bakfiets (from Dutch bikes.ca) to Nan's. And sometimes I take her loopfiets (walk bike from Hoopdriver.ca). Then when we get to the trail she gets on her loopfiets and rides along side me for a good chunk of the way. Until we get to the flooded part of the trail, where she gets back on for a few metres. Or until we get to the steep part where even I have to get off and push up a 20% grade for a few metres.

We're lucky enough to be close enough to a trail that we can enjoy these moments.

We recently bought an "e-bakfiets" and have been getting good use out of it. With fall weather it came time to assemble the Clarijs canopy we bought as an add-on. Clarijs is another Dutch company that makes various bike products. I decided to document the process since it's a bit involved in the current instructions leave something to be desired. I got some help from this article by Bicycle Belle out of Boston.

We just bought a box bike (from the Dutch "bakfiets") from Urkai. It's quite a bike. It's large, long, heavy. But it rides smooth and easy even when the box is loaded with a kid and everything for an outing.

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