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I don't really get longtails, can someone explain?
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You get a nice box in the back or whatever but it's not really THAT much bigger than a box you could fit on any old regular bicycle
You can plop like two children there but then you can do that with Long Johns and 3-wheelers and such, too and ALSO you have the fuckoff-big box. They don't really seem all that shorter than comparable versions either.
Anyone got one or know why someone got one?
It's not like I don't get cargo bikes but why not take a long john and have the box where you can also just toss in smaller things
In Long Johns you'd put the kids in front, side-by-side, which makes it quite large and you loose the mobility advantage in urban environments.
the box on a traditional long john isn't usually wider than the handlebars tho
The steering mechanism is different, though. Might present more of a maintenance difficulty over just a longer chain with a tensioner.
Not wrong. Maybe it's perceived as nimbler? Maybe it's the local market? I dont see many Long Johns here (belgium/france/switzerland ).