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We sell the Abus one at my shop... I just don't get the appeal.

In America anyway, almost no one hears a car alarm and thinks "OMG SOMEONE IS STEALING A CAR!" Instead, it's met with a vague resentment toward whoever owns it.

Customers are also stunningly skilled at setting the bike alarm locks off in the store.

Awesome!

Very understated, and the little handlebar bag fits!

Has me looking forward to autumn.

Beauty!

Right on! I love homemade tools.

I want the ClaSSic LookS.

lugged SS/Fixed with big clearances isn't a classic look... Now 19c tubies. That's classic!

Hesitation shifting and free-wheeling apparently.

The only reported issues we have are from Rohloffs that are <year old. While in Germany, he also heard that with Rohloff's business blowing up thanks to being spec'd OEM on a lot of high-end German eBikes, they've changed their production process and are experiencing some QC issues, I assume the two are connected.

I wouldn't trust 7nm on a disc brake bike, so bolt-on would be the solution.

Cycletrucks are good way to dip your toes into cargo without a full-commitment, but you outgrow them pretty fast if you catch the bug. I look forward to seeing your build!

Holy hell. One of my bosses just got back from a trip to Germany where he picked a few brains about issues we've been getting from Rohloff customers and what the actual fuck!

Something Rohloff isn't telling people is that the QR version of the hub suffers from poor shifting if the QR is tighter than 7nm. 7 FIG NEWTON METERS!

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I think the rear rack is just a bag support

This.

Lovely.

The Bosch Edgerunner is a treat.

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The stays? I donno, I've seen this more than once on glamour shots of fancy bikes, curious.

What was the thinking behind mounting it on the top tube as opposed to the downtune? Seems like a lot of weight to have up so high.

R&M Roadster

Yes! We have one of these at our shops it's an absolute blast!

Is it an actual prototype though? That was part of the appeal. To my knowledge there were only the green and blue ones which were rattle-canned on the sidewalk outside of Mash.

I wanted this thing so badly at one point...

What's with people setting up LHT/Disc Truckers as rackless touring bikes?

What's specifically 'cargo' about that though?

Like anything else, it is what it is because it's marketed as such. I don't have an issue with it being called a light cargo bike; R&M has been doing the same with the Tinker for years and that has a lower carrying capacity than the HSD.

This think is a pretty perfect distillation. I'd ride it if I didn't live in Seattle.

Anyone have an insane knowledge/good resource for RAL colors?

I'm looking for a teal like this - but gloss without metallic

Ah yeah, Midtails have become really popular with the Tern GSD and the Xtracycle RFA coming out in the last couple years (shed a tear for the Benno Carry-on/Boost and the Kona Minute never breaking out of niche status). The HSD is kind of "quartertail" if that's even a thing. Honestly, I see it as being to the longtail what the cycletruck is to the bakfiets. Also, you can still clip a Yepp seat into it, which is great!

I'm all for it. Smaller cargo bikes may not be as capable as a proper long-john or a longtail, but they do mean a wider demographic of people -specifically people living in walk-ups in dense cities- getting a taste of that #cargolife that hopefully ends up being a gateway to a more hardcore lifestyle.

If someone gets a "quartertail" and it never leads to a more hardcore commitment, that's ok too - nothing wrong with a broad range of cargo designs on the roads, especially if it means one-less-car.