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Less of a Pass Hunter now-adays, but cool to see more contemporary standard steel frames becoming available for about the same price as a Surly.

Very weary of that wishbone stay though...

I have to disagree here, my kickback 1 works absolutely brilliantly on my big dummy, it's one of the huge redeeming features about the bike actually. Loading up shopping and kids is no drama whatsoever. If you can find one, definitely buy it, but unfortunately its highly unlikely you'll find one

Interesting! Maybe I'm thinking about the KB2? Which was the one that they designed the Space Cowboy for?

Spent too much time fussing with internal routing at work to agree - Internal routing makes sense on an aerobike, on anything else, it's smug wankery.

It looks hawter

If it makes you feel better, AC has struggled in the past with the placement of their internal routing causing stress points where their prototypes have failed, so probably better it comes with the full-run housing rather than internal routing :P

I wouldn't waste time trying to hunt down a used KB1, it's utter garbage.

What benefit does internal routing serve for a non-aero bike that full-run housing doesn't provide?

Toptube/headtube/fork junction is fully

TT looks flattened for shouldering?

Howdy.

I've been a full-time mechanic for nearly 7 years, and in that time I've been fortunate enough to work for shops that provided fully-stocked benches for their employees, but I'd like to open up my job options a bit by building my own toolbox for shops that require one. I have a fairly good idea of what tools I'll need, but I'm more specifically interested in personal experiences from those of you have done this yourselves.

What are some words of wisdom you have to offer? Do you have advice on expensive pitfalls to avoid? Any tricks you learned later than you wish you'd known earlier on (rookie mistakes etc.?)

(I know I wont be needing expensive chasing/facing tools or headset/BB bearing presses etc.)

Thanks all.

Great bike. Shite brake levers.

Looks like yuba are replacing the mondo

Oh look, it's even available in Totally-not-trying-to-be-confused-for-a-GSD-blue

Fair enough. TBH it was more of a reply on a previous comment, as if the higher platform on the Omnium would somehow be an surmountable obstacle to carrying weight, when it's obviously not the case.

It makes a difference, but I'd recon a lot of the folks on here riding Omniums were used to previously carrying weight on porteur racks mounted to track bikes and don't really notice. Having the weight between the wheels rather than above the front wheel is objectively more stable for carry any sort of weight. Bullitts are also a lot stiffer than Omniums when loaded down.

Is it a huge safety concern? No. Is it in an objective advantage? Yes.

Can you explain more on what's up with the GSD?

QC Issues.

I handle warranty claims at my shop and we've found one or more of the following issues on roughly half the GSDs we've built (~130 total)

• Brake mounts require excessive facing
  
• Brake mounts are welded on crooked and can't be fixed with any amount of facing
  
• Rear hydro line crushed by motor casing during factory assembly (S10)
  
• Rear shift housing crushed by motor casing during factory assembly (S10)
  
• Drive unit mounting bolts being severely under torqued
  
• Drive unit mounting bolts being over torqued to the point in which they break the lips off the motor that hold the bolt head in place, making them spin freely when you try to loosen them
  
• Derailleur hanger not sitting flush with dropout due to paint and getting destroyed by the thru axle after a few wheel removals/installations
  
• Threads on Enviolo axle bolts stripped during factory assembly (S00)
  
• Heads of rear caliper bolts stripped during assembly
  
• Dust cap of freedhub body slowly working itself loose while riding, resulting in the cassette being pushed far enough out to mess with shifting and eventually seizing the freehub body all together (S10)
  
• Speedometer cables spec'd too short, resulting in premature failure due to the stress of coming out of the drive unit at a right angle
  
• Top half of aft Power Pack harness welded on crooked, resulting in a very tight if not impossible fitting for the aft Power Pack (this seems to be an issue specifically when installing keyed-alike systems)
  
• Spotty welding of the rear rack.
  
  

Hope the helps. The bike is fine once the QC issues have been addressed, but I just wish they'd put some money back into having them manufactured at a factory with higher standards.

Term GSD with clubhouse will do the job, really adaptable and rides surprisingly well.

Just make sure you buy it from a shop who knows how to fix the QC issues they're rife with before you strap a kid to it.

these look like they might be fun - https://radpowerbikes.eu/pages/radrunner­

not a bad price either €1199 & €1699 for the bigger one

Fun and cheap as chips, but not built well. My shop works on quite a few Radwagons in particular, and you'll end up spending a good chunk of the money you saved on the initial purchase in parts replacement & general maintenance in the first 18 months.

aka speed bumps

Ah!

More Anti than HHSB IMO.

Feels much narrower but hopefully nice and upright.

Swept-back-bars + Cargo is a match made in heaven.

Snapped a spoke on my cargo bike - due to the Abus fixed rear wheel lock.

Classic.

over did it on them dirty sleeping policemen.

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Bamboo steering arm is giving me the heebies.

Teck Rats

Sadly that's a very clever paintjob, not rust.

You'll get there.

If you guys had. 3.5 to 4k to spend on an ebike that rode well and could carry two kids (currently 3 and 5) what would you buy?

Probably a Spicy Curry. Kids take longer to grow out of longtails than bakfiets, and I prefer the Curry to the ER.

Avoid the GSD like the plague.

My shop sold quite a few of them last year. They're stiffer than steel long-tails which I've been told helps a lot with the "sway" you can experience with kids on the back of something like an ER. Otherwise the two are comparable in terms of capacity and kid-cargo accessory options.

The kickstand is utter shite though. If you can, invest in a Rolling Jackass for it.

The VanMoof bikes come with them as standard I believe

Another strike against the VanMoof. heh.