This bike can change your life,
improve your health,
make travel FUN,
save you money,
and, of course, make everyone totally jealous.
Made in Eugene, Oregon.
Why a front-loader for kid-transport?
Consider these points:
1.
Passengers sit in
a protected box, low to the ground, away from
the wheels and chain. They ride along
comfortably, free to move around--even sleep.
Their space is wide and cozy, with ample room
for blankets, snacks, toys or whatever.
2. Passengers
are positioned in front of the driver, not
behind. The driver can maintain
supervision and interact naturally while keeping
an eye on the road. No need to twist
around for a visual check.
3. For the driver, the low center of gravity is
easy to control and never feels top-heavy or
tippy.
4.
The kickstand is
positioned at the driver's feet (where it should
be) and can be deployed without moving from the
driver's position. Once deployed, the
kickstand holds the bike steady while passengers
climb in or out. It's almost impossible to
tip the bike over when the kickstand is in
place.
In my opinion, the best way to carry kids
is up front, within eyesight, as low as
possible, in a comfortable carrier, not smashed
into the driver's
backside, out of sight, hanging on and
vulnerable while straddling over the spinning
rear wheel and chain.
Practical design features:
The frame is bi-partible. Yes, bi-partible
is a word.
The front and rear separate for easy shipping to your front door.
It costs $300 to pack and ship a frameset anywhere in the continental
US.
This feature is useful for travel.
It's very easy to disassemble the main parts and load it into the trunk
of a car for a weekend trip or whatever.
Two sizes - Largo and Margo.
CETMA Cargo bikes are available in two sizes, Largo (large) and Margo
(mini) which differ in wheelbase and width by about 6 inches.
The weight difference is roughly ten pounds.
The rears are identical, Margo and Largo fronts and rears can be swapped
with each other.
Both cost the same.
The platform is built into the frame itself.
Take a close look and consider how significant this is. Go ahead.
I'll wait.
Many well-known cargo bikes are built with a single tube down the center
with a box on top. CETMA Cargo bikes are more versatile because
the box isn't an integral part of the bike.
CETMA Cargo bikes can be used as a traditional box-bike OR versatile
flat-bed.
Eccentric bottom bracket shells.
Every bike.
All CETMA Cargo bikes are built
with an eccentric bottom bracket shell, so your bike can utilize an
internally-geared hub or a traditional derailer gear-shifting system.
Additionally, this feature is also useful for adjusting your position
over the cranks and fine-tuning your body's position on the bike.
An eccentric bottom bracket adds versatility to your bike.
The eccentric bottom brackets used on
CETMA Cargo bikes are built locally by
Co-Motion Cycles. These
unique mechanisms involve no splitting of the bottom bracket shell,
which makes frame-building easier and provides a cleaner result.
