Xtracycle FreeRadical questions

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on August 13, 2012 at 1:37pm

We have a free radical on a Specialized globe that we love.  There are certainly a lot of people out there making their own custom parts.  I would check out the Roots Radicals yahoo group, and you can post there to ask the xtracycle community for tips.  We use our xtracycle for kid-hauling, and we have both an xtracycle seat and a custom seat, and we prefer the custom one (not surprisingly, I suppose, since we helped design it).  We use and love the freeloader panniers.  I haven't tried the wide loaders or long loader.

I think you'll be fine building your own accessories.  I don't know if more xtracyclers will respond, but I know there are more out there in Chicago, with handier owners than I, that have built more custom stuff.  Seems to work great.

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on August 13, 2012 at 4:16pm

I don't think so.  They really emphasize that they're creating an open source platform to encourage experimentation.  So my guess is that they tried to make it all with standard sizes.  But I don't know that.  You can take a look at mine, if you want.  Or Johnny Sprocket's on Broadway used to have a Surly big Dummy in their display window, which doesn't have a free radical on it, but is fully cross-compatible.

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