Xtracycle FreeRadical questions

Does anyone here on the 'link own a bike that was converted using the Xtracycle FreeRadical? I've got an ancient '92 Specialized Stumpjumper Pro that I'll be converting over to a cargo bike later this year using a FreeRadical. However, I have a really limited budget and can't afford to outfit it as thoroughly as I'd like. I really want one of their Trucker kits:

http://www.xtracycle.com/cargo-bicycles/xtracycle-cargo-bicycles/xt...

Unfortunately, the total cost on that is way out of my budget though. However, I think I can replicate a lot of the add-ons myself for a miniscule fraction of the cost. Just wondering if anyone has a FreeRadical if they just bought everything outright from Xtracycle or did you use the FreeRadical as the base and crafted your own add-ons?

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on August 13, 2012 at 7:37am

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.

Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on August 13, 2012 at 10:16am

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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