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Charge Tap _ Porteur

Bluefoam · 2019-04-21 20:44:30

I'm converting my charge tap to a shopping bike... Gonna use it for short distances carrying trays of beer and stuff on the front rack. There's a couple of potential problems... The front rack is gonna be heavy and might cause some stability issues with the front wheel & there's a cable running where you might put a spring…

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21-04-2019 9:44pm

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Bluefoam

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I'm converting my charge tap to a shopping bike... Gonna use it for short distances carrying trays of beer and stuff on the front rack. There's a couple of potential problems... The front rack is gonna be heavy and might cause some stability issues with the front wheel & there's a cable running where you might put a spring loaded stabiliser. The frame is a bit short, so interested to see how the geometry changes with the porteur handlebars... Also need to figure out how to fit the grip shifter and brake levers on the limited space available on the bar.

Using:
minoura gamoh king
https://store.somafab.com/gafrcara.html

velo orange montmartre
https://www.tokyobike.co.uk/vo-montmartre-handlebar.html

Brown grip tape

Charge Tap
https://www.evanscycles.com/charge-tap-2009-hybrid-bike-00125020

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