Category Archives: Mundo

>Do-It-Yourself Side Panels For The Mundo

> I came across this at the Yuba Mundo blog. They are offering free and very simple plans to make your own skirt guard (pdf download). They’re promoting it as a tool to make it safer to carry people on the back of the bike, which it surely would, but I think it will probablyContinue reading “>Do-It-Yourself Side Panels For The Mundo”

Really Good Food From A Really Small Garden

If you’ve been to this blog before then you know that it is mostly about using a bike as a regular form of transportation, but it’s also about food (that I grow and cook), and about living simply (which is the most difficult thing, I think). At-any-rate, I am a proponent of getting rid ofContinue reading “Really Good Food From A Really Small Garden”

>Really Good Food From A Really Small Garden

> If you’ve been to this blog before then you know that it is mostly about using a bike as a regular form of transportation, but it’s also about food (that I grow and cook), and about living simply (which is the most difficult thing, I think). At-any-rate, I am a proponent of getting ridContinue reading “>Really Good Food From A Really Small Garden”

Flat Tires Suck

No way around it, they do: flat tires suck. They’re really disappointing. Came home from vacation yesterday looking forward to taking a spin on the Mundo only to discover it had a flat on the front tire…hadn’t been on a bike in a week and was really looking forward to it. Maybe it went flatContinue reading “Flat Tires Suck”

Another Reason To Like Yuba Bikes

I just read that Yuba bikes are offering a stripped down version of their Mundo for $899. What’s really awesome is that when you purchase one of these bikes they donate a complete bike to Wheels4Life, a charity that offers free bikes to those in need in third world countries. The following is cut-and-paste  fromContinue reading “Another Reason To Like Yuba Bikes”

>Another Reason To Like Yuba Bikes

> I just read that Yuba bikes are offering a stripped down version of their Mundo for $899. What’s really awesome is that when you purchase one of these bikes they donate a complete bike to Wheels4Life, a charity that offers free bikes to those in need in third world countries. The following is cut-and-paste Continue reading “>Another Reason To Like Yuba Bikes”

How I Built Running Boards For My Yuba Mundo (and it cost next-to-nothing)

This is really a continuation (albeit almost two years late) of a post showing how I built a top deck for my v1 Mundo (click here to see that post). After building that top deck I had always intended on building sideboards but never got around to do it. The new v3 Mundo makes itContinue reading “How I Built Running Boards For My Yuba Mundo (and it cost next-to-nothing)”

>How I Built Running Boards For My Yuba Mundo (and it cost next-to-nothing)

> This is really a continuation (albeit almost two years late) of a post showing how I built a top deck for my v1 Mundo (click here to see that post). After building that top deck I had always intended on building sideboards but never got around to do it. The new v3 Mundo makesContinue reading “>How I Built Running Boards For My Yuba Mundo (and it cost next-to-nothing)”

Crop Rotation…Bike Rotation

Every year when I plant my vegetable garden it is just a new experiment. It all started about 20 years go when I pushed a few seedlings into the moist ground and watered them…and to my surprise they grew. I’ve been hooked ever since. I try to do something new every year. This year IContinue reading “Crop Rotation…Bike Rotation”

>Crop Rotation…Bike Rotation

> Every year when I plant my vegetable garden it is just a new experiment. It all started about 20 years go when I pushed a few seedlings into the moist ground and watered them…and to my surprise they grew. I’ve been hooked ever since. I try to do something new every year. This yearContinue reading “>Crop Rotation…Bike Rotation”

Putting a v1 Mundo To The Test

This is a pretty interesting video, especially if you own a cargo bike or Mundo (which I know many of you do). It’s a nine-minute clip of a guy carrying 400lbs of bananas from the Weaver Street Market to a free market…he does it but it looks pretty shaky. It’s still an interesting clip toContinue reading “Putting a v1 Mundo To The Test”

Ride A Bike That You Truly Like

I know this may seem silly, but the other day as I was happily pedaling around town on my Mundo the words of the title to this post came to me: Ride a bike that you like. It may seem obvious, but I don’t think it’s overtly so. Now this too may be a rashContinue reading “Ride A Bike That You Truly Like”

v3 Mundo: Preliminary Comments

I’ve ridden the new Mundo for a couple of days and feel I am in a unique position for comments and comparison in that I originally owned a v1 and now a v3. My overall first impressions are that I love this bike. It will without doubt become my new “everyday bike,” something the v1Continue reading “v3 Mundo: Preliminary Comments”