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I've mentioned before, I don't bike. However, I live in a city surrounded by bike enthusiasts. Two of those enthusiasts are my good friends, Scott and Elysha, who recently visited
The Cargo Bike Shop and invested in a highly coveted WorkCycle Kr8 like this:
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Why yes, this is a bike with a giant bucket. |
Elysha has been biking around town sporting a bucket filled with two children, groceries, library books, and an assortment of other things that fit in its spacious compartment. And by "spacious compartment," I meant this: large enough to hold an adult.
So, it happened: I went on a bike ride, but I was not pedaling the bike. Instead, I sat in a bucket and Elysha pedaled me around her Near East Side neighborhood.
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Always wear a helmet! |
I got in the bucket and we were ready to go:
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Side view of the contraption. |
And we were off! Here are videos of the ride from two perspectives:
We made it back safely!
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Elysha's celebratory reaction to me riding in a bike. |
Now that this has happened, it gives me a new answer to the common Madison question, "Do you bike?" Thanks to my biker friends, I can now say, "I don't bike, but I have been pedaled around in a bucket."