This cargo trike means business!

[@Grunch420]

I work for a company in Portland that does last mile delivery via freight trikes and we're looking at these guys for the next additions to our fleet!

[@anthonyiocca5683]

It looks well made, I would demand 2 disc break calipers on that rear axle. The disk looks thin for stopping 500+ pounds in a safe manner. Down hill stopping is most demanding on any breaking system. That single disc is great but it needs doubled up.

[@patrickknight6542]

What company? I want to write about using pedal power for last-mile delivery.

[@cesarlomibao2662]

The 500 Wh battery is quite small. Do they offer larger capacity batteries? I know it adds weight but the weight of the bike alone requires more energy to propel it. Regards, Cesar L.

[@womenfrom0202]

Dutchie here, inThe Netherlands these are the way to go for deliveries consumers goods in city centers , national mail, DHL, to many delivery companies to put in here, this is pretty the common way these days

[@AcousticBoris]

I think if it was detachable on casters, it would be great for deliveries when you need it to be modular, say like entering a service elevator.

[@Propelbikes]

they actually have a product like this. They also use this in conjunction with an autonomous cart called bright drop.

[@ph5915]

Wow! That's a really ingenious and heavy-duty design!!!

[@Propelbikes]

yeah, you could tell that it was designed by guys that actually spent time on these types of bikes.

[@LimitedWard]

Made in America? Requires no drivers license? No gas? Big enough to carry a dishwasher? This is the most American thing since the invention of the bald eagle!

[@williambaley6510]

Right now Im working with the freighter aw, doing 30 deliverys everyday

[@darrenbrown9096]

I would rather have that vs a car

[@InventorZahran]

It would be awesome if the USPS replaced some of their aging mail trucks with cargo tricycles like this one!

[@tconnolly9820]

They may have a problem with persuading some of their drivers to become riders especially in bad and winter weather. A fully covered rain protected front area would be needed.

[@teo8424]

More cargo bikes please and links to purchase.

[@Propelbikes]

Great idea. Here you go! propelbikes.com/product/coaster-cycle-venture/ ✌

[@nekomanz]

Wow that amazing i wish that was what everyone used 70+ scary cars. Just be carful stopping tho i bet the breaks get used really fast tho

[@unclegeorge7845]

Nice review. I really like your knowledge base - it shows. Thanks. Have you ridden any reverse trikes? I'm almost 80 and going cold turkey on bicycles.

[@Propelbikes]

thanks! Appreciate it! We have experimented with some tadpole trikes as they're called. and we hope to find one in the future that we can offer. Right now they are very few with the Bosch motor system and we found that that’s the best motor on the market. I think we might have some more offerings in the future.

[@unclegeorge7845]

@@PropelbikesYou're welcome. I was too enthusiastic about the Mean Lean Machine as it's turned into an expensive science project that will most likely not be built in my riding lifetime. Suggestions? PS: "Tadpole" is too "subordinative" for me. How about "Forward Thinking" or "Command Position" trike? ;~)

[@MyLifeInTheDesert]

This is wonderful!!! I want one just for grocery shopping 😂

[@tconnolly9820]

If it's JUST for grocery shopping, instead of spending quite a few thousands on something like this, buy a large sized dog trailer which is completely covered and enclosed and use it with an ordinary bike or e-bike. For very little money you will have about 250 litres of cargo space and I use one regularly for the last 3 years and have had over 70 kg in it. My average shopping load is 30 to 50 kg. Easy peasy.

[@MrVaultTec]

Is 500Wh really enough for those heavy weight, heavy duty cargo bikes?

[@Propelbikes]

oh, it’s totally plenty. you could always carry an extra battery. If you need to buy I think for most peoples used scenario this is plenty. I think he’s a comfortably carry the total payload a good 20 miles with this battery.

[@stevencowles8419]

There is no universal answer to that, depends on the nature of the route you are delivering on. I have a similar capacity on one of my non-cargo bikes, I live on the coast, if I stay on the coast it is fairly flat and I can do 40+ miles, if I go inland it is very hilly and 25 miles is probably more realistic.

[@lbergen001]

Very interesting US made bike and presentation👍👍. It should definitely be on normal city streets in the US with a firm rear bumper😅. What's the price? Yeah I'm 🇳🇱

[@TahoeRealm]

Very cool. 👏👏👏 Would also be good for refineries and large plants. Do you think cities will want to license them for revenue? I hope not.

[@Propelbikes]

yeah, we hope not as well. There is kind of a ad hoc licensing program that exist in New York. All commercial riders need to identify the business in there with. But there’s no sort of fees associated with that.

[@letsgoOs1002]

Is there a way where you can integrate electronics really easily? Seems great for nights to have it fully illuminated or add a simple peltier refrigerator.

[@InventorZahran]

I don't know if that's a pre-installed option, but it's technically very doable. All you need is an extra battery and the appropriate wiring!

[@rolfpoelman3486]

I like sometimes going to the front of the traffic red light queue. So a 580 or 600 mm wide load is good, about the same as the 630 mm handlebar. My collapsible black plastic crates are 575 mm long x 400 mm wide and 240 mm high. I put two together, and stack them up to 4 high. More than 800 mm long deck, for the two crates. And I want a trike instead of a bike, for reducing heavy loads falling over. Preferably tilting front wheels. Front load, ie Long John. HNF make it. Ili also. Others too.

[@philiprayner]

this has potential for using for touring

[@oplkfdhgk]

haha that intro sounds so wrong. :D

[@Propelbikes]

you should see the uncut version in our shorts

[@velvetvideo]

I need a cyclo-nomad rv version

[@lufknuht5960]

What Class e-Bike is it? 1,2,3? Does it have a throttle?

[@tconnolly9820]

I don't believe it has a throttle. Pedal assist only.

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

I guess rear suspension was deemed to be complex

[@rolfpoelman3486]

1:40 36 inches wide load is 900 mm.

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

It's 914.4 mm

[@lufknuht5960]

Coaster Cycles Venture Cargo Ebike Tricyde. Which E-Bike class is it? 1, 2, or 3? Does it have a throttle? If I had a medical emergency & were too weak to pedal, could I still drive this off battery alone? Answer is no; this is Class 1, only provides assist when pedaling. That is a deal-breaker for me. I don't know how easy it would be to convert to Class 2.

[@anonymous3738]

Dense cities should ban the use of delivery trucks and vans since it’s usually a nightmare to find a place to pull over legally. Instead, they should use delivery trikes like the ones in this video but with a much larger cargo bay. They have a large carrying capacity, have three wheels to prevent tipping over and most importantly, they can pull over on the sidewalk as if they were bicycles. As for moving trucks and vans, they should get a permit from the city council in advance so that they’re guaranteed to have a place to pull over. Also, not all stores and restaurants have loading docks. If they have a loading dock, they can continue using trucks and vans. If not, rather than using roadside loading zones, they should use the same types of trikes for deliveries. As long as they have enough capacity and act like bicycles, they are the perfect answer for convenient deliveries.

[@tconnolly9820]

As someone who cycles a lot and uses large bike trailers for carrying heavy and bulky cargo and shopping I'm all for using bikes like this for personal car alternative transport and for business use too. But also you have to consider what is practical. This may carry over 200 kg as cargo but sometimes you need to carry 2 or 3 times as much or something very bulky. You can't be returning to a base several miles away repeatedly. These are great and I want to see more of them. But they have their limitations. E-vans and other alternative methods have to be used as well.

[@anonymous3738]

@@tconnolly9820 Returning to a base several times is inconvenient, but when it comes to deliveries, there just needs to be more delivery riders to deliver at the same time. You were also right that it’s impossible to eliminate trucks and vans completely, but their number can be minimized. Better than getting a ticket for illegal parking.

[@anonymous3738]

@@tconnolly9820 Or a better option would be to require mandatory loading zones on every roadside in dense cities. After all, no driver should be ticketed for something they can’t control. I’m never afraid to fight with the government about it.

[@tconnolly9820]

@@anonymous3738 Let me put this into a little context from my own personal experience. I'm a white van driver for my wages. I drive mostly at night and from my base I generally travel no more than 3 km in a radius from that point. But..... Sometimes I still manage to clock up more than 140 km within that radius. Neither my employer OR any customer except perhaps the most intensely environmentally obsessed is going to pay to replace one van (currently diesel but potentially it could be electric) with several riders toddling around on bikes because they can only carry so little and go so slowly. Also I regularly spend five to ten minutes doing paperwork/electronic work and other stuff in the van. I have no idea how that would be possible sitting on a bike in the dark in cold wet freezing weather. Or even just to sit back and have a break for 10 minutes every now and then. Bikes and cargo bikes do and will have a place for replacing cars and vans for small light deliveries in cities. But it's always just going to be as a minority. For industry and businesses to function, the vast majority will still have to continue to be done with vans and trucks. Possibly just replaced with electric or hydrogen. I do smile sometimes when I see a business making a big deal of having a cargo bike but in reality it's still diesel handling 99% of everything else. I'm not being cynical and I do make a big effort to use alternative transport in my own life but I also see the reality of business too.

[@AMPProf]

NAW my Thing is : How North American bicycle industry not broke! Are roads sure are!

[@mogulsandmoonshots]

A perfect vehicle for Instacart or the mob

[@georgehimon1445]

My Cadillac holds four body's in the trunk ,this cargo bike is lite weight ,lol.😭🤗🙄

[@hylkewesterhuis9667]

This kind of behemoth should most definitely NOT be allowed on bikelanes! :_[ hYlkeW

[@MyLifeInTheDesert]

Disagree.

[@InventorZahran]

It's basically a small truck with three wheels. Not a bike!

[@ciragoettig1229]

if I remember the dutch design manuals right, 900mm width is the sizing of cargo trikes they did anticipate for their bike lanes, so the smaller one is within imperial-metric rounding of that, but the larger one is too large and shouldn't go there. @GrayWithMe @@InventorZahran