CargoDrive: Replace Your Bike's Front Wheel for E-Bike Cargo Capacity

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  Jo Mo

  12 days ago

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  I just want to say this is one of the best bike related designs/inventions I have seen in a while.  I would just point out that the smaller wheel not only allows more room for cargo but equally important, puts the load lower, making riding and standing still way more stable than say a basket or porteur style rack.

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  Nicholas Wolff

  13 days ago

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  Hi John,

  
  

  You are on the ball. We have tested a wide range of bike and on our prototypes we have an adjustable rake/offset. We will have one setting in the end which will be tending towards slower and more stable handling. 

  
  

  The effect of the battery being positioned behind the steering axis in combination with the motor's centripetal force and the fact that it is pulling, counters a lot of the weight on the rack itself. Once moving the handling is very stable only a little heavier. 

  
  

  Keep on rolling,

  
  

  HUSKY Bike Tech Team

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  John Whitley

  15 days ago

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  Regarding stability, that tends to be a function of the bike geometry, or specifically the “rake” of the front fork. With proper geometry, a front-loaded bike will handle and steer just fine. For example, this page [https://viventebikes.com/considerations/frames-and-forks/] describes the basics of this geometry with an eye towards the needs of touring cyclists.  The key bit:

  
  

  “Another issue with touring bikes is that they need to steer and behave properly when they have a front load and are going fast on long descents. The slower steering and greater stability of higher trail [greater fork rake] provides this.”

  
  

  So the design of this cargo platform around its adapter, in combination with the bike’s existing rake/trail geometry, will determine the quality of handling.

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