Down Low Glow as a rear taillight. Photo: Rob Arnaud
For years we’ve been selling the Down Low Glow as a Side Visibilty and Ground Effects light for bicycles. Some of our customers have been trying it out as rear light, and I finally set it up that way for myself. The results are in. Never has it been this much fun to take the lane.
Joe of the blog Urban Simplicity has posted the process he followed to make a top deck for his Mundo.
The Mundo’s chain guard mounts to a steel bracket that is between the drive-side crank and the bottom bracket. To keep the box small, this bracket is rotated 90 degrees so that it is parallel to the ground. Before installing the drive side crank, this part must be rotated so that it is perpendicular to the ground. The second image shows the correct orientation.
Read MoreThe Mundo’s frame accepts standard kickstands, including the Hebie BiPod kickstand. We recommend the BiPod, because it provides the right combination of strength and simplicity needed for utility bike.
The BiPod is not a true cargo kickstand. If it were, it would be much wider. Therefore you cannot expect the BiPod to keep your bike upright when loading heavy loads on one side of the bike. With this limitation in mind, the BiPod does improve the experience of everyday loading enormously. Over the course of a single shopping trip to a farmer’s market, you may use it 10 or 20 times.
We use the Mundo to carry heavy boxes to the FEDEX depot. We use basic cam straps to secure the loads.