Birth of an American Cargo Bike: a rough excerpt from the documentary, MOTHERLOAD

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This is part of the rough cut of a feature-length documentary about the family cycling movement called MOTHERLOAD (formerly know as LESS CAR MORE GO). Completed in 2019 and now screening all over the world. Find or host a screening in your town! motherloadmovie.com
Have you noticed we are experiencing a cargo bike boom? Suddenly the car feels like a lame compromise at best! Ever wondered how this all started and where all those big, long bikes came from? Turns out it's a fascinating story, soon to be featured in the crowdsourced documentary titled LESS CAR MORE GO.
This particular excerpt tells the history of the longtail and how its birth initiated the current cargo bike phenomenon. By interweaving this story with footage of riders, designers, advocates and pioneers-- along with clips submitted by cargo bike lovers from all over the world, LESS CAR MORE GO will tell the big cargo bike story: from its humble beginnings through the year 2013, when sales are doubling annually and the cargo bike community is thriving!
Find out more about the project here: www.lizcanning.com/Liz_Canning...
Watch the first LESS CAR MORE GO trailer here:
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Support our Kickstarter fundraising campaign which is now slated to launch in November 2013!

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5 июл 2013

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@jbman413 8 лет назад

In 1968 at Camp Sagamihara; The Japanese men who delivered the groceries from the base commissary. Pulled a wagon which had the capacity of a pickup bed. It connected right under the rear seat hitch. Of a upright ten speed bike. The trailer had two standard front wheels they used double tubes spaced for strength as required around the wheels...Bed was boards as i remember. These were awesome and incredibly practical i was 8 and have never forgotten them. Check asia history you might be impressed. :)

@patches_kitty 7 лет назад

John Beltman everyone seems to forget how bicycle crazy Asia was for so long.

@96Duelfuel 10 лет назад

Good vid. Cargo/utility bikes should be sold everywhere.

@wildbill23c 8 лет назад

Or even a cargo type trailer for a bicycle. The majority of the ones for sale are to haul kids, and wouldn't hold up to hauling cargo.

@lfnbike1709 8 лет назад

Thanks to this passionate people we have options.

@jihyemoon9787 8 лет назад

I love the idea that you work for the world development and train people who are from developing countries. You are awesome!

@andrewmachleid2734 10 месяцев назад

ever since I was a kid I hated cars, I had a massive problem with car sickness when I was young combined with the smells it was just over stimulating. when I first heard about ebikes I was like: I'll just use that. I also saw how people lived in the suburbs and thought: When I buy a house I should just make that a business, and then I'll be the most successful shop in town. years later I still believe in that, and having learned about zoning laws, minimum parking, and the lobbying and manipulation of housing and transit, has confirmed what I knew. I for one cant wait for the bike and transit revolution this country needs.

@starrydi 8 лет назад

Wheels! From hike to bike with compassion for others. It is amazing what a difference this has made for so many in need indeed! Just think of the possibilities for helping the poor in places where they have to carry such heavy loads. I just have to share this wonderful video.

@BikeDaily 7 лет назад

So inspiring from many angles. Helping the world, product design, love of life.

@funkybioped 10 лет назад

Love it! It would be great to see people rocking these around North American cities as an alternative to cars.

@ramonbostic 11 лет назад

That was awesome, Liz! Looking forward to the full feature.

@durianriders 9 лет назад

LEGEND!

@jamesmmuellner2328 4 года назад

Love this video of families having fun and getting exercise while going wherever to do their daily chores!

@jonwattsmusic 11 лет назад

So good! Thanks for your hard work!

@nannyKcycles 11 лет назад

Awesome! Love to see more.

@mavspecialgirl1 9 лет назад

I really do wish the American infrastructure would allow for a more bicycle friendly environment.I was just amazed one night watching House hunters international and the town this couple was thinking of moving to only allowed bicycles.

@JojoCrazyCat 8 лет назад

+mavspecialgirl1 It used to be that way. Sense cars came along, the car drivers think the roads are only for them. Bikes was around long before cars. Now their egos dont want to share with the bike riders. We must go fast all the time, get out of our way. And they have the nerve to call the bike riders assholes. I think its the other way around. You can be riding your bike on the side walk and they will get out of their cars and try and fight you. I have had it happen. Car people just hate bike riders now days. I have been sprayed with who knows what, yelled many things at me. Like bike riders are nerds to be bullied. The school bullies are now the car drivers hating on bike riders.

@mavspecialgirl1 8 лет назад

+Jojo Gun Fang Recently fiancee got hit in the back with a pellet gun while riding his bicycle.Yes I've had some close calls,most by assholes talking on their cell phones.

@RViscara 4 года назад

Jojo Crazy Cat bike riders are generally entitled assholes and always will loose remember that when arguing with a 2 ton car. A lot of good it does you when they scrape you off the pavement. You can argue your point from the morgue

@DiegoASanchez 9 лет назад

When you take The purpose yo guide your life. Respect.

@sofabike 9 лет назад

Great and Very Simple. I love your extended bike

@owencavok1912 3 года назад

This is incredible!

@SarahLaughingBand 9 лет назад

I love it!

@gottliebheinrich8413 Год назад

i never had such a longtail but cycling is a great source of happyness

@petechandanatural 9 лет назад

Love this!

@PatriciaSantos-br5et 9 лет назад

Where can I get one? I need one! I want one to carry my 85 pound Retriever when he gets tired and as he ages. Thank you, Pete, for sharing.

@petechandanatural 9 лет назад

I'm getting the foldable electric Xtracycle Cargo Joe. I'll show you later this week the video.

@423alonso 9 лет назад

Great video....

@RobbyJHope 11 лет назад

I'm building a Kona up and adding the xtracycle soon! I really liked this bit.

@makenchips 10 лет назад

What a great american story - is there goig to be another installment? This was a great story to watch! Really good video also!

@LIZCAN 10 лет назад

Thanks for your comment Steven. Consider supporting our feature length doc, LESS CAR MORE GO: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1887563980/less-car-more-go-the-cargo-bike-documentary

@lynkkeithpatriciagrundyhas1465 4 года назад

Yup. Bought and read that issue of 'Outside'...more about 'Everest' than the bicycle. But yeah...had gear too...

@martychin9496 4 года назад

Guys before their time, innovative, Cargo bikes what a great way to simplify your life. You don't have to kill the family car, just step off in a new direction, reduce reliance on the car, there is so much you can do on a cargo bike in your home town and a great way to cycle camp.

@161trx 9 лет назад

awsome idea!

@maxsmith5662 9 лет назад

Very cool!

@MsRaspberry86 7 лет назад

woah :) super cool Xtracycle. Congratulation. Great!

@justinbarney6286 7 лет назад

I've been trying to build the same concept, though with a mountain bike in-mind ...that was when I was a teenager. I'm now 39 y.o. and I've been attempting the same when it comes to mopeds :)

@martin190379 10 лет назад

que historias, me gusta el entusiasmo y placer con que hace las cosas, dar solución a la gente desde ese lugar de gusto

@cristianoferreira4741 2 года назад

Parabéns sua história 👏👏👏

@jimmymelnarik3873 Год назад

Wish these were still in production

@ohretyah 9 лет назад

There are people on here moaning about the man who whispers. We have a customer who comes in the shop where I work. He whispers. He has throat cancer. Yes, cancer is annoying, isn't it?

@continuingevolution 7 лет назад

fucking right it is

@Kewonerdk 5 лет назад

Oh my good i was about to explain about that, feel so guilty now😰

@tubularap 5 лет назад

No need to get snarky. A person whispering without apparent need is odd, and for people to wonder about that is not so strange. Either it is explained or people will speculate.

@LIZCAN 10 лет назад

Actually Gary I'm hoping to capture a bit of the impact of bikeshare in LESS CAR MORE GO. The SF bay Area's CityCarShare is going to add 22 electric cargo bikes to its bikeshare program in the Spring 2014! I plan to capture the story and perhaps use it as an ending to the doc. Pretty cool stuff...

@BIG1TOWER 9 лет назад

Awesome

@JamesBrown-ym3tc 4 года назад

Beautiful

@lightdark00 4 года назад

Holy crap, today is the 5th, and I find out there's a free screening near me on the 8th. I'll will try my best to make time to cycle the 20+ miles to go see it!

@pfos 11 лет назад

a soulfood buffet - can't wait wait to see more =)

@lyndonp6296 3 года назад

It's interesting how cargo bikes of all shapes and sizes were in use all over the world long before the so called 'American cargo bikes' were thought of....

@wisetibetanmonkey1624 10 лет назад

When riding a bike in America, you must face this reality: Welcome to the Jungle. Total hostility toward the bike and pedestrians. Live in a cage, drive a cage.

@wisetibetanmonkey1624 7 лет назад

I happen to live in Miami now. ;)

@johnpossum556 6 лет назад

Or "Drive in a Cage, live in a Rage" which so often seems to be the truth!

@RViscara 4 года назад

I biked in the 1980’s to late 1990’s in Silicon Valley and mountain areas around it and the only hostile people I ever ran into on the road was other rude cyclist. Cyclist are the most self entitled spoiled brats u have seen. Always challenging cars and trucks. I always laugh because a car will always win that argument. You can’t be right all the way to the morgue when they scrape you off the pavement in a bloody sack of meat parts. Cyclist are the biggest arrogant turds I have seen

@mrk131324 4 года назад

I‘m a cyclist, but riding on the street you are an obstacle and slowing down traffic - there is no gain in „sustainability“ if you are slowing down 5 cars behind you to 20 km/h.

@danaharlan12 4 года назад

@@johnpossum556 I certainly have experienced road rage towards cyclists here in Central Pennsylvania

@JojoCrazyCat 8 лет назад

i prefer a bike that i can carry my stuff. Would help people with no Bus or Taxi around. i used to live way out in the sticks as they say. Only way to get anyplace, you had to have a machine to get your stuff, or even go too work for money. No side walks. so the best thing for a poor person would be a bike with some type of gear carry ability. I just always used racks that i would find in a store. And hope it would fit. Many times they dont fit all bikes. Its probably best to look for a bike that comes with racks.I thought about getting a two seater bike and adding a rack on the back seat post. I would say im above average bike rider. I knew bike racers who thought they could out ride me. But im a long time and hard rider. So my legs are used to riding long amounts of time. So they would puff out of energy after a hard ride a block or two. I can ride 50 miles hard riding. But i do prefer long relaxed rides with my gear. Like hiking on a bike :) I just love the ride. Im also a motorcycle rider. I do the same on my motorcycles. My gear and my ride.

@RViscara 4 года назад

No one cars and yes you are poor so you have to try and prove your better Schlep then the guy with the more expensive bike. You still work minion wages so save it.

@209jr209 7 лет назад

very cool some days i have to pick up my daughter from school on my bike and roll her biker struggle all the way to school

@kewba11 11 лет назад

Yes, please.

@ildart8738 11 месяцев назад

3:13 Is that a VAZ 2107? I knew they were produced under a license in Egypt until 2011, and there are quite a few of them in former Soviet satellites, but Nicaragua?

@ApocaIypse666 8 лет назад

I know the feeling when im surrounded with people who ride high end bikes and i ride a poormans bike while waiting for the light to go green

@brammeijboom1873 7 лет назад

just keep in mind that your 'poormans' bike works day in day out. Theirs need to go to the shop every week for repairs and need to be cleaned every day

@atman5230 6 лет назад

People who own high end bikes worry about them being stolen.Better to buy an old bike and make it healthy,who cares if the paint work is in a bad way?

@orlandomartinez4031 10 лет назад

awesome

@jatsq 10 лет назад

I found this while trying to find a bike trailer that can haul extra bikes. I frequently want to pick my kids up from places and gave them ride there bike home but I need a way to bike their bike to them.

@brunoanjos987 10 лет назад

where can i get one of these? i lve in portugal...

@toooldfortwowheels2048 4 года назад

Did this ever get made? If so is it available to purchase anywhere? Thanks.

@LIZCAN 4 года назад

motherloadmovie.com

@danaharlan12 4 года назад

we need this with PAS in the central Alleghenies Ridge and Valley region of Pennsylvania.

@--onewheelskyward-- 7 лет назад

There's no other way to put it- the Big Dummy changed my life. And it's because of Xtracycle and Ross Evans and the good folks at Surly.

@353uba 3 года назад

That was fun

@marksadventures3889 5 лет назад

This was great and it really gave me a rush to see groovy people getting high on life and bikes - and possibly other things but I can let that slide - I came back to bikes after 14?15 years absence? But it was the idea of no rushing to get somewhere to camp just get there and enjoy the journey which was sparked off by talking to a guy on the train going to work on his bike and i felt shame I had a bike doing nothing except the odd ride at a weekend when it wasn't raining. Yes, I admit to being a weather wuss when it comes to freezing rain in my face or stinging my legs and arms. But when you get passed that, when you don't care because you as a fat middle aged man just got up a huge hill and can barely breath feel so much better, you think - I know what I’m going to do now. now I've got two bikes and a trailer, I am buying another and ride regularly but need more as I am going to ride a weekend covering 147 miles to see rellies. When i get better, from here - Colne Lancashire to wherever by bike. 8 months in the saddle is on my mind, per year.

@Mirzel92 10 лет назад

If you are interested in cargo bikes, check out a new model from Pelican-bike, in Denmark.

@Larry93215 9 лет назад

All my Bikes are Cargo Bikes

@cptbrncls7050 6 лет назад

is this film available to view somewhere?

@LIZCAN 4 года назад

motherloadmovie.com

@VoytekR1 10 лет назад

Hey Liz. Are you on Kickstarter with this ? Can I help ? I have a Trek Transport so I think I can relate.

@ZiggZagg11 8 лет назад

When did Surly get involved...?

@simonoutdoors8761 8 лет назад

I am having the same problems and ideas. I had to sell my car because of loosing my job because of a motorcycle injurie to my arm witch I am soon to have fixed in February with more surgery removing bone and a screw. I was debating useing the trailer I used to drag my kids around and bording it out so I can collect fire wood/ fallen trees. but the tracks are single or there are bars to onley alow bikes.

@friarrodneyburnap4336 5 лет назад

Why not put the Cargo on the front and back? Like they have in Copenhagen

@Larry93215 9 лет назад

I breath exhaust fumes when I ride

@rolynstone48 10 лет назад

My new "extended" cargo bike is great , but I find that with a real heavy load (maybe 150 LBS or even more) the bike seems squirrely or unstable - When I see videos of people riding these bikes with all kinds of loads , I wonder if my own experience is somehow unique !

@JojoCrazyCat 8 лет назад

+Alan Scott I was just wondering how they would fit in a car or SUV to take on a trip. Its hard for me to fit my mountain bikes in my SUV. I also worry about getting them stolen. I have 3 locks, but all locks are easy to cut. Yeah i would not want a bike that is wobbly. Specially if i was riding long distance.

@garyshouse305 10 лет назад

Liz,,,bike share is really making an impact for bicycling in many cities. that would be a new film project for you?

@cherepaha3 10 лет назад

Xtrabike is a great idea

@Larry93215 9 лет назад

If The XTRA CYCLE will fit on the back of a Car America is ready!

@Larry93215 9 лет назад

What`s a normal Bike?

@georgeclinton3657 4 года назад

what is the song at 4:30?

@Kewonerdk 5 лет назад

I don’t know, I can’t see this become a thing here in Denmark, but could be interesting to try. But after riding bikes since I was 3 years old, ridding in traffic before I turned 5 and own a Christiana bike, mtb and track bike and have ridden most bike created. I really can’t see the benefit in, a big load in the back. Maybe if you ride on small tracks, but stil still in my eyes you can almost do the same on a normal bike!? But a normal bike is more movable, because of short wheelbase.

@NinjaViking1 9 лет назад

so how do these work how do these work with a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke engine mounted?

@pedego101electricbikes2 9 лет назад

NinjaViking1 Most people are using electric motors -- better for the environment, quieter, no bad odors, less vibration and less weight.

@NinjaViking1 9 лет назад

Pedego 101 Electric Bikes a normal Electric drive will take the average "cyclist" about 10 -12 miles (yes?). I don't see it taking a bike, plus trailer very far at all, for very long. so you will have to spend mega dollars to carry extra batteries. only to still be stuck in a long stretch somewhere with no "outlets" to recharge. A 2-stroke can take the average cyclist 80 -100 miles........ so "with trailer" I see at least 50 miles....... and it is "cheaper" to carry 1 - 2 gal (maybe even 5 gal) of fuel in the trailer with the other supplies

@pedego101electricbikes2 9 лет назад

NinjaViking1 Many electric motors go 40-50 miles and that's plenty for most people who are commuting or running errands. Sounds like you are talking about touring and I don't have much experience with that.

@sindessaorellia 9 лет назад

I want The Carrygo Cargo Bike with an RV built on it for coast to coast bike travel - how much would that cost me lol.

@karenkordes2210 7 лет назад

Just buy a cheap PRC made mountain bike from Big5. I got mine on sale for $99; a Kent Shockwave, not bad, it's got a frame strong enough for a gorilla. Then modify it any way you want. I made my own rear carrier from scrap material I found around the yard.

@billthepigefant5368 Месяц назад

Back when the bags where heavy and the riders where strong

@MrSvenovitch 8 лет назад

I think most stuff transported here could be done on a tandem with the rear position 'removed'...

@chrisw6704 7 лет назад

................or even by trailer which can be unhitched from the bike when not required.

@juancepeda8873 9 лет назад

bicycles ,trailer, transporting, function, fun you my friend are 1000% in my book and that's all I can say.

@wisetibetanmonkey1624 7 лет назад

Nothing free in the Land of the Free. Pure, raw capitalism.

@binthrdonthat 7 лет назад

Don't mean to be negative, but these are all over Holland. Have been for decades

@djkenny1202 7 лет назад

Mostly Bakfiets (I have one, not common in the USA)

@toeofawesome1264 10 лет назад

wy the one dude whispering?

@WilliamL1988 10 лет назад

that guy is so freaking weird LOL

@beanstalker3292 4 года назад

Uhhhh,,,too secretive????

@williamschultz298 4 года назад

Throat cancer

@danaharlan12 4 года назад

@@WilliamL1988 throat cancer

@eye_foreign_eye7928 7 лет назад

pass the torch to me i got this

@joeyanderson7428 Год назад

The Dutch started it all, quite a while back...

@RugbyNick6 5 лет назад

Kinda seems like everyone hated InterBike.

@harshbarj 7 лет назад

I'd much rather have a proper Bakfiets. More cargo space and you can keep an eye on what you have.

@dogrudiyosun 4 года назад

whats the point?

@jbman413 8 лет назад

ps there were no fat Japanese like I am in Japan in the 1960's unless they were sumo...

@jomarcasipong 2 года назад

This thing may change the world.. instead using gasoline Why dont we use our feet?? Less polution save earth and live a very simple and happy life.. I saw this in my dream bicycle will be useful than machines that eats gasoline and diesel Keep it up..

@Larry93215 9 лет назад

I always have 200 pounds on my normal bike

@Paul_C 4 года назад

Maybe loose some weight?

@sasquatchoasquatgamerplaye210 7 лет назад

bike hipies

@rommeljuanillo 10 лет назад

The best cargo bike for me is the nihola brand,you do not need to balance your bike anymore.

@trailkeeper 9 лет назад

Bikes are saving millions of gallons of gas a day.

@wisetibetanmonkey1624 7 лет назад

We will make this bike utopia happen somewhere in the world. Then the situation will be reversed and the car will better watch out.

@herondeeyan2061 6 лет назад

Too complicated. Here we just use a regular bike and add a side car. Cargo and passenger use.

@itsmeagain7246 8 лет назад

LOL drama queens, it's just another cargo bike :) but keep it on...

@litchar 7 лет назад

In my opinion when ya got a piece of shit to advertise, flash the pictures fast, zoom in or out a lot, talk about non specifics and don't let anyone read anything. I think this qualifies

@mrk131324 4 года назад

Guys, why do you need a vegetable oil fuelled bus to go around? Take your cargo bikes! Be free!

@johnpossum556 6 лет назад

Good video but you don't need a bike like that to haul things (and I see no mention of stronger/thicker spokes which is the REAL ISSUE when it comes to hauling more weight. I know this from first hand experience. They will break.) I built my own hauler from an old schwinn cruiser step thru frame. Got on bikeman4u.com and ordered an extra heavy duty rear wheel with coaster brake (11 gauge spokes!) and the biggest rear baskets they sell plus a pletscher double kickstand so I can load groceries w/o it falling over. Best money I ever spent.

@mr_obscure_universe 7 лет назад

I like the concept, but the jump cuts, jittery cam, and shaky cam ruin the video. . . had to stop watching it.

@diahannmicheleaux7519 8 лет назад

What the fuck is up with the guy who is speaking but we can't hear or understand what the hell he is saying. Sometimes the answer is to pass on a project. Come on!

@Larry93215 8 лет назад

Cars are Destroying the environment

@mikemeagher3066 8 лет назад

+David L Eating meat even more so. Go vegan.

@vincent4384 8 лет назад

+Mike Meagher I concur!

@harshbarj 7 лет назад

Mike Meagher, I disagree.

@ShermanSitter 7 лет назад

I hope we learn to live sustainably at some point. It seems like we are trying to move mountains. It's hard to stay motivated sometimes, but I suppose we must.

@recyclespinning9839 4 года назад

True , not only that but are a way of life now. The world economy depends on road and car building. And oil to fuel it . Even more sickening is it depends on war to fuel production of products for sale in the war business. Yes business. Sickening and disgusting .. if you think I am exaggerating, let's see you or the world get out of cars for a year..

@wisetibetanmonkey1624 7 лет назад

Bicycles are competition to the dinosaurs.