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I'm lazy, but I like to bike. I'm full of contradictions.
Vik's Sites
About Me
Reviews
- Alchemy Goods Urban Messenger Bag - 8 month review
- Batavus Personal Bike
- Bike Friday Standard Tikit Rear Rack
- Bike Friday Tikit
- Chrome Shins
- Dinotte Lights 200L-AA
- Dinotte Lights Helmet Mount
- Ergon Grips
- Ex-Officio Boxer Briefs
- Hennessy Hammock Trial
- MEC Hydrocycle Jacket
- MKS EZY QR Pedal
- OnGuard Mastiff Combo Lock
- Ortlieb Velcoity Pack
- Planet Bike Superflash Stealth
- RANS Street
- Specialized Comp MTB Shoes
- Thorn Accessory Bar
- Trangia Stove 4 Month Review
Lazy's FAQ
Blogs I Read
- Adventures and Observations
- Bent in Leduc
- Bike Rubbish
- Bikelovejones
- Chasing Palindromes
- Copenhagen Bike Chic
- Crazy Biker Chick
- Dr.Codfish
- Drew's Vicious Circles Blog
- Drumbent Blog
- EcoVelo
- Epic Eric
- Evil Moose
- Fat Bike Alaska
- Fort Orange Cycling
- Gal from Down Under
- Girls & Bicycles
- Jerome's Bike Blog
- Kent's Bike Blog
- Little Circles Blog
- Love the Fold
- Malric's World
- MN Bike Commuter
- Outside Up North
- Paul's Rando/Commute Blog
- Powered by Nachos
- Rouler a Velo
- Russ Rocca - Bicycling Photographer
- Salsa Blog
- Steeker's Blog
- Surly Blog
- The Daily Randonneur
- The Epicurean Cyclist
- The Long Haul
- The Recumbent Blog
- The Travels of the Fast Red Bike
- TreeHugger
- Up in Alaska
- Wedgiefree Blog
- Xtracycle Blog
- Zen Biking
Forums & Groups
- Alberta Randonneurs Google Group
- Audax Forum ACF
- Bent Rider Online
- Bike Forums
- Bike Friday Yak List
- Challenge Recumbent Google Group
- Crazy Guy on a Bike Touring Forums
- Dahon Forums
- LP Thorn Tree - On your bike
- Randon Google Groups
- Roots Radical [Xtracycle]
- Surly Big Dummy & Xtracycle Google Group
- Surly LHT & CC Google Group
- Surly LHT & CC Group Page
- Thorn Cycles Forum
- Velvo Vision Forum
Bike Tours
- A Family on Bikes
- A Long Ride Home
- A Penny Farthing World Tour
- A Wayward Journey
- Andy and Fiona's South American Adventures
- Anna's Bow Valley Tour 2008
- Anti-Compass
- Chris Wee - Sumatra
- Circus Bear Rides North
- Crazy Guy on a Bike
- Cycling Silk Blog
- Cycling Silk Website
- Epic Eric - Bolivia
- From the Seat of a Bicycle [AK to SA]
- Gone South
- Heading East
- Long Way Home - Tzuo Hann
- Lost Coast Bike/Raft Tour & Hike
- Nikki & Anna's SE Asia Adventure
- Pat's Inuvik to Seattle Tour
- Planet Durable et Solidaire
- Riding the Spine
- South America Bicycle Touring Links
- Take A Seat
- The Adventures of Ketchup & Mustard
- The Pleasant Revolution
- Vik's Baja Bike Tour 2006
- Vik's Bow Valley Tour 2008
- Vik's Dempster Highway Tour 2008
- Vik's Icefield Parkway Tour 2006
- Vik's Icefield Parkway Tour 2008
- Vik's Mosquito Creek Tour 2008
- VW Vagabonds SE Asia Tour
Bike Vendors
- Alchemy Goods
- Bike Friday
- Bow Cycle
- Campione Cycles
- Clever Cycles
- Continental Tires
- Custom Sublimation
- Dahon
- Epic Designs
- Kogswell
- Mavic
- MEC
- Old Man Mountain Racks
- Ortlieb
- Patagonia
- Peter White Cycles
- Planet Bike
- RANS Bikes
- Rarified
- REI
- Schwalbe Tires
- Solidlights
- Spin Cyclz
- Surly Bikes
- The Touring Store
- Thorn Cycles
- Velocity Wheels/Rims
- Wallingford Bikes
- Xtracycle
- Xtracycle Canada
Bent Vendors
Rando Links
- Alberta Rando Google Group
- Alberta Randonneurs
- BC Randonneurs
- Bent Trikes for Ultra Events
- Bicycle Speed & Power Calculator
- Bicycling Long Distance Forum
- Bike Forums - Long Distance Forum
- Checkpoint Recumbent Audax Article
- Kent P's Rando Page
- Long Distance Recumbents
- Machka's Randonneur Bicycling
- Peter Marshalls Recumbent Audax Reports
- Randonneurs USA
- Recumbents & PBP
- Recumbents for Audax
- Recumbents for PBP
- Seattle International Randonneurs
Commuter Links
Blog Archive
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- RANS Street
- Karen's gone Xtra!
- EcoVelo
- Bow Valley Bike Tour
- Electra Porn
- Anna's Bow Valley Tour Report
- Giro
- Hauling an Xtracycle
- A false sense of security...
- Toronto Star - Icefield's Parkway Article
- Jumping on...
- Acting our age...
- Try and stop us...
- Spinning & Grinning!
- Scalpel
- Townie Porn
- Ursula rides the Townie
- RANS Street - Touring Edition
- Karen's going Xtra...
- Putting the Dummy to the test...
- Dos Amigos
- Big Dummy Action
- Little Bike Powerful Kung Fu!
- I'm a Big Dummy....=)
- More Cycle Chic
- Shopping with the Tikit
- Touring with the Tikit
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9 comments:
Nice job Vik, I hope you will do some more photos of places you have brought you Tikit. Or if you camera can handle the video, do a youtube of folding the Tikit and placing it in things like the shopping cart.
PS are you going to buy the attachment for the Xtracycle that allows you to carry a bicycle on a rack? That would sure get you some attention in Cowtown.
B
Well done.
My own pics of shopping with Tikit in a different way are here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andysbloggs/tags/shoppingwithtikit/
Now when I take my NWT with two orlieb backrollers, an ortlieb top bag AND the trailer I can carry a whole trolley load if I pack it carefully.
andy
oops - it truncated the URL, sorry.
Here's a shorter version
http://tinyurl.com/52nlja
andy
I have quite a few Tikit pics on my Tikit blog:
www.viks-tikit.com
and on my Flickr page:
http://tinyurl.com/4u83pa
I'll keep taking pictures of the Tikit and I ride it the most often of all my bikes so there will be lots of different locations/activities documented. I'm not great with video, but I will take some as well...I need to get more skilled at the editing end of things.
I do have the Xtracycle bike carrier. Just rec'd it, but haven't had a chance to use it yet. I agree that lack of attention won't be a problem riding the Big Dummy with a load!..=)
Thanks for the link to your pics Andy. I love your trailer - looks very nice.
If you'd be interested in doing s short write up about what you like about your BF and what you use it for I'd love to post it on my Tikit blog....sure it's a NWT, but that's family to a Tikit...=)
Vik,
I have both NWT and Tikit - which do you want written about ? The pics on the link are Tikit not NWT.
The trailer is a realistic way to pull HUGE loads with a tikit.
andy
Hey Andy....the Tikit of course...sorry...I got confused....too much happening this AM.
Perhaps a tikit owner could help with this. I might need a fold up bike for multi-mode trips including a subway ride in Toronto. No bikes are allowed on transit during rush hour. Is one of these small enough to stuff into a bag of some sort to stealth it from the ticket takers on public transit? I just started looking around, and I'm considering the tikit or a brompton.
Andrew,
Check out my Tikit Blog:
www.viks-tikit.com
for photos of the Tikit folded and covered.
The Coles Notes version is that the Brompton folds smaller than the Tikit so it might be better for a really crowded subway. As far as getting a good fit, ride and ease/speed of fold I'd give the nod to the Tikit.
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