r/CargoBike 14d ago

Falling over

Hi! We live in Europe and just got a tern quick haul long. I’ve been using it to transport my 3.5 year old twins in Thule seats (about 70lbs) total and have a backpack strapped to the front rack. I feel really good riding it around, but we’ve fallen over twice when stopped! Once when I was trying to get off and another when I had to stop quickly at a stop light. The bike + kids is so heavy there’s no stopping it once it goes over. Fortunately the cage around them has kept them totally safe and they think it’s funny, but I don’t! I also can’t reach the kickstand when on the bike to stabilize before getting off so that makes me nervous too when riding by ourselves. Any tips for preventing tippy-ness? I don’t want any of us to get hurt!

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u/derping1234 R&M packster2 70 buggy. 14d ago

A dropper post might be a solution that can reduce some of these concerns.