Hey thanks for the shoutout! Would not have expected to see a cargo bike on this channel, looks like it came out great and it's always interesting to see your problem-solving approaches. Also I love to see more people realize the potential of these bikes, especially in very car-centered places like the US.
Back when I was a boy ( 74 now) these bicycles were called "long johns" i Denmark. They were used as delivery bikes from grocery stores, dairy stores and more. We did not have a fridge, so the "iceboy# came with iceblocks appr. 60cm x 20 cm x 20cm every second day to cool the icecabinet. I like your project a lot! It might be worth taking round tubes into concideration. They tend to stand torsion better than the ones you are using.
One of us! I'm two minutes in the video and I already love it. Fight car dependency! One more lane won't fix the problem! Greetings from a somewhat walkable city in Germany
Jer - I am so happy to hear that Seattle is working out for you. It has a rich intellectual environment which is just what you need. As you can see by reading the comments, there is a whole village worth of people supporting you. All my best.
Crazy timing but the channel Phil Vandelay has just uploaded a 2 part series of making a fully custom cargo bike - might be a good spot to get some inspiration!
I like how honest Jeremy is when he says he might do a version 2.0 of the bike because he’s burnt out with the project. We’ve all been there! You start off super pumped up about building something, but by the end, you don’t wanna touch anything else on it 😂. Awesome bike! And I like you mentioned Phil’s inspiration hehe I thought I was in the wrong channel ;)
I’ve been an avid cyclist for 40+ years and a fan of your channels for many years. So this video was a great surprise to see from you. I look forward to any other cycling related builds you may put out.
I really appreciate your Screen Flash warnings throughout. Even though I'm not particularly light-sensitive, it's great to see you thinking of others that are. Oh, and cool bike, too!
Yellow is literally the only color that cant cover anything (in spraypaint form). The trick it to first ptime it with white and then paint yellow over. Great bike man!!!
This! White primer, good quality. Well sanded with water and then yellow. Otherwise it turns out really blotchy, dark and not good (generally, mustard-y).
This would've been great to know before I painted my bike yellow! Thankfully after messing up and redoing it twice, I primered over the entire thing before getting it decent on my 3rd attempt! Not quite perfect, but the color is pretty consistent, with a slight green tint that's probably a result of the grey primer in hindsight...
You could always make a removable strengthening bar that bolts on around the side of the load. And when painting with yellow its always best to use white primer first so it actually has decent coverage.
Awesome to see more cargo bike projects surfacing. When I built mine, there weren’t many resources available. I found that high CoG just means you take more care and go a bit slower. The frame flex can be a bit concerning. If you’re making a v2.0, why not load this one up till it breaks to see where the real-life breaking point is. Anyhoo, thanks for the video. 🤘🏻😎👍🏻
Great to see you Jer 😃 I love your longform build videos, like the belt grinder build 😊 This looks like a utility build Laura Kampf would make, only without aluminium crates or disco lights 😁 I think for the spring on the kick stand to work most effectively the spring would need to attach directly above the pivot point. with the other end connected to the stand in such a way that it's just forward of the pivot when the stand is down. That creates an over-center spring mechanism, should create a nice snappy motion
I am from germany and watching your projects for years. Again a masterpiece !! Respect for doing this fantastic builds. Thumb up, go on and best wishes to you Jeremy !!!
This was so rad! As a bike nerd and a bike mechanic I love the XT rear derailleur and I think I saw a Campagnolo headset? When you redid the water bottle mounts I thought 'why not just use rivnuts?'. Many bikes these days use them for water bottle and fender/rack mounts. Same could be used for the cable guides rather than the huge bolts. I figure you're aware of this but most cargo bikes now use hydraulic disc brakes. I'd be worried about stopping power with v-brakes (and I love V-brakes) with a heavy load in wet weather. Especially since that fork can already accept a disc brake. Always enjoyable to watch your work. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Jer, it was really awesome watching you build your version of a cargo bike based on Phil's plan. I've been researching and seriously will start building one pretty soon. I just had to look at all the options including cargo trikes. After seeing all the issues and complex mechanism with tilting trikes and the simple mechanism of 2 wheels cargo bikes. @ wheels in my opinions seem to win. The only concern of mine for New Zealand is the length of the cargo bike. On our bike ways here we have barriers like posts with planks to help stop motor bikes using the walk ways. Since you added the welded nut inserts and keeping the cargo platform opened to allow options for box, or tray or even nothing. This idea solved my issues of getting around the barriers because removing the box will narrow the bike to fit through the gap in barriers and still enjoy the rides. I even took a measuring tape to measure those gaps between posts and barrier to ensure a cargo bike of similar size could fit through. You both Phil and yourself are a blessing and inspirations to us. Thanks again.
That SO cool, Jer!!! Really impressive build! And good for you that you are able to get rid of the car, the traffic and all of the grief that comes with that!
The gap for the weld is called a root gap. In that thin of material probably wasn't needed but you're right it won't hurt. Proper weld callouts on engineered drawings generally specify root gap. But wouldn't bother on material thin enough to penetrate through anyways. Just fyi.
I don't know if you do have mental problems or not but I seriously think you are one of the brightest and more interesting young people on TH-cam and I'm always happy to see a new video from you as the attention to detail and technical workmanship is second to none, and as you have over 300k subscribers I am not alone. Great video and already waiting for the next one 👌👌👍👍
Interesting project and awesome to hear that you're now car-free! As you mentioned, a standard bike is sufficient for carrying the vast majority of items you'll need in daily life, but it's nice having something a bit larger a few times a year. For those that don't have the space to store a big cargo bike, a folding bike trailer is a great option.
This build is magnificent! I've been really happy to see you feeling happy! It lubricates all the creative gears in your brain housing group! Also the bike infrastructure where you're at seems fairly nice as places in North America go. I bike lots around here, but much of it requires that I am *way* more aggressive than I would prefer, just to ensure that drivers of motor vehicles will take my space on the roadway seriously.
Keep up the great work, its always great seeing your innovative design for problem solving things that you find an inconvenient or a bad design. I enjoy watching all of your videos.
4130 can be had in an oval or streamline shape, that should help with the lateral flexing. Love the build video and the green welding bucket, mine is ugly orange. Thanks for sharing Cheers
I’ve seen bikes, trikes and scooters modified to do amazing things. Think of the far east. Spent allot of time there. Really cool Jer. Thanks for sharing your stuff man!
You could of course use Phil's lateral supports for the cargo area higher up, but instead of welding them on, just use bolts so if you have to transport something that is wider, you still have that option. Would add a lot of rigidity and would be a fairly minimal modification in terms of workload. *edit* I mean Phil's newer version. Also you could in some instances just use one lateral support if the cargo can't fit with both on but you'd still want some added rigidity.
Hi Jer, fantastic build. I've been looking at loads of bikes and thinking through the flexing problems you've had with this bike. Sincerely hope this is constructive and makes a better bike. The first suggestion, which others have pointed out, is some extra lateral supports for the SteeringTube which connect to some supports under the outside edges of the cargo bay. Similar in style to the Bullitt or Phil Vandelay's original design. This should help reduce any twist you feel in the frame, as well as some vertical flex in the downtube between the SteeringShaft and the FrontWheel. This will cost some weight, but I think you can get good benefit from these supports with fairly small tubing, perhaps 3/4" to 1" square. Second is the step-through TopTube. Most step-through designs I have seen actually reverse the angle entirely, pointing the TopTube from the top of the steering shaft directly towards the rear axle, moving the step-through over the BottomBracket. The seat does not need the support from the TopTube, rather the long SteeringTube does. This design also creates two triangles: DownTube - SteeringTube - TopTube; and a virtual triangle with a vertex at the rear axle and sides ChainStay+DownTube - SteeringTube - TopTube. The virtual triangle's TopTube side is extended by the SeatTube - SeatStay - Chainstay triangle, which should perform well enough in both compression and tension along the axis of the TopTube. This should reduce twist and flex between the steering tube and the rear wheel at the cost of no additional weight.
Do you know you can buy "Rivnuts" that work like rivets, just drill a hole and fit one wherever you need a nut so no need to weld all those nuts in place.
It's kind of funny, we moved out to the country and *then* I bought a cargo e-bike. At this point it's mainly for carting kids around because I don't want them riding on the rural roads yet, but I hope to be able to make shopping trips on it at some point as well.
I always enjoy watching your problem solving. Great work and well done. I totally get the burnt out feeling... I thought it was just me on my projects. As I get older, my tolerance is ever decreasing, which is really worrying. Look after yourself matey 😊
This was the first cargobike build I stumbled across as part of going down the rabbit hole on the matter and here I am again, after looking at Phil and many other home made bikes, i've even borrowed a Yuba supercargo, looked into Bullitts yet, here I am again; I think this is my favourite home made cargo bike!
with that large square tubing under the tote bag you got plenty of mounting space for some supports to strengthen the outer edge of the tote. Its a cool revision 1 cargo bike :D
Jer, you crack me up. "It's ugly on the inside. Aren't we all?" Just yesterday was wondering what you were up to, now I know. Enjoying your bike build!
2:49 if you have access to a larger lathe, machine your own front hub so you have hub-centric steering. IE, the pivot point is located inside the hub. The bearings will be pricey, but nothing that can kick you out of the house, and it's worth it, because it lightens the bike (there's no stem, there's no goose neck) and because it's lower profile. So other than the wheel, there's nothing up front anymore. Also, last bonus, because the weight's transferred directly from the frame to the pivot point to the wheel, you can load it even more without it affecting your steering. Goose neck bikes, when loaded with weight become really unstable and wobbly, not the case with hub centric steering (one of the reasons why motorcycle manufacturers are chasing the right flavor). As an idea of what the heck is "hub centric steering", check out "colinreay" center steer hub (2022 project). Super robust little cargo bike he's built. Just my 2 cents. edit: you do have a large enough lathe, totally forgot.
Being a long time admirer of your builds, I feel it was built more result-oriented than usual (which is completely understandable by the context given). If the bike serves you well, wouldn't mind to see a J-bike some day with cable-steering etc :)
I really dig this build would love to see the next iteration. Look into hub gears instead of de-railers. If you are building from scratch splurging on a low maintenance hight performance part is a no brainer (too me its buy once cry once). Only think this video was lacking is info on how hilly your area is. Allot of hills would make an extra 200lbs allot more of a physical chore. But a mid drive motor with pedal assist (You had mention the mid drive early in the video). Pedal assist would be the main feature you would need so you did not drain batteries too quickly. Love your builds and glad you were able to make a positive move and fiscal change.
I really like the build. Stupid question and I'm sure someone else has already asked, but why not just use rivnuts for all/most of those bolting points on the frame?
Really great job and engaging video. I watched every minute. Surprised you didn’t go single line push pull steering cable. A 50% stronger v2 calls for a Bosch 85Nm motor I’d say.
DROP EVERYTHING!!! New Jer Schmidt vid just dropped! Edit: Once you get a proper storage container on the that thing, you should put a sign advertising your business.
lol your intro covered my entire commute from bremerton to UW every day, light rail, sometimes just riding to and from the ferry, and the ferry itself. owning an Ebike and taking the ferry and train every day made it to where my wife and i stopped needing a second car, let alone a third one in my truck. an ebike gets basically all my errands done, i can rent a pickup from lowes for hauling home lumber or tile, etc. and with the right clothing, riding in the winter is totally fine. ebikes really open up the city in a way even normal bikes dont, particularly nasty hills like capitol hill or queen anne.
Nice! Yeah I want more people to realize how a bike can often replace a second car. I just picked up a nice mid-range commuter e-bike as my everyday vehicle and yep, it’s a game changer!
Great video, I always find your builds are fascinating - your thought processes are amazing. One comment I would make is about the holes in the bottom of the donor bike frame. One issue with a steel frame is condensation getting trapped inside the frame, over time the frame will fill up and will corrode. Every bike that I have seen has holes to allow the water out. You have blocked those holes, or at least some of them. Ive seen a lot of bikes just snap at the points where corrosion has caused quite minor thinning at a key point. Id say to at least consider this in future designs. Cars and a lot of welded steel structures have a built in exit path for condensation. "its a bit ugly inside, but arent we all" - made me laugh!
The hole that I blocked on the bottom bracket was on the front/top; it still has a hole in the bottom. But I suppose it could be a good idea to add a hole to the top tube where it meets the steering post… Thanks!
You often surprise and always entertain. I love your craft and you present it well! Congratulations to another build, for a prototype that really nice! My one suggestion would be to not run cables in such long sheathing- it compresses, losing you travel which especially for braking can be the difference between a meter too much - or not. But most of all, when the cables start to wear into the sheath, or dry up, or rust or all of those… every inch run in the sheath will decrease the effectiveness. Wherever you have long straight runs, you could run the cables ‘naked’ which may require a lot more welding of course.
I switched to a bike about 7 years ago and I'm so glad I did. The amount of money I have been able to save is wonderful. I use a trailer but this looks like a better way of moving cargo.
Hey Jer! Great build.I like your method of welding the nuts inside the tube. I might just borrow that trick. I've got a trail building and maintenance cart I need to build. I've done nuts on the inside before, but I drilled bigger, single holes in the frame. Welded a nut to the back of a washer. Then insert this into the hole, nut side in, welding the perimeter of the washer outside the frame tube. Just need the hole in the frame tube to be big enough to accommodate the weld or grind the weld back a bit if needed. Very strong. But I like your method as it's flush to the tube surface.
Good video !! I've made my cargo bike pretty similar to your , at first was one main tube , later add the lateral tubes on the cargo bay , that increase increase the cargo capacity , reduce flex and twist of the tubes . Thanks for the video and also thanks to PhilVandelay for the inspiration. !!
Hey thanks for the shoutout! Would not have expected to see a cargo bike on this channel, looks like it came out great and it's always interesting to see your problem-solving approaches. Also I love to see more people realize the potential of these bikes, especially in very car-centered places like the US.
Thank you! And thanks for the inspiration.
If bikes were practical in the US, we would ride them.
Incredible job
Vandelay as in Vandelay Industries? I thought you made latex.
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Phil’s latest version with the wire steering is pretty slick. Great build mate
Back when I was a boy ( 74 now) these bicycles were called "long johns" i Denmark. They were used as delivery bikes from grocery stores, dairy stores and more. We did not have a fridge, so the "iceboy# came with iceblocks appr. 60cm x 20 cm x 20cm every second day to cool the icecabinet. I like your project a lot! It might be worth taking round tubes into concideration. They tend to stand torsion better than the ones you are using.
As a cyclist and a big fan of your channel this is an awesome video!
One of us! I'm two minutes in the video and I already love it.
Fight car dependency! One more lane won't fix the problem!
Greetings from a somewhat walkable city in Germany
Jer doesn’t do many vids but when he does they’re always of the highest quality.
Love it how you and Phil have completed so many similar projects with different takes. I love both the bike builds, and both the grinders!
Jer - I am so happy to hear that Seattle is working out for you. It has a rich intellectual environment which is just what you need. As you can see by reading the comments, there is a whole village worth of people supporting you. All my best.
Cool to see the lathe getting so much use - must be happy to have it running again.
Crazy timing but the channel Phil Vandelay has just uploaded a 2 part series of making a fully custom cargo bike - might be a good spot to get some inspiration!
Yeah! I love Phil’s new one, and I want more people in the community building their own.
I wil never build this but I absolutely loved watching you do so. Thank you Sir.
I like how honest Jeremy is when he says he might do a version 2.0 of the bike because he’s burnt out with the project. We’ve all been there! You start off super pumped up about building something, but by the end, you don’t wanna touch anything else on it 😂. Awesome bike! And I like you mentioned Phil’s inspiration hehe I thought I was in the wrong channel ;)
Phil's gas shock was REAL nice. I would totally steal that.
I’ve been an avid cyclist for 40+ years and a fan of your channels for many years. So this video was a great surprise to see from you. I look forward to any other cycling related builds you may put out.
I really appreciate your Screen Flash warnings throughout. Even though I'm not particularly light-sensitive, it's great to see you thinking of others that are.
Oh, and cool bike, too!
You continue to amaze me. It never occurred to me this idea for a transport bike. Great video!
Yellow is literally the only color that cant cover anything (in spraypaint form). The trick it to first ptime it with white and then paint yellow over. Great bike man!!!
This! White primer, good quality. Well sanded with water and then yellow. Otherwise it turns out really blotchy, dark and not good (generally, mustard-y).
This would've been great to know before I painted my bike yellow! Thankfully after messing up and redoing it twice, I primered over the entire thing before getting it decent on my 3rd attempt! Not quite perfect, but the color is pretty consistent, with a slight green tint that's probably a result of the grey primer in hindsight...
Fun and educational, as always! Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Awesome video as always. A notification from Jeremy is like finding a $20 bill on the ground. Unexpected, but i'm glad it happened.
I think a plywood box with even shallow sides but more or less permanent will help strengthen the frame.
I'm so glad you're making videos again. From many many years ago, I really enjoyed them. Thank you and I hope you keep making more videos.
You could always make a removable strengthening bar that bolts on around the side of the load. And when painting with yellow its always best to use white primer first so it actually has decent coverage.
Awesome to see more cargo bike projects surfacing.
When I built mine, there weren’t many resources available.
I found that high CoG just means you take more care and go a bit slower.
The frame flex can be a bit concerning. If you’re making a v2.0, why not load this one up till it breaks to see where the real-life breaking point is.
Anyhoo, thanks for the video. 🤘🏻😎👍🏻
Great to see you Jer 😃 I love your longform build videos, like the belt grinder build 😊
This looks like a utility build Laura Kampf would make, only without aluminium crates or disco lights 😁
I think for the spring on the kick stand to work most effectively the spring would need to attach directly above the pivot point. with the other end connected to the stand in such a way that it's just forward of the pivot when the stand is down. That creates an over-center spring mechanism, should create a nice snappy motion
I am from germany and watching your projects for years. Again a masterpiece !! Respect for doing this fantastic builds. Thumb up, go on and best wishes to you Jeremy !!!
Awesome video. Your attention to detail always amazes me. Thanks for all the inspiration over the years. Looking forward to your future builds.
This was so rad! As a bike nerd and a bike mechanic I love the XT rear derailleur and I think I saw a Campagnolo headset? When you redid the water bottle mounts I thought 'why not just use rivnuts?'. Many bikes these days use them for water bottle and fender/rack mounts. Same could be used for the cable guides rather than the huge bolts. I figure you're aware of this but most cargo bikes now use hydraulic disc brakes. I'd be worried about stopping power with v-brakes (and I love V-brakes) with a heavy load in wet weather. Especially since that fork can already accept a disc brake. Always enjoyable to watch your work. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic project. You're incredibly talented. I hope whoever you work for appreciates you.
Great news! Another Jer vid!
Quality .... Nice to see an other Jer project and a prototype to .... Thank You Kindly for sharing Jer
peace
When I saw a 55 minute video I thought this is to long but as always your videos are great to watch and your editing was spot on.
I hope you are well Jer. Glad to see you making videos.
They make an insert nut that acts like a rivit and remains tight and secure, no welding, lighter
I will watch damn near anything you post brother. Thanks for sharing, awesome project.
Seattle's bike infrastructure has been getting a lot better over the years. Hope to see you on the paths! Ride safe!
As he was riding around and seeing all the bridges I was wondering where he lives.
Comment section to the rescue. 👍🏻👍🏻
Happy to see you back in my feed regularly and building interesting and unique projects as always!
Hey Jer, it was really awesome watching you build your version of a cargo bike based on Phil's plan. I've been researching and seriously will start building one pretty soon. I just had to look at all the options including cargo trikes. After seeing all the issues and complex mechanism with tilting trikes and the simple mechanism of 2 wheels cargo bikes. @ wheels in my opinions seem to win. The only concern of mine for New Zealand is the length of the cargo bike. On our bike ways here we have barriers like posts with planks to help stop motor bikes using the walk ways. Since you added the welded nut inserts and keeping the cargo platform opened to allow options for box, or tray or even nothing. This idea solved my issues of getting around the barriers because removing the box will narrow the bike to fit through the gap in barriers and still enjoy the rides. I even took a measuring tape to measure those gaps between posts and barrier to ensure a cargo bike of similar size could fit through. You both Phil and yourself are a blessing and inspirations to us. Thanks again.
Before I got to the point in the video where you mention Phil, I was preparing myself to make a comment pointing you in his direction.
That SO cool, Jer!!! Really impressive build!
And good for you that you are able to get rid of the car, the traffic and all of the grief that comes with that!
Such a joy to watch you build and document how you did it. Thank you for sharing! There is a belt sander build in my future! 🥰
Mr. Schmidt, congratulations for an excellent work. Very simple but this does not make it any less practical and super utilitarian.
Love it, as always. Can't wait to see the final version out of 1/4" wall tube. LOL!!
Very nice work on that cargo bike Jer! 👍👍🚲🚲
The gap for the weld is called a root gap. In that thin of material probably wasn't needed but you're right it won't hurt. Proper weld callouts on engineered drawings generally specify root gap. But wouldn't bother on material thin enough to penetrate through anyways. Just fyi.
I don't know if you do have mental problems or not but I seriously think you are one of the brightest and more interesting young people on TH-cam and I'm always happy to see a new video from you as the attention to detail and technical workmanship is second to none, and as you have over 300k subscribers I am not alone.
Great video and already waiting for the next one 👌👌👍👍
Interesting project and awesome to hear that you're now car-free! As you mentioned, a standard bike is sufficient for carrying the vast majority of items you'll need in daily life, but it's nice having something a bit larger a few times a year. For those that don't have the space to store a big cargo bike, a folding bike trailer is a great option.
This build is magnificent!
I've been really happy to see you feeling happy! It lubricates all the creative gears in your brain housing group! Also the bike infrastructure where you're at seems fairly nice as places in North America go. I bike lots around here, but much of it requires that I am *way* more aggressive than I would prefer, just to ensure that drivers of motor vehicles will take my space on the roadway seriously.
Keep up the great work, its always great seeing your innovative design for problem solving things that you find an inconvenient or a bad design. I enjoy watching all of your videos.
4130 can be had in an oval or streamline shape, that should help with the lateral flexing.
Love the build video and the green welding bucket, mine is ugly orange.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Clever young man, good job, well done. Was a pleasure to watch.
I really like the crossed cable routing. That's nice.
I’ve seen bikes, trikes and scooters modified to do amazing things. Think of the far east. Spent allot of time there.
Really cool Jer. Thanks for sharing your stuff man!
You could of course use Phil's lateral supports for the cargo area higher up, but instead of welding them on, just use bolts so if you have to transport something that is wider, you still have that option. Would add a lot of rigidity and would be a fairly minimal modification in terms of workload.
*edit* I mean Phil's newer version. Also you could in some instances just use one lateral support if the cargo can't fit with both on but you'd still want some added rigidity.
Came out amazing, and I bet you'll get tons of use out of it! Thanks for sharing!
Glad yo see you turned you life around, mate!
Really nice work as always Jere, thanks for sharing!
You really go right at things. Great job.
That box you hate is perfect, could try using some of those threaded holes and bolt a T shaped brace to both sides of the frame..
Hi Jer, fantastic build. I've been looking at loads of bikes and thinking through the flexing problems you've had with this bike. Sincerely hope this is constructive and makes a better bike.
The first suggestion, which others have pointed out, is some extra lateral supports for the SteeringTube which connect to some supports under the outside edges of the cargo bay. Similar in style to the Bullitt or Phil Vandelay's original design. This should help reduce any twist you feel in the frame, as well as some vertical flex in the downtube between the SteeringShaft and the FrontWheel. This will cost some weight, but I think you can get good benefit from these supports with fairly small tubing, perhaps 3/4" to 1" square.
Second is the step-through TopTube. Most step-through designs I have seen actually reverse the angle entirely, pointing the TopTube from the top of the steering shaft directly towards the rear axle, moving the step-through over the BottomBracket. The seat does not need the support from the TopTube, rather the long SteeringTube does. This design also creates two triangles: DownTube - SteeringTube - TopTube; and a virtual triangle with a vertex at the rear axle and sides ChainStay+DownTube - SteeringTube - TopTube. The virtual triangle's TopTube side is extended by the SeatTube - SeatStay - Chainstay triangle, which should perform well enough in both compression and tension along the axis of the TopTube. This should reduce twist and flex between the steering tube and the rear wheel at the cost of no additional weight.
Do you know you can buy "Rivnuts" that work like rivets, just drill a hole and fit one wherever you need a nut so no need to weld all those nuts in place.
Just a fantastic build.. as a bicycle mechanic this video was just extra-interesting.
It's kind of funny, we moved out to the country and *then* I bought a cargo e-bike. At this point it's mainly for carting kids around because I don't want them riding on the rural roads yet, but I hope to be able to make shopping trips on it at some point as well.
It's 1057pm here in the UK. I've got to be up in 6 hours......but there's a 55 minute Jer Schmidt video........😵
I always enjoy watching your problem solving. Great work and well done. I totally get the burnt out feeling... I thought it was just me on my projects. As I get older, my tolerance is ever decreasing, which is really worrying. Look after yourself matey 😊
This was very satisfying to watch! You have a nice process that takes a lot of things into consideration! 😊
This was the first cargobike build I stumbled across as part of going down the rabbit hole on the matter and here I am again, after looking at Phil and many other home made bikes, i've even borrowed a Yuba supercargo, looked into Bullitts yet, here I am again; I think this is my favourite home made cargo bike!
with that large square tubing under the tote bag you got plenty of mounting space for some supports to strengthen the outer edge of the tote. Its a cool revision 1 cargo bike :D
Love this project. I’m always impressed by your attention to the details.
Jer, you crack me up. "It's ugly on the inside. Aren't we all?"
Just yesterday was wondering what you were up to, now I know. Enjoying your bike build!
I love your work Jer. Great attention to detail.
Thank you Jeremy for this mesmerizing video, I was hooked for the full 55 minutes and that time just flew by.
2:49 if you have access to a larger lathe, machine your own front hub so you have hub-centric steering. IE, the pivot point is located inside the hub. The bearings will be pricey, but nothing that can kick you out of the house, and it's worth it, because it lightens the bike (there's no stem, there's no goose neck) and because it's lower profile. So other than the wheel, there's nothing up front anymore. Also, last bonus, because the weight's transferred directly from the frame to the pivot point to the wheel, you can load it even more without it affecting your steering. Goose neck bikes, when loaded with weight become really unstable and wobbly, not the case with hub centric steering (one of the reasons why motorcycle manufacturers are chasing the right flavor).
As an idea of what the heck is "hub centric steering", check out "colinreay" center steer hub (2022 project). Super robust little cargo bike he's built.
Just my 2 cents. edit: you do have a large enough lathe, totally forgot.
Interesting concept. Thanks for sharing!
"if you can't make it perfect, make it adjustable." Words to live by!
Excellent build+comment video! and great welding skills! Thank you
Great stuff as always Jer, thank you for sharing!
Being a long time admirer of your builds, I feel it was built more result-oriented than usual (which is completely understandable by the context given). If the bike serves you well, wouldn't mind to see a J-bike some day with cable-steering etc :)
👍You inspire somebody new with every project.
Hell yeah! Glad to see you enjoying cycling.
It is a real pleasure to watch your video. You're a craft man. Congratulations. Willy
Very cool bike you came up with.
Congratulation with the upgrade of your life.
That was a surprising build video! What a great concept. I hope you do build another bike or at least make some mods to this one! Great build, Jer!
So, You moved to Seattle!
I recognize the Fremont bridge and Interstate 5 in the background.
Love me a good Jer video! Thanks for sharing this awesome project and process!
I really dig this build would love to see the next iteration. Look into hub gears instead of de-railers. If you are building from scratch splurging on a low maintenance hight performance part is a no brainer (too me its buy once cry once). Only think this video was lacking is info on how hilly your area is. Allot of hills would make an extra 200lbs allot more of a physical chore. But a mid drive motor with pedal assist (You had mention the mid drive early in the video). Pedal assist would be the main feature you would need so you did not drain batteries too quickly. Love your builds and glad you were able to make a positive move and fiscal change.
I really like the build. Stupid question and I'm sure someone else has already asked, but why not just use rivnuts for all/most of those bolting points on the frame?
Really great job and engaging video. I watched every minute.
Surprised you didn’t go single line push pull steering cable.
A 50% stronger v2 calls for a Bosch 85Nm motor I’d say.
Awesome build. Welcome to the War On Cars 😉
DROP EVERYTHING!!! New Jer Schmidt vid just dropped!
Edit: Once you get a proper storage container on the that thing, you should put a sign advertising your business.
Wow, really nice job man 😊
lol your intro covered my entire commute from bremerton to UW every day, light rail, sometimes just riding to and from the ferry, and the ferry itself. owning an Ebike and taking the ferry and train every day made it to where my wife and i stopped needing a second car, let alone a third one in my truck. an ebike gets basically all my errands done, i can rent a pickup from lowes for hauling home lumber or tile, etc. and with the right clothing, riding in the winter is totally fine. ebikes really open up the city in a way even normal bikes dont, particularly nasty hills like capitol hill or queen anne.
Nice! Yeah I want more people to realize how a bike can often replace a second car. I just picked up a nice mid-range commuter e-bike as my everyday vehicle and yep, it’s a game changer!
Thats awesome !
but don't forget to put bike grease everywhere or it'll wear out and rust quickly !
Great! You could build the stiffness into the box, which would save overall weight.
Great video, I always find your builds are fascinating - your thought processes are amazing. One comment I would make is about the holes in the bottom of the donor bike frame. One issue with a steel frame is condensation getting trapped inside the frame, over time the frame will fill up and will corrode. Every bike that I have seen has holes to allow the water out. You have blocked those holes, or at least some of them. Ive seen a lot of bikes just snap at the points where corrosion has caused quite minor thinning at a key point. Id say to at least consider this in future designs. Cars and a lot of welded steel structures have a built in exit path for condensation.
"its a bit ugly inside, but arent we all" - made me laugh!
The hole that I blocked on the bottom bracket was on the front/top; it still has a hole in the bottom. But I suppose it could be a good idea to add a hole to the top tube where it meets the steering post… Thanks!
@@Jer_Schmidt bottom brackets rust and jam notoriously badly. I've had many stuck almost beyond repair.
Yellow without primer is always a pain in the ...
Awesome job!
You often surprise and always entertain. I love your craft and you present it well! Congratulations to another build, for a prototype that really nice!
My one suggestion would be to not run cables in such long sheathing- it compresses, losing you travel which especially for braking can be the difference between a meter too much - or not. But most of all, when the cables start to wear into the sheath, or dry up, or rust or all of those… every inch run in the sheath will decrease the effectiveness. Wherever you have long straight runs, you could run the cables ‘naked’ which may require a lot more welding of course.
I switched to a bike about 7 years ago and I'm so glad I did. The amount of money I have been able to save is wonderful. I use a trailer but this looks like a better way of moving cargo.
Hey Jer! Great build.I like your method of welding the nuts inside the tube. I might just borrow that trick. I've got a trail building and maintenance cart I need to build. I've done nuts on the inside before, but I drilled bigger, single holes in the frame. Welded a nut to the back of a washer. Then insert this into the hole, nut side in, welding the perimeter of the washer outside the frame tube. Just need the hole in the frame tube to be big enough to accommodate the weld or grind the weld back a bit if needed. Very strong. But I like your method as it's flush to the tube surface.
Good video !! I've made my cargo bike pretty similar to your , at first was one main tube , later add the lateral tubes on the cargo bay , that increase increase the cargo capacity , reduce flex and twist of the tubes . Thanks for the video and also thanks to PhilVandelay for the inspiration. !!
If you haven't already done so. Don't forget a few drainage holes in the tub