Comments on: Xtracycle Freeradical Review

By: Lacy

Lacy — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:03:55 +0000

I got my Xtra in April & put it on a 2006 Kona Smoke. It’s the best bike ever! I do everything on this bike, I’ve never regretted it EVER

By: Amber D. Evans

Amber D. Evans — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:29:48 +0000

I’ve been searching for a new purpose for my old Specialized Hardtail. This is EXACTLY what I’m going to do with it. Thanks for reviewing and sharing!

By: Lacy

Lacy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:18:09 +0000

Can someone explain the Mystery horn on the Kona Smoke? Thanks!

By: Lacy

Lacy — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:35:36 +0000

Can you post a pic of what the smoke looked like with the free radical?

By: Coelecanth

Coelecanth — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:01:13 +0000

I’ve been using one for the last 4 years on an old rigid Rockhopper.

I’ve carried:
-Enough camping gear for 1 week, unsupported.
-100 liters of potting soil (passed a guy on a high-zoot mountain bike, hee, hee)
-One boxed bicycle
-Two bicycles. Towed by dropping the front wheels in the “Freeloaders”. I do this almost daily in my job doing maintenance for a bike share program.
-A Park work stand and all my tools except the headset press
-10 feet of downspout
-A half dozen 2×4′s and two 4 feet by 4 feet sheets of plywood
-An 8 by 10 foot sheet of colorplast (plastic cardboard). Tricky that one.
-An Electric guitar, two mic stands, one Roland Jazz Chorus Amp, a tool box of cables and a courier bag of clothes.
-One fiance and groceries for a week.

Each point is what I carried in one go, some with the optional horizontal racks and the “Longloader” stand-off bar.

It makes the bike track really straight on snowy roads.

The negatives:

-You’re forever answering the question: “Did you build that thing?” Mind you, I’m the only one in this city that has one.
-Sluggish cornering. You do get used to the handling but if you switch bikes often it’s quite noticable.
-The front end dives a bit on corners. It feels like the frame is pushing harder against the front wheel on tight corners especially when loaded. I’ve slid out the front wheel a couple of times where I felt that an ordinary bike wouldn’t have. This has always been at very slow speeds while trying to do pretty technical stuff. Makes sense. By moving the rear wheel back you’re placing more weight on the front one.

All in all the Xtracycle does everything the company claims it does. Probably the only cycling product I’ve used that I’d say that about.

By: Moe

Moe — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:28:12 +0000

Hey Sue, what do you like most about your Freeradical?

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:00:24 +0000

When I got mine, it then *became* my primary mode of transportation, and I got it in February. Silly thing would not let me take the car; it looks at me with those big black handlebars and says “35 mph winds? I can do it, I can do it!!”
When I’m riding it, people think so loudly I can hear it. They stare and sometimes cheer. I mess with their assumptions about bicycle riding and bicycle riders. I’m clearly an “intentional cyclist.” Suddenly I’m “that lady who rides her bike instead of driving,” so on days when I would have driven, I’m inspired to keep that identity because with every visible mile through town, people are seeing that “you could do this, too.”
The blender accessory just adds to the fun

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By: Carl S

Carl S — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:40:25 +0000

Xtracycle will (eventually) score the sale of at least one Free Radical to me based on the stuff I’ve seen you do with it on CBB. Before you guys got one, I’d never heard of it, and now I’m really looking forward to getting one myself.

I need to get a folding bike first… then Free Radical.

By: Randy Policar

Randy Policar — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:09:05 +0000

Cute teddy bear!