2 Wheels Maybe

 If any of you have been hanging out hoping I'd write about longtail cargo bikes again, well, that is really sad. However, here it is! I received an email from Mongoose a few days ago taunting me with the promise of cheap closeout mountain bikes. And, I've been jonesing for a mountain bike with which I might have a slightly better chance of keeping up with my coffee/riding buddies (something built in this century). So I clicked on the email. When I reached the sale page, I spotted two hardtails that were a bit tempting, but then... I saw what was hiding in the bottom right corner!      A few years ago I drooled over the long 'goose and waited for it to become available in the US - it started out in Canada. And I watched the price go up. I saw the KevCentral Review  and it contained a discount! And I watched the Chris Akrigg video.  And I continued to drool. And time kept passing, and the Envoy became less and less visible on the Mongoose website. Finally...

So there I was researching a new post about two new electric cargo bikes on the market when I ran across something truly shocking - a youtube video of a pro rider putting a Mongoose Envoy Cargo Bike to the test on a mountain bike trail. What the heck? Really? A Mongoose cargo bike? Wowser!!! So, I clicked the link and dumbfoundedly watched a thing I never expected to see going up and down and over and such with happy music playing in the background. I went straight to Mongoose.com and found nothing. So I went to the google and found Canadian Costco. And I started scheming about getting my Canadian buddy who's a bit of smuggler... (Just disregard that line.)  Yep, $500 Canadian from Costco So, I figured it'd be a while before they hit the real world and watched the video again: A British MTB/Trials rider wheelying a Mongoose cargo bike on youtube?!! Then I went back to the google and found evidence of at least one that is already in the real worl...