[[Category:Ongoing_Projects]]
== Context ==
* [cargo bikes overview, long john type]
* [Werkstatt Lastenrad, André Frieboese, Long André]
* This is not a typical Hackerspace project, but more a typical project for the very young [https://fixme.ch/wiki/Atelier_machines UCmakerspace].
== Description ==
* Building a long john-type caro cargo bike according to these (links from [http://www.werkstatt-lastenrad.de/index.php?title=Hauptseite werkstatt-lastenrad.de]):
** [http://www.werkstatt-lastenrad.de/index.php?title=Haptische_Bibliothek:_Werkstatt-K%C3%A4rtchen_zum_Bau_von_Long_Andr%C3%A9 illustration-rich PDF document "Werkstatt-Kärtchen zum Bau von Long André" (German)]
** [http://www.werkstatt-lastenrad.de/index.php?title=Bauanleitung:_Long-Andr%C3%A9 original construction manual (German)]
** [http://werkstatt-lastenrad.de/index.php?title=Long-Andr%C3%A9:_description_en_fran%C3%A7ais French description, translation ongoing]
* This is not a typical Hackerspace project, but more a typical project for the very young [https://fixme.ch/wiki/Atelier_machines UCmakerspace].
* Making roadworthy vehicles is delicate enough not to improvise too much at first. Hence, this project is currently being led in a spirit of carefully following existing documentation.
* The first thing to build is not the bike itself but a BikeBench (see below under Components)