My new pickup truck is a bicycle. Xtracycle, an innovative cycling company, is making a cargo-bike adapter that turns any traditional bike into a long-tail hauling machine. I recently set up my old Specialized Hard Rock with their Free Radical kit. Great for hauling boxes, other bikes, and friends. I sold my car this spring after realizing that I had put gas in the tank a handful of times within the previous year. Then a friend reminded me of the Xtracycle — a bolt-on rear triangle that moves your rear-wheel back about 15 inches and supports their proprietary huge panniers. […]