The Ebike Accessories You Need to Help You Haul the Most Stuff
The Ebike Accessories You Need to Help You Haul the Most Stuff
助你满载而归：你需要这些电动自行车配件
When my wife and I bought our first ebike—a Radwagon 4 by the Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes—four years ago, we did so to replace one of our two family cars. For in-town trips of 5 miles or less, we figured we could (and should!) use the bicycle. At the time, our kids were very young, so we needed a bike capable of safely carting them around and also handling whatever we were hauling on a given day.
四年前，我和妻子购买了第一辆电动自行车——西雅图 Rad Power Bikes 公司生产的 Radwagon 4，目的是为了替代我们家两辆汽车中的一辆。对于 5 英里以内的市内短途出行，我们认为完全可以（也应该！）骑自行车。当时我们的孩子还很小，所以我们需要一辆既能安全载人，又能应对日常杂物运输的自行车。
The Radwagon answered those needs; the direct-to-consumer company allowed me to configure the bike to suit my exact needs during the ordering process. I selected a front basket, a rear pad seat for my son, and a Thule Yepp 2 Maxi seat to secure my then-toddler daughter. I also bought a few safety lights and a bell from my local bike shop (more on those accessories below).
Radwagon 满足了这些需求；这家直销公司允许我在订购过程中根据自己的具体需求配置车辆。我选配了一个前置车篮、一个供儿子使用的后座垫，以及一个用于固定当时还是幼儿的女儿的 Thule Yepp 2 Maxi 儿童座椅。我还从当地自行车店买了一些安全灯和车铃（下文会详细介绍这些配件）。
Once the bike arrived and was assembled, my wife and I used it to tote our kids all over town. We rode to and from school and daycare, playdates, and doctor’s appointments; made quick grocery runs; and went anywhere else we needed to go that was relatively close to home.
自行车到货并组装完成后，我和妻子就用它带着孩子们满城跑。我们骑车接送孩子上下学和去托儿所、参加玩伴聚会、看医生；去超市快速采购；以及去任何离家较近的地方。
On any given day, the front basket continues to function as a cornucopia holding whatever we might need for the task or errand at hand. On a recent trip to a nearby playground, my ebike’s basket held the following: a small soccer ball, my wife’s small shoulder bag, my bike lock and cable, two bottles of water (in addition to a third bottle of water in the bike’s bottle cage), three baseball caps, two baseball gloves, one baseball, a small tin lunch box full of snacks, and two binders full of Pokémon trading cards. The basket has also successfully transported two large grocery bags or three smaller ones, and, on one occasion, a small guitar amp I found at our local thrift store.
如今，前置车篮依然像个“聚宝盆”，装着我们处理各种任务或杂事时可能需要的一切。最近去附近游乐场时，我的车篮里装了这些东西：一个小足球、妻子的单肩包、我的车锁和锁链、两瓶水（外加车架水壶架上的第三瓶水）、三顶棒球帽、两副棒球手套、一个棒球、一个装满零食的小铁皮午餐盒，以及两本装满宝可梦卡牌的活页夹。这个车篮还曾成功装下过两个大购物袋或三个小购物袋，有一次甚至装下了一个我在当地旧货店淘到的小吉他音箱。
The bike is still useful and functional, but my family’s needs have changed since we bought it. My now-4-year-old daughter is too big to fit in her Yepp seat, and my now-8-year-old son is a bit too self-conscious to be seen on the back of his dad’s big ebike. (Not to mention, he’s now strong enough to ride all over town on his own bike.)
这辆车依然好用且功能完备，但自我们购买以来，家庭需求已经发生了变化。现在 4 岁的女儿已经坐不下她的 Yepp 座椅了，而 8 岁的儿子也开始觉得坐在爸爸的大电动自行车后座上有些不好意思。（更不用说，他现在已经足够强壮，可以骑着自己的自行车满城跑了。）
With my kids outgrowing the beloved family ebike, I’ve been thinking about its next iteration as a serious cargo schlepper—a Grocery Getter, if you will—and how I can set it up to haul as much stuff as possible. Ebikes now make up a huge category, serving mountain bikers and commuters, folding and cruising to fit various needs. There are strategic ways to maximize your ebike’s capabilities for each of those purposes, but here I’m going to stick to outlining the two I know best: carting a family (the Family Wagon) and hauling lots of stuff (the Grocery Getter).
随着孩子们不再需要这辆心爱的家庭电动自行车，我开始考虑它的下一次转型——成为一辆专业的载货车，或者说“买菜车”——以及如何配置它以实现最大载货量。如今，电动自行车已成为一个庞大的品类，服务于山地骑行者、通勤者，并有折叠款和巡航款以满足各种需求。针对这些用途，有一些策略可以最大化电动自行车的性能，但在这里，我将重点介绍我最熟悉的两种模式：家庭载人（Family Wagon）和大量载货（Grocery Getter）。
The Family Wagon
家庭载人模式 (Family Wagon)
If you use your ebike to transport your kids, you’ll want comfortable, safe, and age-appropriate seating for them. These days, most family-style ebikes—which put the focus on extra seating for kids as opposed to an ability to haul a ton of stuff—feature seating behind the primary rider (Rad, Aventon, Lectric), so it’s just a matter of finding the right configuration for your family. Front-loaded family haulers are available, such as Urban Arrow’s FamilyNext, but this setup is much less common.
如果你用电动自行车接送孩子，你需要为他们准备舒适、安全且适合年龄的座椅。如今，大多数家庭型电动自行车——侧重于增加儿童座椅而非载货能力——都将座位设置在骑行者后方（如 Rad、Aventon、Lectric），所以关键在于找到适合你家庭的配置。虽然也有前置载人车型，例如 Urban Arrow 的 FamilyNext，但这种布局并不常见。
With just about all of those aforementioned brands, you can configure your bike to suit your family’s exact needs. That might look like a padded rear seat plus an additional traditional child’s bike seat—much like I created for my son and toddler daughter on my family Radwagon. It could mean one long padded seat. It could be two Thule Yepp–style child seats. Whatever your preference, make sure the bike you’re eyeing can accommodate it.
对于上述几乎所有品牌，你都可以根据家庭的具体需求进行配置。这可能是一个带衬垫的后座加上一个传统的儿童自行车座椅——就像我当年为儿子和幼儿时期的女儿在 Radwagon 上配置的那样。也可以是一个长条软垫座椅，或者两个 Thule Yepp 风格的儿童座椅。无论你的偏好如何，请确保你选中的自行车能够兼容这些配置。
For safety’s sake, I made sure to outfit my bike with a steel cage that Rad calls the Caboose, which wrapped around both of their seats. I also made sure the bike had runner boards so my son’s then-little legs weren’t dangling off the sides, or worse, his laces getting caught in the spokes of the rear wheel.
为了安全起见，我特意为自行车加装了一个 Rad 称为“Caboose”的钢制护栏，它环绕在两个座椅周围。我还确保自行车配有脚踏板，这样儿子当时的小腿就不会悬在两侧，更不会发生鞋带卷入后轮辐条的危险。
And while I have yet to replace my kids’ seats with cargo bags, there are several brands that make smaller panniers meant to fasten beneath your kids’ runner boards or footrests, giving you even more storage options. For example, Lectric, which seems to dominate the ebike accessory game (it has a surfboard add-on and fishing-rod holders), allows you to build a bike that has both seating for your kids and large pannier options, offering a hybrid Family Wagon/Grocery Getter. Some brands, such as Rad Power Bikes, even offer weatherproof covers for your kids. To increase cargo loads on your Family Wagon, you can also add frame bags and handlebar bags.
虽然我还没有把儿童座椅换成载货包，但有些品牌生产的小型侧挂包可以固定在儿童脚踏板下方，为你提供更多的存储空间。例如，在电动自行车配件领域占据主导地位的 Lectric（他们甚至有冲浪板支架和鱼竿架），允许你组装出一辆既有儿童座椅又有大容量侧挂包的自行车，实现“家庭载人”与“买菜载货”的混合模式。一些品牌（如 Rad Power Bikes）甚至提供儿童防风雨罩。为了增加载货量，你还可以添加车架包和车把包。
The Grocery Getter
买菜载货模式 (Grocery Getter)
The big thing that separates the Family Wagon from the Grocery Getter is storage, as most ebikes make you choose between added seats or added cargo space. With that in mind, the most important accessory for any object-hauling bike is a good set of panniers. And while the aforementioned Lectric bags are made to pair with rear seating, most ebike brands offer one or the other. So if you’re looking for an ebike to replace your trips to the local shops, you’re going to need sufficient storage.
“家庭载人”与“买菜载货”模式最大的区别在于存储空间，因为大多数电动自行车都要求你在增加座椅或增加载货空间之间做出选择。考虑到这一点，任何载货自行车最重要的配件就是一套优质的侧挂包（Panniers）。虽然前面提到的 Lectric 包可以与后座配合使用，但大多数品牌通常只提供其中一种功能。因此，如果你想用电动自行车来替代去当地商店的短途出行，你需要充足的存储空间。
Popular ebike brand Aventon offers several options for cargo storage. The best I’ve seen from the brand is the absolutely massive Abound Pannier Set, which can hold nearly 90 pounds of cargo (44 pounds per pannier). I recently watched in awe as a local friend of mine fit a week’s worth of groceries for her family of four into her Abound Pannier set, evenly distributing the haul between the two sides. Especially if you’re hauling a heavy load, it’s best to balance the weight evenly over both sides of the bike for safety and balance while you roll.
热门电动自行车品牌 Aventon 提供了多种载货存储方案。我见过该品牌最棒的产品是巨大的 Abound 侧挂包套装，它可以承载近 90 磅的货物（每个包 44 磅）。最近，我惊讶地看到一位当地朋友将她四口之家一周的杂货全部装进了她的 Abound 侧挂包里，并均匀地分配在两侧。特别是在载重较重时，为了行驶过程中的安全与平衡，最好将重量均匀地分布在自行车两侧。
It should also be noted that not every ebike brand is compatible with just any set of panniers. Read each accessory’s description and consider this while deciding which bags to buy. When in doubt, stick with your bike brand’s proprietary accessories. For those in rainy regions, waterproof cargo bags may be of interest.
还需要注意的是，并非每个品牌的电动自行车都兼容任何侧挂包。在决定购买哪种包之前，请阅读每个配件的说明并考虑兼容性。如果有疑问，请坚持使用你所购自行车品牌的原厂配件。对于居住在多雨地区的人来说，防水载货包可能更值得关注。