We are pleased to announce a new UK dealer for Omnium bikes – Matt Tapsell. Matt is still looking for premises in London for his shop but is already able to take orders for all Omnium Bikes by email or telephone. More news soon.
Matt Tapsell
+44 7939 588133
cargo@percent.co.uk
www.omniumcargo.co.uk
A big victory for the Omnium Cargo as it is ridden to a 1,2 finish by Angus ‘Beaver’ Edmond and Jimmi ‘Jumbo’ Bargisen in the men’s race, with Tanja Kjaer coming second in the women’s race too.
CMWC was an incredible experience for Team Omnium and for all the other 500+ messengers from all over the world who came to participate in the excitement. A huge thank you to all who were involved at CMWC and who made it a super well organised and fun event for all.
Here’s some pictures from Emma Bonde, a video of the main cargo race by CMWC, and FOLLOW this link for a feast of Vine clips: http://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/lausanne-region/coursiers-velo-envahissent-lausanne/story/20389771
From left to right: ?, Thomas ‘Toto’ Cruzeby, Tanja Kjaer, Jimmi ‘Jumbo’ Bargisen, Angus ‘Beaver’ Edmond, ?, Simon ‘Snus’ Busk, ?, Fabrice
We are proud to announce that Omnium Cargo will be fielding a full team of strong riders at the Cargo Messenger World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland from 30th July to 4th August. Our team will include Jimmi ‘Jumbo’ Bargisen, Angus ‘Beaver’ Edmond and Tanja Kjær. All have previously ridden successfully in the Worlds on multiple occasions. The bring with them Toto Crubezy, and others too numerous to mention plus some extra-light tricked-out Omniums for race day.
For more info and the race program click here: http://cmwc2013.com/accueil/?lang=en
Click here for the results table
The designer of the Omnium Cargo, Jimmi Bargisen, took part in the 24 hour race at Strib, Middlefart in Denmark this weekend. The race is a qualifier for the RAM ‘Race Across America’. He just did it for ‘fun’. He managed to complete 664.2km in the 24 hours. And he did it on an Omnium Cargo specially prepared for the race with drop handlebars, carbon wheels and SRAM Red equipment that weighed 15.1kilos overall. Photos to follow! Our man is currently recovering from his ordeal!
Here he is asleep in the van on the way home. Legs up, without a care in the world.
Today we received the first full prototype of the new MiniMax frame. It’s got the same wheels and cargo rack of the Cargo but with a shorter wheelbase. Also about 1 kilo lighter too. And all in glossy ‘Italian Stallion Red’. We’ll give it to our friendly bike cargo messengers at ByExpressen to see if it can stand the constant abuse of the working environment.
Omnium Bikes designer and CEO Jimmi ‘Jumbo’ Bargisen won the Copenhagen Messenger Alleycat yesterday – he rode an Omnium Cargo, the same one he rides every day when he rides for the ByExpressen Cargo Messenger Service. And he won. Against the finest of Copenhagen’s bike messengers on normal race bikes and fixed gears. Hopefully that gives you some idea what a swift steed the Omnium Cargo is.
We are proud to confirm that we now have a dealer in Denmark’s second city, Aarhus. It is Knud’s Kiosk, a stylish combination of bike shop and fashion store. They should have the bikes by April 12th for you to try out – happy riding!
Knud’s Kiosk
Nørrebrogade 16, 8000 Århus v
http://www.knudskiosk.dk/
From our inventor’s laboratory!
This is to show a relatively easy way of turning the standard rack into a combination seat, with room for an adult in front or a kid facing backwards toward the rider. We are currently working on making this in fabric and aluminium as well – for a lighter and sleeker look.
We’ve now got the following tyres in stock which fit our ‘Fast Bastard’ 20″ front wheels – with matching 700c rear tire also available for each tyre type.
23mm (I don’t give a damn if it’s a cargo bike) Schwalbe Ultremo ZX
28mm (The messengers choice) Schwalbe Durano
37mm (Slick, fast and as comfy as it gets) Primo Comet
37mm (It’s winter 9 months a year, I might as well ride knobblies) Schwalbe Mow Joe
There’s a nice piece on the Omnium Cargo bike today by Kent Clarström on the website kittad.se. It’s in Swedish – of course! But here’s a few translated quotes into English and you can also read the original article on Kittad.se by clicking this link:
http://cykel.kittad.se/omnium-cargo-en-latt-lastcykel-1140
“…A really cool thing with the Omnium Cargo is that the rider himself can equip the load surface in many different ways. Instead of a fixed platform or box, you can attach whatever you like with ease. Omnium Bikes offer a range of solutions including a seat, a tough canvas sling, and a range of waterproof bags up to 400 litres in capacity! And on top of that you can even have a back rack like a normal bike too….”
“…cycling was really a pleasure, the bike behaves, yes like a bike! None of the vague steering that some other cargo bikes seem to have, making it so easy to get used to! It might seem strange not to see the front wheel, but after a minute or two I forgot that and could even jump the front wheel up curbs. With a load on the front the bike was very manageable, and the strong two-legged stand meant I wasn’t worried about balance when I loaded and unloaded the bike…”
