Urban Arrow FamilyNext Pro Review: The Perfect Family Bike

How clip flies. I archetypal reviewed the archetypal Urban Arrow successful 2020, erstwhile my kids were 3 and 5. Back then, thing delighted a mates of preschoolers much than strapping into a big, motorized cargo bike and scooting astir town, shrieking, with the upwind blowing successful their tiny faces. Alas, they are present 8 and 10. When I picked up my 8-year-old 2 days ago, helium crouched down successful the container portion sitting connected the padded seats (with spot belts!) truthful that nary of his friends would spot him.

All this to say: My Tern GSD and I are large friends, but I privation my kids were 5 years younger truthful I could’ve bought the FamilyNext Pro instead. Urban Arrow's caller electrical cargo motorcycle has a batch of large upgrades, is easier to thrust than ever, and is adjacent much utile arsenic my kids person gotten older.

Bounce House

To the bare eye, the 2 biggest upgrades to the FamilyNext Pro are a recently redesigned cargo container and suspension connected the beforehand fork. (It besides comes successful a precise classy, caller sage green, but unfortunately, my demo motorcycle was successful black.)

The container looks wholly different—my person asked if my motorcycle had gotten longer somehow. It’s longer and slimmer, with rounded corners alternatively of quadrate ones, and determination are present headlights connected the bike. It has shorter sides, truthful it’s easier to get successful and out. Unlike different bakfiets, oregon container bikes, that I’ve tried, the container sits overmuch little to the ground. I tin corroborate that successful my testing, some adults and kids had an casual clip climbing successful and out.

The container is made from expanded polypropylene (EPP) foam, which is initially disconcerting—it shows dings and bumps precise easily. However, Urban Arrow describes it arsenic “an upside-down helmet,” and the foam cushioning did reassure maine that adjacent if I fto the motorcycle extremity over, my kids oregon friends wouldn’t conscionable instantly deed the pavement. You tin besides replace the foam easily successful the lawsuit of a clang oregon immoderate different unsightly event.

The beforehand cargo container present has a beforehand fork with 60 millimeters of travel. I genuinely emotion this. It truly is simply a information contented erstwhile you’re going accelerated with 60 to 150 pounds successful the beforehand box. I was cruising on astatine 20 mph and deed a pothole, and I conscionable boinged close retired of it.