Bikepacking with cargo bike

I rode with a guy once who brought his front wheel 26in cargo bike to our little overnighter outing. All his stuff fit in a milk crate he had strapped to the front rack.

We stopped 3/4 of the way for beers, he loaded an 8-pack into his milk crate, and still dropped us all on the final climb up to the campsite.

Also, it was a front brake fixie. He said that was the reason he went up hills so quick – cause if he slowed down he wouldn’t be able to get up them at all.

I did a few days of mountain bike trails north of San Francisco on a soma tradesman and it was fun but about like you’d expect. The small front wheel made everything but loam and smooth fire roads pretty difficult.