Giveaway! Madsen Bucket Cargo Bike - $1299 Value!

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WOw, what a fantastic giveaway! I would love to use this to run errands that are too far to walk, but still close enough that I don't have to drive. My girls would love the bench seating. This would also be great to just take cruises in for pure pleasure! Thanks so much!
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I could go shopping with this bike and not have to drive the car. The shops are nearby and I feel wasteful driving.

I would have so much fun with this!!!! This would be great for riding to town - going to the post office, library and market!

What a wonderful Idea, run errands and burn calories at the same time

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I would use this to go to the local farmers markets and to the gracery store.

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I'd love to have this bike so that I could ride to work, the grocery store, and the farmers market, without having to worry about having to tote everything.

I blogged about it...

http://survivalistgardening.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-earth-day-and-great-giveaway.html

I NEED this bike because where I live, everything is accessible to me within 4 miles, but because I have a 6 year old child I am forced to drive my car everywhere. It would really save me money on gas, cut down pollution, and get me some exercise. This bike is exactly what I need! I would use it more than my car in every aspect of my life!

I want to win this because I truly have never seen anything like it! I would take it to the market and avoid using my car. It is simply a GREAT little vehicle that would be put to great use by every member of this household!

Oh I love, love, love this bike. I live within three miles of grocery stores, whole food marts and other cool stores. I used to walk to a lot of these until about four years ago when I developed some hip issues. Oddly, I can ride my exercise bike but long walking just kills me...well, not literally. I can totally see people in our neighborhood clamoring to find out where this bike came from so it would be great advertising as well. And you know, there's nothing more appealing then a slighly chubby, 50-something year old riding a cool bike. Everyone will figure if I can do it they can do it! Gosh, I really, really hope you pick me! The only bad thing is my huffing and puffing may contribute a teensy, weensy bit of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere but not nearly as much as my car.

i don't have a bike right now and my boyfriend is (or was, he recently crashed his bike and his thumb got severed off) into biking. so i'd like to have a bike so we can bike together

Wow! I would love to use this! My sister lives about 5 minutes away from me when I drive. It would be nice to be able to ride over there and save gas money and the environment. Plus the little market where I like to buy food is real close and I could use the bucket for groceries!

This bike would be perfect for me. I could bike to work then stop at the grocery on the way home.

This would be AWESOME! We drive a large vehicle (which, obviously uses quite a bit of gas) because we have kids and I work from home (carry stock). I would LOVE nothing more than to save gas and help the environment by toting the kids on the back of this and biking. Wonderful way for me to slim down, too! WOOHOOO! I will probably pee my pants if I win, though! LOL

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Where we live, this would be a Great mode of transportation to the grocery store, school, library and the local auction!

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would use that to ride to town and do the shopping since I live in a small rural area

OK I forgot to mention what I could use the bike for,errands,just plain old enjoyable bike riding!

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I think it would be an amazing way to help the enviornment out most of all. I could carry my groceries home on it. that would save gas money and get lots of exercise as well.

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I have to take my recycling to a city dumpster, the closest one is 1 mile away from my house. I really hate that I have to get in my car to take my biweekly bag of recycling to the dumpster. I really wish I could just ride my bike there because the distance is so short and I normally pass the recycling dumpster every week when I ride my bike to the shopping center/mall that is 3.5 miles from my house. Sadly I can't buy much like groceries because what I carry on my bike must fit into my backpack. With this bike I could take my recycling to the dumpster on my way to the shopping center and do some real grocery shopping rather than just buy a gallon of milk.

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I'd love to have the Madsen Cycle to take my 3 year old son for bike ride with me. It's really difficult to take him any other way. I love riding my bike and he loves being outside, so this would be great!!

I blogged about this giveaway on my giveaway blog with a link to this post.

http://msgiveaway.blogspot.com/2009/04/madsen-bucket-cargo-bike.html

Right now, we don't own a car, and we live in a pretty rural area where there's no bus service. We share a car, but when it's not available, this would be really great to allow us to run errands without worrying about how we're going to walk with a large load. The huge cargo bin would mean my husband or I could even bike to the nearest grocery store and do our weekly shopping. And it might give us more incentive to remain carless

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What a great bike! Definately take it to the Farmers Market

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Oh, I have never ever seen the Madsen Bucket Cargo Bike before. I am in AWE. I could make great use of this bike. First of all the Bucket, what a terrific idea. I have a old bike now which I ride, I like to ride it to the store, I have a small basket on the handlebars but it doesn't hold much. I am trying to go more green this year as well as to get more healthy. Biking and Walking are becoming a huge part of this endeavor.
I could use this bike to go to the post office, Drop off the recycleables at the recycling place here in town then stop by the grocery and grab what I need, ooh and the town square farmers market. Terrific, No gasoline, no using the car. Also this would be fantastic for taking the kiddos to the park, it is really too far for them to walk, but close enough for them to ride on the back of the Madsen Cargo Bike.
Thanks for the introduction and the chance to win.. I really love it.
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This would be so incredible to win! I would love to be able to bike with my older daughter, but my youngest is not old enough to keep up. It looks like she would fit perfectly in the bucket! Also, perfect for taking to the farmers market and the quick run to the store trips that I make to our nearby "town" area.

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I want this to go on bike rides with my daughter and to also get to the local saturday market and back. I just moved to a small town and this would be perfect to have!

I want to win this bike because it's awesome, I love the color, and I would totally ride it around my little town and take it to ride at the campsite.

Our family is trying to live a more gree lifestyle. Right now, we do not own any bicycles and this amazing prize would be such a blessing. We would be able to use this to bike to the store in efforts to do our part to help the environment. It would also teach our daugther the importance of exercise and helping Mother Earth. Thank you so much for the chance to win! m_huston(at)hotmail(dot)com

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I live in a small enough town that I could do all my shopping if I had this. It's a beautiful bike. I also have a couple of kids I could strap in and go a whole lot faster than having to walk.

I would use this for "regular" things, like grocery shopping, other shopping, library trips, etc. I would also use it when I donate items to Goodwill, and (most importantly) to carry my garndeing supplies back and forth from my home and my garden plot, which is part of a community garden.

I follow you on Twitter and tweeted the giveaway here http://twitter.com/one6ylady/status/1590784214

I would love to win this to ride my little ones around and still get exercise for myself! It is so hard to take my two small ones when I go for walks because I don't have a double stroller! I would love to win this awesome prize! Thanks for the chance!

i would love to win this because i don't drive and it also would save my husband from driving me around..

We didn't buy a car until this year, but are forced to buy one now that we have twins. I love walking and riding bikes but with twins it's almost impossible,especially when I have grocery shopping to do and need to take home bags. I didn't even know there was a bike that has a basket and seats for the kids- sounds wonderful to me (and a lot easier to find parking)

I would so love to win this bike! My bike was stolen last summer (from my own yard!) and would love this as a replacement. It would be perfect for toting my 2 young kids around as well as going to our local stores. Thanks for the giveaway!
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This is quite literally the coolest bike I have ever seen! I love the color and the design! I could use this for almost any every errand I ever need to go on. I could carry my groceries, laundry, plants, you name it! What a cool idea.

I could take this to town instead of my car to go to library and the stores. I sometimes walk if I am not getting much from places but if I had this I could ride and not worry about getting to much at one time.

This would be one good way for me to save on gas and i would have a one big smile on my face going to town and i would wave at all the cars that go by me thank you

I have identical twin girls and we live near a park. This would be wonderful to be able to take everything with us...lunch, toys, water....everything!

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My children and I are planning on going around our neighborhood this summer and doing yardwork and odd jobs for the elderly people that live around us (there are a lot) to just help them out and let them know people care about them. This bike would be absolutely perfect for transporting the yard tools around that we will need! This would just be awesome! It would also be a cool thing to have during all the garage sales that go on in the summer. I could ride the bike around to them instead of using the car and I'd still have a way to get all my goodies home!

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I live in the country, so there are no nearby stores. However, I would ride this bike simply for the fun of it.

This bike is fabulous! I would use it for grocery store, farmer's market, my business deliveries when possible, and last but not least, I would tote my two boys around town with me!

This would come in so handy when we do our door to door bottle drives and clean up days. I live in Maine and all bottles are recycled and in the spring we always clean up the road sides in order to keep our state clean. I could also use it to go to the local grocery store and the post office while running errands every day. We also have to lug our water from the well down the road and this would cut our lugging time in half not to mention save on our arms lol Thanks for sharing & for Caring~!

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This bike is just what I need! I don't drive so my bike is my only transportation. If I had this I wouldn't have to take the bus to Boiceville for groceries(about 7 mikes each way) My twitter username is scowmastermom, my technorati(great site!) name is moog25. I subscribed to your feed and plan to share your blog with my sisters too.

The reason I drive to the store is because I have nowhere to put the stuff I go to get. I would commit to riding to the store if I had a bike like this! Thanks for the giveaway!

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Oh gosh, my husband wants to ride to work, but he carries a huge amount of stuff. He'd use it, I'd use it too, as it stands I'm piling the kids in the stroller and the groceries on the kids, and my daughter is tired of having to hold a bag of food under her feet on the footrest too.

Wow! It would be great to do all my local shopping with this bike!

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I got my first driver's license in 1952 when I was 17 and drove all those years until 2005 when I had knee replacements in both knees and after that I didn't feel that I had the strength or the reaction time in my legs to drive safely so I gave up driving however during my physical therapy I worked on the stationary bike and after took up biking as a means of getting around. Would dearly love to have this for following my hobby which is going to garage and rummage sales. My son takes me sometimes but he is usualy busy on weekends and this bike would be just the thing.

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I live under 1 mile away from Publix and Walgreen, But I hate walking. I also would love to ride around the block. Great exercise.

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If i win I am using it to tote my son and all his toys to the park, we normally stroll or walk but this looks like way more fun!!!

Wow, what an awesome bike! I would love to win this because we only have one car and my husband takes it to work each day. I would now be able to go to the store when I need to because I could put the groceries right in the bucket.

I would use it rather than my car every chance I could.

Would be great to take to the store.

This would be awesome to use to take my kids on a picnic lunch on the trail next to our house. Plus we often find wildflowers along the way we transplant into our own yard so we could have a place to stow them!

We have old cars that work sporadically and no bikes! I would love to be able to take my son and run to the store or a friend's house when one of the cars isn't working.
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I would take all my 5 cents recyclables down to the local grocery store and maybe pick up some roadside treasures along the way (lol)

Wow! I could almost get my kids to school in that!! (Tad too far to walk.) Definitely could do the grocery store or library!!! Very handy.

I live in a small town and this bike looks like it would be more stable for an unsteady bike rider as myself.

I would welcome the increase in leg strength and health that this bike could provide me.

I will use it to go to the store and other errors

This is a year of really being aware for me. I want to make more of an effort to not impact the earth in a negative way so much. The ability to put cargo right here on the bike makes it much easier to avoid driving.

I would use it to get around my complex. I am a property manager and have to give and receive things from my residents. Plus I help out some of my elderly tentant and this would be great

I think this bike is unbelievable. I live close enough to grocery store and library that this would be an amazing way to stop driving as much. I spend the beach at the summer and with this bike I would park my car all summer. There would be no need for using it for three months. I have never seen anything like this!

I could use it to transport all my recycleables down to the store instead of loading them into my car trunk

I just turned 51 and tryed to get on My bike last week and the bar was high I thought it was hard to get the leg over. I would take this to the farmers market in town and the library post office and I could ride it to My job as a Crossing guard with My stop sign in the basket....Wonderful

This would come in handy to tote stuff around the yard

I would use this beautiful bike for grocery shopping and trips to the library. I tend to get a lot of books.

I REALLY do want to win this bike! My family and I have become committed to getting more exercise and with my hip replacement, we chose biking, besides the fact that biking is just plain fun! We're also trying to be more GREEN and what better way to get around than on your own power. The bucket would be PERFECT for toting picnic supplies, jackets, and the little "FINDS," and trash/recyclables picked up along the way! I've never seen anything neater!

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this bike would be great for riding up to the supermarket and other stores...and it will hold all my purchases.

Riden in that thing would be...fun?

This is awesome! I would love to win this to roll around the city

I need this bike. I could actually carry something home from Home depot on my bike.

This looks like a great bike. I currently ride my bike past the grocery store and wish I could fit more in my backpack. I'd love to go shopping with this cycle.

I would love to win this so I could go biking w. my grandaughter to my moms and take along her toys

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I would go biking everywhere! The grocery store, library, downtown, the beach, etc. I walk or take the bus everywhere right now so this would be a great way to help eliminate my bus usage.

What an AWESOME bike! I'd love to use this to take my little girl for a ride or just ride up the street for some groceries.

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I could use this bike for so many errands. What a terrific Earth Day gift! Trips to the local store, library, it's awesome!!

I blogged about your contest!

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Hi! What an awesome bike!!! I would use it for groceries (I live near a store), heading to the park (with all of the necessary gear), and outings to the beach. It's perfect! Thanks so much for the giveaway!!!

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I would love to have this bike because I do not like to drive and the grocery store is just a couple miles from me so I would ride up with this bike and get my groceries. The school bus doesnt come to my house either, its about a mile a way so i could take my daughter to school with this also

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I have two boys and we walk everywhere around town. If I win, I would be delighted to go a bit faster!!

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Wow! I love, love, love the design of this bike! It's awesome! I would love to win because I live in a small-ish town, (25,000) and I want to spread the word about going green. As a community, if we all pull together, we can do it! I'd ride everywhere! To work, the grocery store, farmers market, library, you name it! Plus, there isn't another bike like this in town!

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Whew! I think that's all 6 entries. Thanks so much for this great contest and for the options to enter several times.

I've never seen a bicycle like this before...just wonderful. Having the bicycle would be a great incentive to ride to my local grocery store vs driving - what a great way to save gas and to of course get those muscles moving!
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Wow! This would be SO great-I have not owned a bike for 20 years or so. I am so jealous of all the people biking to work every day-I would love to be able to do that! I could pop my work clothes in the bucket (and shower stuff...and hair dryer) and off I would go! We also live a couple miles from a co-op, so this would be AWESOME to be able to bike to the co-op and fill up my bucket with good, healthy, fresh stuff! Thanks for the chance-very awesome giveaway!

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I would love this to ride to work/ the grocery store! Where I live there are tons of bicyclists, but I dont have a bike. Looks like it would be awesome!

That is the cutest bike I have ever seen!!! We recently moved downtown and are closer to shopping, work, activities, you-name-it. I'd use the bike to go everywhere!!! Thanks for the chance to win such an incredibly fantastic prize!

This would be fantastic for going shopping around town. I think it would also be handy for yard work. I'm renting a house on several hundred acres. I could haul materials out to the outer limits of the property when doing yard work. Hmmm, wonder how many dogs I can fit in the bucket???

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I ride the bus now, no car.
What an ease it would be to :
*grocery shop
*transport clothes to and from the laundry mat
*take my turtle to the park.
What a joy having this amazing transportation would be.

Grocery shopping!

I would deliver meals to our neighbors on bike instead of in the car.

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I have been looking for something like this for years! I would use it to go grocery shopping. I also bike my dogs, so when they get tired they could ride in the back.

How great this is!

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I bike to work and for errands, but I always have to drive to the store because I really don't have any way to haul more than a few things when I'm on my bike. I've tried the rack with grocery baskets, but they don't hold much weight and make the bike unbalanced. The cargo bike is a great idea and looks like it will do a better job of balancing a heavy load. If I had one, I could definitely reduce the number of car trips I needed to take.

I would use this beautiful bike to encourage my family to get healthier.

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This bike is too cool! If I won, I'd take my kids with me to the park, the library, the grocery store, the ice cream parlor, everywhere! It looks like fun, and it'd save us from taking the car too!

What a great Idea, run errands, burn calories and help the earth all at the same time

We live in town and have one car, so this would be great to make a trip to the grocery store.

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I currently only drive when I need to haul items that are either too heavy or too large to carry. This bike will allow me to almost completely lose the car! Also, this bike will allow me to bike to work - I currently take a train. Not to mention getting in a good workout at the same time!

This will also be a good method to get my cat around town. My cat HATES the car. She yowls while the car is on. Having this bike will make transporting her less stressful on her and me!

Thank you for having this wonderful giveaway!

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What a way to go!!!!!!!

We belong to an organic CSA whose pick up site is about two miles from here, and while I could, technically, walk there, I just can't fit all the yummy produce into my backpack, so I have to drive, which annoys me. Plus I'd be able to get a bunch of groceries from the 5 mile away whole foods... and be able to pick up stuff from the hardware store and gardening center... and, well, heck, most things I need to pick up or haul around would fit in the cargo area, and I could leave my car at home almost all the time. How fun!

I live 4 miles from work but the biggest drawback for biking was the lack of ability to carry my work clothes/lunch/etc. With this great bike, I could be cycling in style and it's totally functional! I could carry just about everything with this bike.

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This would be a dream come true! I don't drive and I have to walk everywhere I go or have to take the bus. It gets really hard at times carrying all my purchases home and now with a pinched nerve in my spine it is even harder and more painful. Would I love to have this? Oh yes I would! Thank you so much for the awesome giveaway!

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I think this would be great to get me and tools to a youth garden where I will be volunteering as soon as we can plant. Also I have a disability that causes it to be difficult to drive so with this I wouldn't have to find some one to drive me where I need to go.
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While I would love to bike to work, it just wouldn't be possible where I live. Now, what I would use this for is taking my kids on rides through our neighborhood parks and roads. I don't know that it would be good for trail rides, but perhaps if it is fairly flat? Thanks! thebubbledies(at)gmail(dot)com

I need it for shopping.

It is my Sister's B day today. Great Idea she would love it she hates totake out the car to go to the beach. With this Bike she could take the Bike path to the Beach (Fingers Crossed)

We are a one car family,which makes it hard on our schedules. we live and work near the beach and this would be so perfect for me to get around

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I would love to win this... I need the exercise and I live near my work place and also stores that I could utilize this for instead of wasting gas or carrying a ton of bags... this is great ... this would be great

I'd use it to start getting some exercise by taking it to the grocery store!

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I really have two reasons to want the Madsen Bucket Cargo Bike. The main reason is to get more exercise because I am not getting much right now. But, my secondary reason is to go to the local farmer's market and buy fresh produce and improve my families diet.

I love yardsales and this would be perfect! I could ride to one down the block and put my goodies in the basket!! m04taes(at)verizon(dot)net

This is the coolest bike I have ever seen. I am always hauling bags with me so this would help so much. What a fantastic prize!!

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i'd like to win the madsen to go to the grocery store so i don't have to drive the short distance

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This would be awesome to use for those errands to local stores! No more going to the car and using gas and polluting the air. I would get exercise and have fun getting my "Mom" jobs done!

greatest bike I have ever seen. I spend the summers at a campground in northern Michigan. What a wonderful way to get around, plus haul water, firewood, etc. My grandkids would have a ball with grandma taking them around the campground on this bike.

this would be great for running my errands in town.
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I plan on using it to carry my groceries There's a grocery store a few block away from my house, this would really come in handy especially since I hate polluting w/ my car

I would give this to my granddaughter as she would love it~Thanks so much for the chance to win:)

cool bike for the store! cool website!! good info...

I'd definitely use this bike. I'd use it to go to the local convenience store and to go on rides along the bike trails.

I would take it to the supermarket and the farmers market which while very close to home are just a little to far to walk with armful of food

I live so close to everything, but not I would take close enough to walk. I would ride this to the grocery store to do my shopping!

i have been car-free for five years. it is difficult to haul around all the things i need, but i manage. this bicycle would give me a great advantage in my gasoline-free lifestyle.

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Oh wow I would be the envy of the neighborhood if I won this beauty. I would use it to go up town and shop and to the post office and take it with me on vacation to the Jersey shore. A real head turner. Thanks for a great giveaway!

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I could really use this bike to take the kids to school and do my shopping. My daughter outgrew the double bike trailer I have about a year ago and she's not ready to bike on her own yet. So I haven't been getting as much exercise as I used to. It appears that she'd fit in the Madsen cargo bucket with no problem.

My mom and grandma don't live very far. I love to ride bikes, but I take stuff with me at times and really can't on a bike, so therefore I'm stuck taking my car therefore, wasting gas. This would be very helpful!

I would love to win this bike. I just had a heart attack and need to ride a bike to the neighborhood store,on the back roads ,getting some fresh air . This would be perfect for me and the added plus, gas free!!I love this fantastic bike. Count me in

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I love this! Not only is it stylish but it's practical! I live very close to a shopping center, so I would be able to use it to shop and bring groceries home. I could live my car in the garage and save gas and help the environment. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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I would like to win this bike so I can go grocery shopping without our car. We downsized to one car when we moved to WA two years ago. Now when I want to go shopping I'm beholden to kids' nap times and schedules. If I had an awesome bike like this, I could take care of shopping and other local chores and get exercise at the same time!

We live in a bike-friendly little town, so I would use it to bike to our Natural Foods store and to run other errands around town.

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What a cool bike. I would use it to pick up trash on the side of the rode and drive my toddler around-- especially to the park.

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i would love to be able to take my two boys for a bike ride with me... we could even ride to their cousins' house to play. i'd also like to have the option of biking to the grocery store... it would definitely help the environment if i didn't take my car. i'd also save money on gas. it would be a win, win situation!

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This is the frist time I've seen a bike like this. I would use it to get my mail (which is a mile away and I usually drive). I would also use it for the 1.8 mile trip to the pizza shop

I would use this great bike to cart my picnic and chairs to all the local park events in our city--and there are a LOT of them here. It would be great exposure for this bike company AND I would have a great time using this bike everyday. I would LOVE to win this bike!

That is an awesome bike! I've never seen anything like it!

Wow...what an awesome bike. I'd love to use it to cart my sweet boys around.

I would use this to do grocery shopping and running errands instead of driving my car.

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Most of my errands are within 6 blocks of my house. I could avoid driving to almost all my errands and shopping.

I would like to win this because I grown a very large fruit and vegetable garden every year. I like to share some of the organic produce with relatives who are in their mid eighties and other people that I know. It's hard taking enough produce to them in just a backpack, and you can only do that for one person at a time. With the bucket I could take more produce to them as well as to more than one family at a time.
I would also like to get a part time job in my community and the bike would be nice to ride to and from work.
When I babysit for friends I could take their children for a ride with the bench that has seat belts.
Besides riding a bike would be good exercise and help me lose some weight too.
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I live near the beach and would load the bike up with all my beach essentials!

I would use the cycle to haul large bags of fertilizer to the community garden I volunteer at.

This bike would be great for grocery shopping and taking my niece to the park on Saturdays to feed the ducks!

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This is about the coolest thing I have seen in a long time! I would love to bike instead of drive for all my local errands, but biking with my 6 and 3 year olds in tow is really hard and I can only do it when Hubby has one... not practical for everyday errands. This could definitely make me a more Eco friendly mom!

well, I want to win this to ride it, obviously! That is one of the neatest bikes I've seen!

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My sister called me to tell me about this bike offer. We live on a very secluded coastal town, which is only about one mile long and half mile wide. With today"s economy we are starting to provide organic produce, and eggs for our community, which includes our tiny local food back in which I am involved. This would be the perfect solution to getting things to friends in our community without adding to the carbon footprint and making what I do a happy and healthy thing for me too!

Here's wishing, praying, inviting, and hoping for a wonderful addition to my "coastal concierge" efforts ......

After having seven children, I have good reason to stay as healthy and active as I can. Our children are now 34,28,27,26,13,11,and 9......and grand baby number six is due next month !

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I could use the bike to run to the store. What great exercise that would be. And I would love to take it with me to the beach this summer to carry all my beach stuff! Thanks for such a great giveaway.

Wow! What a cool bike. I'd love to have something like this for my wife and 4 yr old. This would be great for a ride to the park down the street or even a trip to the store 1.5 miles away. Great contest! Thanks.

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I would love to start riding my bike to the market!! With this bike I can load up my groceries and avoid using my car. My husband and I have been wanting to get bikes so that we can take our daughter riding and this would get us half way there!

I see me & my husband giving our two boys rides. Looks like we could get a lot of enjoyment from the Madsen Cycle. Thanks

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I would love to use this bike to ride to work. I hate driving my car {seeing how much pollution is made from driving and how much oil/gas is being wasted}. I would love to help the earth by using this wonderful Cargo Bike.

I would use this bike to use when I go to my local farmers market on Wednesdays. I would also use it for daily exercise and to go pick my husband up for work everyday so we can save on gas!

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If I won this bike, I would use it for transportation around the town that I am preparing to move to in a few months. I will be on a VISTA volunteer budget and so it will very helpful in cutting down on gas costs.

I love this bike. I live in a small town, where people are using bikes to do everything. I would use it for going shopping, picking up my food coop orders, running errands. So, many things great prize.

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I would cart my kids, my groceries, my inflatable kayak, my farmers market goodies, my packages to mail at the post office, my recycling, did I mention my kids?

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How amazing! I've been looking at getting a new bike and this one takes the cake! I LOVE that I can throw my kiddos in there with seat belts! We could ride to the park, grocery store, post office, wherever! Amazing giveaway!

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This is the coolest thing I have ever seen! My kids would love to have rides in this around our little "farm". This is a great way to "go green".

This bike is amazing! I can just see the kids and I enjoying the hot summer nights with a bike ride around town and having a blast!

Oh la la! Count me in. I want to win that bike so I can ride it everywhere I go. I heard a rumor that this planet was the only one with wine, so I am super motivated to save it!!! Hehe. I am all about going green and just happen to think this is the most fabulous giveaway!!! Thanks for hosting and I loooove following your blog. Xoxo-BLC

We would use this to take our recycling to the recycling center, we would use this to drop off/pick up our child from school,get our groceries, farmers market items, etc. Basically we would use this as a car! So fun!

Great prize, perfect for shopping or to tennis.

Have recently semi-retired to care for aging parents... caregiver breaks are important and I have several fishing spots within cycling distance.... this would be great to pile in my "fishing stuff" and catch dinner....

I would love to win this awesome bike! If I were to win it I would use to it carry purchases from the farmers market, pedal kids around town, and ride to work.

This would save some fuel when I go grocery shopping.

I would love to use this to go to the farmers market up the street. It is a little too far to walk to but I could definately ride in style!!!

yes! this is the answer. i love my small town and sometimes our single Chariot just isn't big enough for the farmers market, the post office AND the 2-year-old!

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I'd love to win this for my son-in-law!

So, I did it all and I only count 4 entries. Just added a link to my blog widgets as well. I want to make the Madsen Cargo bike the official bike of the BirdDog Press!
Every box of letterpress goodies is sure to be delivered in person from the studio to the USPS in this bucket if I win!
Either way, this bike is awesome and it's on the wish list.
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I would love to be the talk of the town with this bike.

Argh! how amazing. My kids and I would take to the town (and the market, and the drugstore, and the park, and the post office, and to our friends' houses, etc, etc) in that beautiful bike!!!!!!!!

I would love having this bike. I can go to the store and pick up my groceries and still have room for my kiddo. Not only would I look green but oh so stylish. I added a Madsen Bucket Cargo Bike button to my blog. Thanks for the chance to win.

i am happy to say that they have just finished the roads outside my neighborhood and now we can safely walk, ride bikes and skateboards on a SIDEWALK!! no more walking on the side of a busy old hwy in the dirt and mud! iw oudl use this to go to the store and ride with my kids through the neighborhood! what a beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Bike would Be for my (not)Mother In Law of fourteen years. She works so hard but only rides a bike when she need to go to the store or anywhere close. Living in the city is hard but she always manages and i would love her to be special with this Cargo bike:)

OMG - this bike is so adorable! I would use to pick up groceries or run small errands and get it would also help me get into shape.

I would use this bike to pick up grocery items in town. It's not far so this would be perfect. Not only that but my little girl would probably really enjoy a ride! haha

I would definitely use this bike - especially in the summer while the kids are home. We also bike on vacation, including biking to the grocery store so this would be huge

This is the PERFECT gift for my mom! She has worked so hard to become more fit and healthy, I am so proud of her- she looks and feels fabulous. This would be a great present because it would definitely help her stay active while she is being a social butterfly!

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This bike would make the grocery store trips so much easier (and better for the environment!)

I have never seen a bike like this. What a great idea! I would use it to go to the library and the grocery store. We check out 20+ books at a time, so we could certainly use the cargo space! And the supermarket is only 2.5 miles away, but shopping weekly for a family of 5 generates more groceries than can easily be carried on a normal bike. And we could go on dinner picnics along the bike trails... I think I would use this a lot!

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This would be perfect for my wife. We live in a small town and she could totally run all her errands with this.

I really want to win the Madsen Cycle because it would cut down even further on the amount of driving I do. I have often lamented about having to take the car to go to the other side of town to get to the farmer's market with at least one child. I end up thinking I should get up early in the morning and go the 4+ miles roundtrip on my own by bicycle, but then my children would miss out on experiencing the farmer's market. They enjoy going and I too want them to participate in buying local organic produce and other locally-made items. This desire wins out, so I end up taking the car...not as environmentally-friendly as I would like to be. The Madsen would solve this inner struggle by allowing me to do both - go to the farmer's market emission-free with my child/ren. Thanks!!!

I need this bike so I can ride with my son.

This bike would be great fun riding to the grocery store. It certainly would be noticeable.

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this would be a awesome prize. i have a 14 month old and im 9 months pregnant with my 2nd baby now so this would be a nice way to stay active and have y kids near me.

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I live in downtown Minneapolis & it would be great to bike around my neighborhood to the CoOp & our favorite cafe. My husband could bike to work again (we live 2 miles away!).

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I live close to the mall, grocery store and church. This would be great way to get there without having to use the car and is great for the environment too!

If i win this bike I can totally go grocery shopping

I'd probably ride it around with my wife; she doesn't ride the current bike she has, but with me together with her on this one, I think she'd like it!

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If I won, I would be able to ride my bike to the grocery store. That would be oncredible! Thanks

I envision toodling with the kids to the park, pedaling to picnics with my hubby, lugging my poochies to the vet, wheeling to work, running errands in eco-friendly style...aaahhh, heaven on wheels!

Every week, I trek to several farmers markets in the area. I would be so happy to ride a bike - this would be so perfect!

I have grocery stores nearby to where I live. I could ride this to the store and carry my groceries in it and I could ride to other nearby shops, pharmacy, post office, etc. There is also a produce market close to home that I could ride to and carry home my
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I would ride this bike to the grocery store, around our property and giving the kids a ride.

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I live on 2 1/2 acres of grove and farmland. I would love to win the Madsen Cycle to get around my property. I would be both a super way to get my task done while having some fun exercise.

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I would take this when I go grocery shopping! It would be a way for me to go green and to get exercise!
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I have been looking for the perfect bike basket for the past couple of years. A few things work for one thing or another but not all (like groceries, yard sales or work.) Now I see it! It's the whole bike; how cool is that?!

I would love to win this bike. I want to have a bike so I can go on rides with my twin boys, and the bucket bike is the cutest! Looking good while doing it is great, too. Thanks!

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We have a hobby in which most people ride scooters or some type of stv back and forth on the grounds. You really can't walk the entire time and you must transport needed items across from one place to another frequently so most have racks on their atv's or pull wagons. I need the exercise and the cargo space, this bike would be just the ticket plus it would get lots of eyes on it every weekend and possibly a bit of tv time!

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I live in a community that has just about everything
needed within a 2-3 mile radius. I am also driving a
car that has 145,000 miles on the odometer..(both of
my kids had this used car before I inherited it!) Now
that both are out of college, I'd like to get my life
back - including a little quiet time and exercise - how nice this bicycle would be!

We have been walking to our local market with canvas bags long before fuel costs shot up and being "green" became vogue. The problem is that the round trip walk takes about thirty minutes, and this great bike would cut the travel time in half as well as help keep the abdominals and tush firm! We have baskets and carriers on our ten speeds but nothing like this one! Its a really good idea!

I would use it to go grocery shopping. Our town is small amd getting around on a bike would ve great.

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I would love to win this bike- I would ride it to the store and mailbox. Very cool

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This is the coolest bike ever!! I could load up all my shopping in that bucket. Really fun idea!

my daughter in law and son just returned from 3 years in Thailand after doing Tsunami volunteer work in order to have their first child and came back with no possessions - they are just getting started and live in a small town - this would be perfect for Wendy to get around and do errands and they so deserve something wonderful for all the wonderful they gave did and the time and energy they gave to others!!!

Wow, what a terrific idea! Great way to save on gas and still be able to carry what you need!

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This bike is a amazing! I could use it to take my kids to the neighborhood park. With this bike, we could ALL ride and not have to worry about how we will manage the diaper bag, the snacks and drinks, extra shoes, jackets, etc. Thanks for the opportunity to enter!

My daughter would love it if we had a bike like this. She loves to ride her bike wherever we go, but we often have to leave it at home so that I can lug all the things that we purchase. Since we live in a smaller town, we could take the bike to the store, the PO, just about anywhere and leave the car behind. What a wonderful idea - healthy, green, and a great way to build lasting memories.

Wow. What a nice looking bike. I would use it to go to the local grocer and pick up things. We live close to most all major stores. It would be a good chance to get exercise and save gas too.

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This would be perfect for carrying the stack of library books!

I recently moved from New York City to Atlanta, GA and would LOVE to have this bike to ride around my neighborhood. I am not used to driving AT ALL, and everyone in Atlanta drives, hence all the traffic.

If I had this gorgeous bicycle, I could get around town without sitting in traffic for hours, while also doing my part environmentally, while also looking cute!

I plan on giving it to my daughter to use she bikes everywhere

This is so awesome! My son would love to ride around in this and it would be incentive for us to stock up at the farmer's market if we had a great green way to get the goods home! Thanks for this very cool giveaway!

This would be perfect to take my grandson on rides and to visit the local stores and markets. Thanks for the chance to win!

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I bike to work or take the bus 2-3X a week but going to the grocery store for something other than a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk is difficult (and unsafe) with my current mountain bike; the Masden is a unique bike design that could cut my auto use (2-3X a week) down to 1-2X !!! (and my kids would now not have an excuse to bike over to the grocery store for a few items because "it is too far to walk, or I can't carry THAT !!!"

This would be fantastic for my large family! We could all go on bike rides together as a family and enjoy being together...plus it would be great to go to the park and have a picnic with!

Since we aren't going on vacation this summer this would be a summer vacation on its own! We would use it to go around town, visit friends, go to the park, go out to eat, etc. So fun and unique! I love the design of the bike!

I don't currently have a bike and would love to have this one to go grocery shopping. Thanks for the contest.

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WOW! This is absolutely the coolest giveaway I've ever seen. I have seriously been thinking about getting a Vespa or scooter to do small runs to the store, etc. but even that uses gas. With this bike, I could run all my errands and help save the environment at the same time! Plus... it's got me thinking of what kind of entrepreneurial business I could get into and use this...

I would take it to work at the library and ride it to the grocery store instead of driving. I would be the talk of my little town of 10,000 or so! I speak "eco" everywhere I go! Wind turbines are getting ready to burst onto the scene around here and I can't wait to harness all of our blessed flat-land wind! Eco-Mom

I live in NYC and this would be the perfect staple for my errands. I could use it on my trips to the grocery or to the laundry mat. The possibilities are endless. My kids would love this too!

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I would use this bike to ride to the grocery store to get a few things. It is about a mile away. My son would enjoy a ride in it also.

Grocery shopping. Original, right? I'll bet nobody's thought of that yet.

I'd love to win this. My neighborhood is about 2 miles from a small market. I'd love to be able to ride this to pick up a few groceries. How awesome!

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i would use the bike to get me and the little one around town go to the park, the pool then to the metro.

I plan on using it to go to the grocery store, do lots of sightseeing and having fun with my kids

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