At first glance, "sport utility" looks like a marriage of two incompatible words, like "sweet sour", or "military intelligence." But the marketing departments of car manufacturers have persuaded us that such a marriage can be saved, and now bicycle marketers are following their lead. As the L.A. Times informs us in this guide to buying a sport utility bike, sport utility bikes are those two wheeled, pedal powered vehicles that are designed to carry lots of stuff-groceries, backpacks, small housepets. The Times Ray Wallack looks at four models,the Yuba Mundo Cargo bicycle, ($900) the Surly Big Dummy ($1,025 to $2,200), the Xtracycle FreeRadical Longtail kit ($269 to $489), and the Kona AfricaBike One ($375 to $449).
And the winner is: It depends on what exactly you’re looking for. Read the reviews and figure it out for yourself.