Welcome to Stumptown Mundo, North America’s largest Mundo dealer

Arriving in June: The redesigned 2009 Yuba Mundo

12 lbs. lighter, just as strong

Sleeker frame, better materials and spec, new colors

6 or 18 speeds

A complete line of accessories, including child seats, top decks, Go-Getter bags, and more

$1099 6-speed, assembled

$1199 18-speed, assembled

So you’re feeling like bikes should be more useful. Maybe even to replace your car. The Mundo is an all-steel, heavy-duty utility bike with a 440 lb. cargo capacity. Its extremely stiff, strong frame and integrated cargo rack make it more capable and more stable than other, lighter longtails. Pass a steel-buckled cam strap anywhere through the frame and you access the core strength. Carrying rigid shapes like amps, speakers, crates, boxes, is extremely stable. No appreciable frame flex even with 100-200 pound loads.

Stumptown Mundo, part of Joe Bike, is Portland’s original Mundo dealer and North America’s largest independent source for Yuba Mundo utility bicycles and Mundo accessories. The Mundo is Portland’s utility bike, expertly combining a cargo-grade, extended-length steel frame with an intuitive, upright riding position that comfortably accommodates most any rider. Delivering class-leading cargo capacity and utility, the Mundo is an affordable and sustainable utility bike for forward-thinking individuals, business owners and families.

Stumptown Mundo is part of Joe Bike, at 3953 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland OR 97214. (503) 232-1107. Hours: 11-6, 7 days a week.

Photo by bikeportland.org

Note: We have one blue 2008 Mundo frameset available ($475). 

You’ll find the Mundo to be a versatile and cheerful cargo bike that, like all the bikes at Joe Bike, provides an upright, joyful ride. The Mundo’s German designers have spec’ed quality wheels, including the standard 48-spoke rear wheel with oversized axle (14 mm diameter instead of the usual 10 mm). When you start carrying heavy loads on a long-wheelbase bicycle you’ll quickly come to appreciate the value of a strong rear wheel. The Mundo comes with oversized semi-slick city tires, providing a stable, smooth ride.

Take a look at Jonathan Maus’s bikeportland.org review of the Mundo.

To place an order, call Joe Bike at 503 232-1107 (11-6 Pacific time, 7 days a week), use the contact form at this site, or email us at info@joe-bike.com.

Another review here.

Click here to return to Joe Bike’s main site. 

Velovision Accolades

“(The Mundo is) a benchmark product, especially for the heavy-duty end of the longtail market. Here you have a heavy-duty hauler, which really can carry loads and people in a way that was previously simply beyond a normal bike at all costing under £500 ($985). And that’s quite some achievement. ”

Velovision Magazine, 4/3/2008

Portland’s Utility Bike

With bicycles gaining an ever-greater position in Portland’s transportation planning, we’re starting to see more bicycles on the streets and more varieties of bikes than ever before –more than I can recall in my ten years living here. Fortunately, more people are discovering that their future may be brighter if they consider bicycles for their daily transportation needs. Enter the utility/cargo bicycle.

Xtracycle paved a new path for utility cycling with its introduction of the Hitchless Bicycle Trailers and Sport Utility Bicycle, but Portland really stepped up to the cargo carrying plate when Todd and Martina Fahrner and Dean and Rachel Mullin opened Clever Cycles. For those new to Portland’s utility cycling options, Clever Cycles is a fantastic shop specializing in Dutch bikes, specifically, the Dutch-built Bakfiet cargo bicycle. With the Bakfiet beginning to gain greater prominence on city streets, the idea of carrying your daily goods via bicycle has truly taken center stage. Enter the Yuba Mundo.

Part bicycle, part ‘truck’, the Mundo is the natural evolution of the cargo-oriented bicycle, featuring familiar bicycle geometry built around a unique three-platform steel utility frame. Ideal for carrying people and goods alike, the Mundo is the ultimate, scalable platform for meeting Portlanders’ daily transportation needs, sold at a cost that makes it accessible to a wide array of individuals and families. Learn more here. The path from discovering the Mundo to making the decision to sell them in Portland has been a very exciting journey for us at Stumptown Mundo –we’re happy to say that the Mundo has arrived.