Origin8 Cargo Unit handlebar. Pizza box friendly?

Origin8 has been pumping out some fairly cool shit in the last several years.  Most of the stuff seems like an affordable knock-off of a higher quality, albeit more expensive product.  Not to say that any of is inherently bad, I’m not saying that at all.  Most of the Origin8 stuff I’ve owned over the years has been very usable.  Tires, handlebars, I think a couple of hubs here and there.

Either way, Andy just got a set of these awesome Origin8 Cargo Unit handlebars.  A seemingly sturdy metal basket welded directly on to a set of riser bars.  Perfect for a chill Steamroller in the city and the basket looks to have been welded to fit the dimensions of most 12 pack beer boxes.  But we wanted to find out how well it does with pizza…

Here you can see Andy flying down Broad St. at around 2 A.M. on a Monday night in Richmond.  We  just left Aladin’s with 4 slices of cheese pizza and the two small boxes fit comfortably in the basket.  The only way to carry these was to lean them sideways.  We expected disastrous results when we arrived home.

This may look like a meltdown but the slices from Aladin’s held up extremely well.  While they are smushed up in this picture, we were actually able to flatten them out without losing much in the way of cheese coverage.  This is sloppy, late night, drunkard ‘za anyway.  It’s supposed to be like this you fool!

Cool design from Origin8 but I’m still waiting on the perfect pizza storage.  Pick up these bars at Carytown Bicycle Company.  Keep riding!