Your kids would love turning up to school in this:
http://boxercycles.com/product/rocket/
http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2015/11/gallery-steampunk-tricycle.cfm
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Steampunk Tricycle
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Posted 9 years ago #
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"BBC Autos “Top 10 Most Beautiful Bicycles of 2015” (April 2015)"
There you go then... must be true.
The Boxer Shuttle e-version is cheaper than the UA or Nihola which we sell. Layout more as Christiana trike so box articulates. Key to sales are the very nice bright graphics. That's something that might swing the deal for some. One pic also shows a small bike on a special front rack. Neat.
'Novelty bike' market isn't easy money though. Family load bikes and trikes as car replacements have to be very functional and take the school run hammering. Having sold the Nihola from Denmark and Urban Arrow I'd say that they are pretty good in my biased opinion.
Other models like the Bullit and R+M Load are proven two wheelers. 8 freight is lightest but load is behind.With trikes you can hit three times more potholes which has to be taken into account versus handling a two wheeler. Load bike two wheelers are not as difficult to use as you might think though and trikes are odd if you corner on a reverse camber.
Posted 9 years ago # -
No self-respecting steampunker would choose aluminium over brass and leather, surely!
Posted 9 years ago # -
"the noise is proportional to the throttle position and includes turbine start-up and wind down."
Very nice...
Although I think I bought a cargo bike (mostly) with my head, rather than with my heart, so practicalities went more to the fore than aesthetics.
Robert
Posted 9 years ago # -
includes turbine start-up and wind down.
Thats got to be worth the price of entry.
Rich person's toy rather than car replacement market imo in which case it might as well be fun.
Posted 9 years ago #
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