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CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
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CCE is 14years old!
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If it takes off this could drive more businesses to follow and hopefully make the case for wider cycling infrastructure and better parking.
Rather cumbersome compared to the cycles & trailers being used by commercially viable cycle logistics operations
Very much like a Cyclus Maximus but suspension forks?
A wealth of experience in designing & operating cycles has been lost by Royal Mail's abandonment of the Mailstar postie bike.
It has the feeling of a bike designed by a committee, that haven't actually ridden a bike. Hence putting a roof on but no mudguards.
I'm not trying to be controversial cos I do wear one myself, but, on a machine such as that, what use is a helmet likely to be?
It stops folk moaning about a lack of helmets in the photo?
I suppose that's a type of useful.
My child brain is seeing the cargo trikes as gypsy caravans and coveting them.
Maybe it's the angle of the photo but it looks like the riders sit rather high up. How does one get on and off such a thing? Like mounting a horse?
At least the windscreen will act as a giant sail and help propel the thing along* (tailwind use only, for headwinds the combustion vans can come out).
*Until the first storm that launches the whole thing into Norwegian airspace, leaving shattered shards behind.
My child brain is seeing the cargo trikes as gypsy caravans and coveting them
Oh. Yes.
Looks like e-assist but through the hub rather than a wheel. Which is interesting. Not Maximus as they shut down a while ago but I recognise the make as those which were quite prevalent in London. Also 20 inch wheels all round which is strange Normally have larger wheels at the back on traditional designs.
Front windscreen not as bad as you might think for windage. The reclining velocabs in Amsterdam never had much of an issue apart from being monstrously heavy and they were completely built in. When we built in surround branding for the Maximus cabs in Edinburgh it didn't make them COMPLETELY unridable on a windy night...!
I wouldn't fancy trying to steer one of those on a gusty day, or even keep it upright...
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