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“Royal Mail could trial e-Trikes for letter and parcel deliveries in Glasgow“

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  1. chdot
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  2. jonty
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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.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  3. Tulyar
    Member

    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.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  4. chrisfl
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    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.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  5. Trixie
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    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?

    Posted 5 years ago #
  6. Frenchy
    Member

    It stops folk moaning about a lack of helmets in the photo?

    Posted 5 years ago #
  7. Trixie
    Member

    I suppose that's a type of useful.

    My child brain is seeing the cargo trikes as gypsy caravans and coveting them.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  8. bill
    Member

    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?

    Posted 5 years ago #
  9. neddie
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    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.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  10. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    My child brain is seeing the cargo trikes as gypsy caravans and coveting them

    Oh. Yes.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  11. ARobComp
    Member

    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...!

    Posted 5 years ago #
  12. Snowy
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    I wouldn't fancy trying to steer one of those on a gusty day, or even keep it upright...

    Posted 5 years ago #

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