01-21-2007, 05:59 PM
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| | Re: Anyone seen a bicycle sidecar/trishaw kit?
galleywench@musicalfurnishings.com wrote:
> Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > galleywench@musicalfurnishings.com writes:
> >
> > > I see photos on the web (overseas) of these great rickshaws that are
> > > just bolted to the side of a sturdy bike. The great benefit of this
> > > design is that the peddler is not left alone up front, like they are
> > > with a trailer/chariot rickshaw. [...]
> >
> > As another variation, I've seen bike rickshaws where the cyclist
> > is behind the passengers. Such an arrangement would probably
> > make it easier for the cyclist to see and talk to the passengers,
> > and it might be more practical than a sidecar.
> > --
> > "Sanity is not statistical."
> > --George Orwell
>
> Yes those are very cool. I started out looking thinking that I was
> going to make one of them. But when I read that many of them are
> unusual bears to drive, even when they are made from the ground up as a
> rickshaw, I decided to steer clear. My initial plan was to convert a
> standard bike into one of those, but I am betting that it would barely
> work. And, I've never seen it done.
Generally what they do here is take plumbing joints and rivets and
suchlike to make a removable cargo trailer. You can see some close up
pictures in http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/flyingpigeon which, as I
see I'm still at a daily average of over 150 hits a day with no updates
since mid-June really needs to get moved somewhere else where I can
keep updating it and get the ad revenue from the hits.
-M
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