Huge increase in speed of travel over vans! It's great that you're able to produce the data that fleet managers and Ops specialists can use for decision making. All power to the Kale Collective.
Hold on. I'm looking at that steering module after seeing one on the road- and I'm a little bothered by it. It's a single bolt holding the steering? If that bolt goes, or unscrews (I know it has nylon to help resist unscrewing, but that is no guarantee on a vibrating part!) Do you use Loctite? I know from experience, again, that LocTite needs a reapplication on every disassembly. And it's on a single tab on the fork blade's right side? And it's an open ball joint? What stops corrosion, wear, and that ball joint from popping out, or failing? Is there any redundancy in the design to keep at least some control of the bike in the event of the above?
De façon général la Belgique est adapté aux vélos (piste cyclable + automobilistes respectueux). Le projet est interessant dans ce type de ville. C'est dommage, en France dans les grandes villes ça fonctionnerais pas.
Have been commuting by Bullitt as a contractor in Seattle for about 7 years. As traffic has gotten worse, my transit time has stayed the same. So many people have never even heard of cargo bikes here, but the inertia of a car-centric culture is real, and oil remains the #1 traded commodity in the world. All of the evidence doesn't outweigh the power of generations of people, duped into driving.
Lucky you, I can't get velution to reply. Typical Germany won't post to UK post Brexit 🤦 and 200eur for this.... Seems steep. I've had wobble at 15mph with toddler only aboard... It's strange, I've done 40mph and not had any
any chance you can identify what specific brand spiral wrap you use for the cabling? it’s so much cleaner than anything at local stores or amazon and i wish i could add it to my analog bullitt
I have NEVER experienced any speed wobble on my bullitt. Not even in a fast descend with a top speed of 68kph (the cargo bay was loaded with only about 12kg). I am happy that I dont need the steering damper.
My grandfather started his working life at fourteen years old in 1893. He worked for a delivery company. They received goods by train and boat arriving in the city. All collected in their warehouse. Everything was sorted out, nearby delivery was done by walking boys, heavier stuff and further into the inner city by hand pulled carts, outside city center by horse and wagon, surrounding countryside was serviced by tram and delivery at a local distribution point. Usually an inn where the tram would stop anyway for passengers. So, this study is valuable but not new, a hundred and thirty years ago efficiency and brains already ruled delivery.
And if deliveries will change onto bikes there is no need to have a huge car infrastructure in cities and therefore it should be rebuild to give more focus on bikes. This leads to a faster time/speed with bikes and therefore the advantage will also get bigger. If you would like to compare a German city, I think Bremen would be a good choice because there are often heavy traffic congestion and cycling infrastructure is quite okay. Could be way better but some special routes are really great build.
I've always recognized how much we could do just by relying on trains + a bunch of final 5km commuting vehicles, not only cargo bikes but I'll insist till the end our true sustainable commuting battle is located in Latin American, Asia-pacific and other third-world venues. Trust me, we can't keep on feeling we will be able to change the way the entire world is moving just by thinking about roading that wonderful European roads...
So true. But also keep in mind, we would be dealing with tropical heat at that. So there surely be a different approach. Cannot be just a blue print copy of whats working in Europe and N. America
-No licensing -No fuel -Maintain with common household tools -No (accident) insurance -Ride on the street or the sidewalk -Powered by breakfast and force of will -Park anywhere you can chain it to a secure pole of some sort Forget motorcycles. This is my weekend ride of choice.
