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pedicab/cargo-bike to make a living in North America?
On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 17:20:02 -0600, Chuck Anderson
wrote: Werehatrack wrote: On 4 Jun 2005 02:36:50 -0700, wrote: anyone in North America earns their living with a pedicab or cargo-bike? The closest thing that's common is the bicycle courier, a job which exists in most larger cities. Such couriers are used for fast delivery of documents and small items between offices in the central business districts of such areas. Cargo bikes used for transport for hire are essentially unknown in the US. Pedicabs exist in a few tourist-heavy locales, but once again, they are generally rare. Funny. From the responses here it sounds like they are all over the place (albeit, only where there might be tourists). Theoretically, we had some pedicabs here for a while, and might still though I haven't seen them. Horse-drawn carriages, yes; those ply the streets of downtown most nights of the week. But given Houston's reputation as the fattest major city in the nation, I could understand if there was a certain amount of reluctance to try running pedicabs here, even with our relatively flat terrain. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:41:23 -0500, numbnutz numbnutz wrote:
If you want to make the big bux, buy a fleet of Segway's and rent them out. You can charge $40 per hour and every one you have will be out for as many hours per day as you care to hang around waitng for them to come back. Interestingly, there's one "fleet" of Segways here that is reportedly on its third owner, having failed to capture the imagination or interest of potential renters in several parts of town. Perhaps there is a locale in Texas where the Segway can be a profitable vehicle to provide, but Houston does not appear to be it. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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pedicab/cargo-bike to make a living in North America?
Per Matt O'Toole:
Instead of buying a Segway, he should have bought a lawnmower. Not only is it 1/20 the cost, but he could get paid $20/hr for doing essentially the same thing! Yeah, but it's just *gotta* be a kick to get on that thing after an hour or two of pushing it and have it carry you home....wind in your hair and all that... -- PeteCresswell |
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pedicab/cargo-bike to make a living in North America?
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:20:57 -0700, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote: Per Matt O'Toole: Instead of buying a Segway, he should have bought a lawnmower. Not only is it 1/20 the cost, but he could get paid $20/hr for doing essentially the same thing! Yeah, but it's just *gotta* be a kick to get on that thing after an hour or two of pushing it and have it carry you home....wind in your hair and all that... The laws of thermodynamics would intrude; I would expect that pushing it 5 miles at a brisk pace might accumulate enough charge to have it carry you half a mile slowly, if that half a mile is all downhill. (Regen braking is only a good theory uintil you understand its practical limitations.) -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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pedicab/cargo-bike to make a living in North America?
On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:14:06 -0700, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote: Per Werehatrack: The laws of thermodynamics would intrude; I would expect that pushing it 5 miles at a brisk pace might accumulate enough charge to have it carry you half a mile slowly, I was thinking of the charging more as a means to make it harder to push. Oh, there's no doubt in my mind that's what the guy was banking on, but the efficiency of the system can't be very high; it certainly wouldn't be a "push-out-ride-home" situation unless the push was all uphill and the ride home all down. A rock would do as well for that. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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Per Werehatrack:
The laws of thermodynamics would intrude; I would expect that pushing it 5 miles at a brisk pace might accumulate enough charge to have it carry you half a mile slowly, I was thinking of the charging more as a means to make it harder to push. -- PeteCresswell |
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pedicab/cargo-bike to make a living in North America?
Houston fattest? Only according to the unscientific Men's Fitness
Magazine -- basically the men's version of Cosmo. But not according to the CDC. http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/cities.shtml |
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pedicab/cargo-bike to make a living in North America?
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:06:17 -0400, Alex Rodriguez
wrote: In article , says... wrote in message groups.com... anyone in North America earns their living with a pedicab or cargo-bike? I haven't heard of anyone trying this in North America, but I would think it would be possible in traffic congested areas such as NYC or Boston or other large metro areas, as long as the passenger was not traveling too far. They are here in NYC. I don't know if anyone can make a living with one. -------------- Alex They are very annoying. They go slowly in the bike lanes and real bikes have to pass them, which is sometimes a bit touchy on a busy street. However they often have passengers so someone is making money. I don't think anyone uses it for transportation, more like something to do, like the horse drawn carriages. |
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