Why are cargo bikes so expensive?

[Andy in Germany]

Yes it is, they can provide all the power, if the cyclist wants.
Just like on an internal combustion motor bike.

Then the law in Belgium is different: they can't do that here.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Easy way to tell if it is a quadricycle, it"ll have four wheels.

So if it has three wheels, it's quadricycle with one wheel missing? That would explain why it needs to come to us...

 

[Andy in Germany]

I have to deliver a Bakfiets bike to a customer today: I tend to do these deliveries because I can carry the Brompton with me, drop the bike off, and ride back with the Brompton. This saves a lot of time compared to using a van for delivery in a medieval city which is full of narrow streets.

Will try and take pictures.

Photographs duly taken. This is one of a fleet of work bikes operated by Tübingen city government. We have the maintenance contract and part of it is that we pick up and deliver the bikes, which is why my Brompton is squeezed into the box: I have to get back to work afterwards.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Also in the repair bay:

These are built by the company I work for, in a workshop in Reutlingen. I don't know how much one costs though, will have to ask...

 

[ianrauk]

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Photographs duly taken. This is one of a fleet of work bikes operated by Tübingen city government. We have the maintenance contract and part of it is that we pick up and deliver the bikes, which is why my Brompton is squeezed into the box: I have to get back to work afterwards.

Now that is what I call cool working. ,👍

 

[classic33]

Also in the repair bay:

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These are built by the company I work for, in a workshop in Reutlingen. I don't know how much one costs though, will have to ask...

Will you look at the size of the battery on that trike though!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Will you look at the size of the battery on that trike though!

Ah, yes, but imagine the range...

Or the blistering speed...

 

[classic33]

Ah, yes, but imagine the range...

Or the blistering speed...

The range I'll give you, the blistering speed is another thing.
I mean you 15mph and they tend to become a little unstable.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Now that is what I call cool working. ,👍

I have to admit, I sometimes can't quite believe I get paid to do this...