The SUV compromise.

Run_to_da_hills · 12-09-2012 3:25pm #1

Her brakes would want top be good to take the extra weight :eek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202067/Emily-Finch-Portland-OR-does-school-run-bicycle-modified-carry-SIX-children.html

manwithaplan · 12-09-2012 3:30pm

Backwards girl should HTFU and get unhitched. She should have no problem keeping up with her rather brilliant mother.

hardCopy · 12-09-2012 3:32pm

Cool bike, Daily Mail commenters must be one of the least evolved subgroup of our species

Junior · 12-09-2012 3:36pm

hardCopy wrote: »

Cool bike, Daily Mail commenters must be one of the least evolved subgroup of our species

I dunno, have you seen thejournal.ie commenters ?

Seve OB · 12-09-2012 3:39pm

Would ya look at the size of that....... Cycle lane!

buffalo · 12-09-2012 3:45pm

stevieob wrote: »

Would ya look at the size of that....... Cycle lane!

It's Portland, it's nirvana for cyclists or something.

I think that's a shared lane anyway, but the giant bike signs remind drivers that cyclists are allowed to be there and give them room, etc.

galwaycyclist · 12-09-2012 4:14pm

stevieob wrote: »

Would ya look at the size of that....... Cycle lane!

The marking is what is called a Shared Lane Marking or "Sharrow".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_lane_marking

The idea is to remind motorists that they are sharing the road with cyclists and to encourage cyclists to take a prominent road position.

It is something we could be doing here as well since the bicycle symbol has no meaning in the traffic signs regulations.

Undercover Elephant · 12-09-2012 4:56pm

I call shennanigans. There's no way that blonde girl is related to the other children. Maybe she got switched in one of the 3 non-home births?

Run_to_da_hills · 12-09-2012 5:40pm

galwaycyclist wrote: »

The marking is what is called a Shared Lane Marking or "Sharrow".

Citroen's and cyclists only.

LeftBlank · 12-09-2012 6:34pm

Original story is here:

http://bikeportland.org/2012/06/28/with-six-kids-and-no-car-this-mom-does-it-all-by-bike-73731

ednwireland · 12-09-2012 6:41pm

none of them are wearing hi-vis :eek:

Run_to_da_hills · 12-09-2012 8:37pm

ednwireland wrote: »

none of them are wearing hi-vis :eek:

Readers Comments.

Daily Mai Comment wrote:

This looks so dangerous! I'm so pleased to see penny pinching is prioritised over kids' safety !!

monument · 13-09-2012 12:35am

manwithaplan wrote: »

Backwards girl should HTFU and get unhitched. She should have no problem keeping up with her rather brilliant mother.

On a normal day backwards girl peddles, likely helping her mother push the children and more up Portland's hills.

BofaDeezNuhtz · 13-09-2012 5:08am

Feckin recessions everywhere wha

rflynnr · 13-09-2012 9:50am

Something's not right here: there's about 175kg of child on them bikes and she appears to be going up an incline. I've owned the same bike and after two years I found pushing the kids (who probably weighed 60kg between them) up a hill well nigh impossible.

J'accuse: EPO and steroids are involved in some way.

buffalo · 13-09-2012 9:51am

rflynnr wrote: »

Something's not right here: there's about 175kg of child on them bikes and she appears to be going up an incline. I've owned the same bike and after two years I found pushing the kids (who probably weighed 60kg between them) up a hill well nigh impossible.

J'accuse: EPO and steroids are involved in some way.

Careful, you'll get banned for that kind of talk! :pac:

Lumen · 13-09-2012 10:00am

rflynnr wrote: »

Something's not right here: there's about 175kg of child on them bikes and she appears to be going up an incline

Camera isn't level. Look at the corner of the house behind them.

Adjusted:

Also, the bike is pointed towards the centreline of the road.

rflynnr · 13-09-2012 10:20am

Ah - still some feat, however.

Lumen · 13-09-2012 10:28am

rflynnr wrote: »

Ah - still some feat, however.

Actually, the article states that the total loaded weight is 40 stone (250kg). Add 50kg for herself, and you get 300kg.

Mind you, those pedicabs you see around Dublin city centre must weigh 75kg or so, and with two well-fed American tourists plus the poor sod at the pedals the all-up weight could be over 350kg. No wonder they're so slow.

hardCopy · 13-09-2012 11:01am

Lumen wrote: »

Actually, the article states that the total loaded weight is 40 stone (250kg). Add 50kg for herself, and you get 300kg.

Mind you, those pedicabs you see around Dublin city centre must weigh 75kg or so, and with two well-fed American tourists plus the poor sod at the pedals the all-up weight could be over 350kg. No wonder they're so slow.

We got 5 big lads into a rickshaw one night, he got us half way up Harcourt St before admitting defeat. The look on his face was hilarious when we asked him to take us, a mix of "Oh Yes! This is worth a fortune" and "Oh No, I may die!"