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An Post Postal Bikes?!

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  • 28-09-2016 7:57pm
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    ciaranhuz
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭


    Hi folks,
    Does anyone know what happens to old An Post bikes?

    I think they'd make great restoration projects, such as a city cargo bike.
    Thanks!
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    StevieGriff
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭StevieGriff


    When they get really battered and old in the bigger cities and towns they get shipped off to smaller towns and villages. By the time they're finished with there isn't much left to restore unless you want to go down the road of dealing with rust and welding.


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    fat bloke
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Thought you meant these!

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    OldBean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭OldBean


    Friend of mine had a great old postie bike. Had a lovely porter rack, three speed hub and rear panniers but it was never restored and came to a halt.

    His was great for getting around Dublin with bits and bobs.


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    AFAIK, Wolfe Cycles in Sundrive have a load of these (or at least they used to).
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    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    Wolfe service them. I'm not 100% if they sell them.


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    Wolfe service them. I'm not 100% if they sell them.

    Ah right - I knew there was some connection with An Post delivery bikes.
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    Mickb
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭Mickb


    Hi,

    Ever cycled a post bike? I did, lucky not as a postman.
    They are big heavy and hard to handle, that's before you put any weight on them.
    I would try one before making an investment into one.

    MiCk B. :-)


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    fat bloke
    Registered Users Posts: 5,829 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Lot of changes in An Post at the moment. Maybe dust the ol CV off and send it in. If you're going to ride around on one of those clunkers, you may as well get paid for it! :)


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    Melodeon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭Melodeon


    Mickb wrote: »
    Hi,

    Ever cycled a post bike? I did, lucky not as a postman.
    They are big heavy and hard to handle, that's before you put any weight on them.
    I would try one before making an investment into one.

    MiCk B. :-)

    As the postman whose round includes de Cauberg has shown us, it's ALL about the rider :D :
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVmNTERIQC8


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    BailMeOut
    Registered Users Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭BailMeOut


    There were / are 5000 ex-Royal main 'Elephant bikes' refurbished and for sale in UK for charity.

    http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/the-elephant-bike-is-250-of-ex-royal-mail-pashley-and-we-love-it-45555/


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    del_boy13
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭del_boy13


    Just out of school I got a job as a postman. As the junior in the office I got the oldest bike to start off. Heavy, single speed, brakes using rods (they were next to useless) and the comfiest leather saddle I ever had.

    The next generation had gears and brakes that worked but the saddle wasn't a patch on the older bikes so the lads in the office used to swap them over before sending them back.

    They only had a basket at the front so the weight distribution was awful a couple of times at the start of a delivery the bike would flip forward when I got off it.

    Happy memories :)


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    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    Melodeon's film reminds me of the hilarious Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis.



    which has a lovely scene (which caused a Belgian friend to fall off his couch he was laughing so much, and caused me to snort tea out of my nose) of postmen doing their round in a very friendly small town.

    Dunno how elephantine the An Post bikes are. At first it was common for post(wo)men to use their own bikes, but now they all seem to use the An Post issue, which suggests that they're nice to cycle.


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