Pedi Cab vs real cab brawl

Now, if you could take a leaf out of General Lucifer's book and write some tales of the characters you came across....

yeah!

Thanks chaps. I really don't want to step on GL's toes this week as he's on fire with those awesome work stories.

Sure i've got them printed out somewhere. I'll see if I can find the link to the documentary about one of the riders too

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Why the repost? For the picture?

richardbuxton.co.uk/v3.0/?q=n­ode/161

That now gives me 'Battle to save Victorian schools from bulldozers'. :) I can't remember if it worked before (or if I followed the link then).

By the way, here are some (very small) pictures of 'Look Both Ways' (as referred to above):

http://www.hackney-cyclists.org.uk/cih-news-apr-may-01.pdf

You can just about glimpse the cabs.

Oh. Yeah. Damn quote thing. Was supposed to just add the pic. I've just been sent it after 15 years of thinking there were no pics of that whole mess. Shoulda been just that.

EDIT: fixed. ^^That was me. 1999.

That's my cab! Top right pic. Can't see the rider's faces tho/

Right on cue, the umpteenth edition of this story:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mayor-boris-johnson-seeking-to-ban-rickshaws-from-the-west-end-over-safety-fears-10254836.html

I rode a Brox around town for a time in 1998, working for a Kiwi called Graeme, who is still big in pedicabs I believe. Back then he had a contact with for Red Star. The Brox was pretty good to ride, but could be a bugger when fully loaded, up Pentonville Road for example.

you mention a bald guy with very few teeth called Zero. I couriered with a guy called Zero in Manchester, bald, tall not many teeth. My Zero was from London originally though, just wondering if they might be the same people as I know Zero had been a courier all his life but didnt know he did the pedicab thing too...unless of course we are talking about different people

Zero was from London originally I think and got his name whilst couriering in Manchester. Must be the same bloke. I think he moved back up there up there around the time I quit. Lost touch sadly. He was a sweet guy.