Bicycle

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Fresh Dispatch ltd

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If I owned a bicycle and lived in Bristol, I'd have loads of work

GB Distributors (Bridgend)

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For sale a bike, one careful vicar owner only used on CE work (church of england) low miles good rubber

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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Rumour has it this guy works for Argos... Dunno whether its true tho

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Fresh Dispatch ltd

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Love it. I'm getting one of those. Do you think I'll GIT insurance for that?

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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At a fiver per drop this guy got a bit too greedy

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Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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You don't need GIT cos there's an inhouse one you can sign up to... simples

Fresh Dispatch ltd

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I could even take fare paying passengers too.

Gas Motorcycle Couriers

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I can see from the pics that they are not "bicycles", but having all that protection around me there would be no need to look like a power ranger, would make excellent crash protecters unless the consignment were from a a well known sheffield cutlery manufacterer then I would be very worried. To the point of my ass twitchin like a rabbits nose..

As for fare paying passengers doesnt Virgin offer that service?

Gas Motorcycle Couriers

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In fact its not virgin.. But some asian outfit on edgeware road.. And loads of them as well.. With music to go..

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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Splitting hairs, bicycle, tricycle. If the addition of a wheel makes the unprofitable profitable then tricycle it has to be, surely. Maybe i should invest in a "hire a bike" service...

Sometimes you have to diversify and as the soothsayer has said in the past " i don't make the rules, i am merely led by market forces"

Fresh Dispatch ltd

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Fresh Dispatch ltd

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I like your idea of adding another wheel. It makes load carrying much easier alt text

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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Ha ha don't... We're all guilty of giving someone ideas

S Garner Courier

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I prefer this kind of 'bike'...

http://www.bierbike.de/das-bierbike.html

I had the pleasure of discovering this whilst on a training course in Germany.

AJM sameday Couriers

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Speed Couriers Nationwide said:


At a fiver per drop this guy got a bit too greedy

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Also this guy will be paid in 7 days

Fresh Dispatch ltd

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That's my kind of bike. It even has the beer keg up front

S Garner Courier

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Fresh Dispatch ltd said:


That's my kind of bike. It even has the beer keg up front

Makes no odds where the keg is, someone stands in the middle and uses the pump to pour your drink. The 'bar' actually has a hole in front of each seat to place your plastic cup so you don't lose your beer!

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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Saw one of those by London bridge a couple of months back... brilliant

Fresh Dispatch ltd

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I wonder how the police view peddling while on that thing?

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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And yes Gary, 7days... Unless...

turnover-is-vanity-profit-is-sanity-cash-flow-is-reality

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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I would say the ploice would find it tricky viewing anything if they were on that thing... lol

S Garner Courier

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Speed Couriers Nationwide said:


Saw one of those by London bridge a couple of months back... brilliant

You know, I did wonder about investing in something like that as I'd never seen it over here. I would have thought you'd have a nightmare trying to get that past Health & Safety in the UK. There was nothing to stop you falling off backwards onto the road!

Speed Couriers Nationwide Ltd

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Very true Scott, very true... All it needs to sort that little dilemna out tho is a stool with a back on... thus

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And for those paying attention, you'll see that i have also solved another potential problem with the beer bike

S Garner Courier

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Nice one! A stool for stools!

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