They say big trucks are just a reality if you want to make deliveries in the city.
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They say big trucks are just a reality if you want to make deliveries in the city.
I say there's other ways to solve the "last-mile" problem...
There's your beer kegsβsorted.
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Obbie Kingreplied to πππππ πΆππππππ π last edited by
@straphanger Those kegs *have* to be empty, right?
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@ObbieZ @straphanger Yup: there are 24 kegs behind the cyclist and more in frontβif they were full, each keg would hold 50 litres, so that's well over a ton.
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Scott Williams π§replied to πππππ πΆππππππ π last edited by
@straphanger How well do the brakes work?
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Scott Williams π§replied to Charlie Stross last edited by
@cstross @ObbieZ @straphanger Not impossible with low enough gears and an even plane to get started, but braking would be .
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Isaac Ji Kuoreplied to Scott Williams π§ last edited by
@vwbusguy @cstross @ObbieZ @straphanger
Braking is easy.
Step 1) Reduce mass *
Step 2) Brake
* - Step 0 is be Homer Simpson, and also a cartoon so you ignore conservation of mass.
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Scott Williams π§replied to Isaac Ji Kuo last edited by [email protected]
@isaackuo @cstross @ObbieZ @straphanger An object in motion will continue in motion until acted upon by an unbalanced external force, such as really good brakes, or finding the back of one of those busses.
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Scott Williams π§replied to Scott Williams π§ last edited by
@isaackuo @cstross @ObbieZ @straphanger Hydraulic disk brakes aren't unheard of on bicycles, but the ones I've seen are very thin and would heat up very quickly under that kind of load.