Well apart from the trolley on the back (that bit a joke surely?) I'd say that was a great way of going about your business, no fun in the winter of course but very eye-catching.
some years ago (way before WFP I might add) when I had lads working for me I would give them all a mountain bike and attached to the side of the mountain bike was a custom made side-car - I designed it along the lines of the ones you see on trial bikes - they would have a pointer ladder and an extension ladder, plus bucket and all their gear including extra water.
I'd drop them off in an area, they would do their work and cycle back to base, worked a treat too
Really wish I had some photo's I could have posted on here, sadly it was also pre-internet
If (god forbid) I should ever lose my driving license, I'd wondered how I would continue working...my plan (at least in my head :
) was to get a shire horse and trailer of some sort....can you imagine the looks you'd get pulling up outside an office with all your WFP gear on a trap/trailer all towed by a shire horse?? Talk about Steptoe & Son!
A big proportion of my work is local enough for this to be practical, and until I left my wife I also lived on the side of my brother in law's farm, so also had the facilities on hand (and free!) to house and feed my..er..transport.
Sticking something like a 400l tank on a side car for me to pedal around on a mountain bike somehow doesn't appeal to me!
Ian
