The Soul of a Pedicab Driver (sheldonbrown.com)

by haritha-j 43 comments 162 points
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[−] wrathofquan 57d ago
So happy to see sheldonbrown.com is still up. So much valuable information there.
[−] paddy_m 57d ago
Slightly related to the article. I have a personal cargo bike. The most fun that I have with it is giving friends a ride home from a party. People instantly start giggling and laughing. It's goofy, you get stares and people curious
[−] midtake 57d ago
Sheldon Brown is a treasure
[−] speefers 57d ago
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[−] fdghrtbrt 57d ago
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[−] ndsipa_pomu 57d ago
Haven't visited Oslo, but I thought Norway was largely a white-skinned population. Why would it be jarring to see a white person doing any kind of job, or are you referring to some kind of job division racism?
[−] micromacrofoot 57d ago
It's the classic racism/classism combo... a lot of taxi drivers are foreigners for example because it can be a stressful and low-paying job at the end of the day.
[−] selimthegrim 57d ago
In a lot of US tourist cities, I would say that’s who is predominantly doing it
[−] micromacrofoot 57d ago
Yes, oddly compared to taxis my experience in the US with pedicabs is that they're almost all white men driving. More of a freewheeling low responsibility type of job rather than providing for a family type situation. I wonder what sort of social shift resulted in this?
[−] xnx 57d ago
Quite different than the scam pedicabs that operate in US cities now.