- Porteur bicycle
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A modern porteur bicycle
A porteur bicycle is a kind of cargo bicycle designed for carrying cargo loads on a platform rack attached to the fork. Porteur bicycles are similar to butcher's bikes, baker's bikes, low gravity bicycles and delibikes, but they include design differences which make them a distinct category. This is the simplest form of dedicated cargo bicycle and is or has been common over most of the world. The first porteurs were used by newspaper couriers of Paris[citation needed], who would typically carry up to 50 kilograms of newspapers on the front rack. Other cargo, such as wine, was also distributed by such bicycles.
Geometric Trail Characteristics of Porteur Bicycles
Frame geometry of porteur bicycles is differentiated from that of other bicycles by dramatically decreased geometric trail. This decreased trail is achieved primarily by increased fork offset.
See also
External links
- Bicycles of the Porteurs des Journaux
- 1950 René Herse porteur
- 1979 René Herse porteur
- Cyclofiend's archive of Working Bicycles & Practical Hardware, which contains a few porteurs.
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