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Re: Chinese Taxi
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lugnet.pirates
Date: 
Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:58:07 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, David Laswell wrote: -snip-
   The rickshaw design is fairly simple, which is entirely appropriate, but it works. I think it would make more sense, though, for the puller to be in front of the horse-mount and holding the ends of the handles instead of being on the inside. The farther forward you hold the handles, the greater the leverage you can exert on the rickshaw to keep it steady, and the less exhausting it will be for the person pulling it.

That might make it steadier, but the traditional rickshaw design is for a bar in front of the driver (is that what you call him)... it’s much easier to push against the bar that it would be to pull on a handle mounted along the direction of travel.

Cheers

Richie Dulin


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  Re: Chinese Taxi
 
(...) So why didn't you? There are LEGO minifig bicycles, and while it might be a bit tricky to attach a carriage to the front of it, I'm sure it can be done. (...) I believe the term you're looking for is "rickshaw". Older designs are hand-pulled, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)

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