Can bike taxis really compete with Uber? | FT

[@maryamismail5660]

I really like how he is honest about his bumps and Nick's in his model. He seems pretty clear.

[@markacadey3313]

Cooperative, not gig, sustainable and FUN for passengers- I’m going to try it! Even though it’ll mess up my hair haha

[@kierenkd]

Pretty good. I will try the app. In London most of the "traffic" is empty taxis and mincabs/ uber's. Shocking in itself as the public transport system is excellent (at least E-W. Not so .uch N-S)

[@galinaborouhhina3969]

Idiots waiting for their taxis at the pedestrian crossing with the zigzag line. Just made drivers liable for 6 points penalty.

[@rosefinerty4288]

Best of luck with your crowdfunding. Looks like a great business you have 🙌 I'm hoping to invest in a pedicab this Summer 🙏

[@medicalnanotech3183]

Life’s style is back

[@iamdmc]

I'd rather crash in an uber than in the front of a bike taxi (with no helmet) even the most minor accident can be the end of your life

[@youtubeuser8636]

They can use motorcycle instead like Gojek and Grab in Southeast Asia. But I don't know if it is a good option during autumn and winter..

[@CB-ob5fr]

Why would they? That eBike works amazingly well

[@neilnelson7603]

I have always felt like the UK to be where technological innovation should take place and not the United States.....the environment just looks futuristic.....

[@vladimirakopyan4088]

The driver must be a one hell of an athlete! Give him an electric bike!

[@vitalino1981]

It is e-powered

[@dbndbn9279]

But ... Why wouldn't you just cycle there yourself? It costs about £1 to hire a bike. Peddle Me guy: Good bloke; bad business model.

[@zivkovicable]

Apparently business is booming, according to a rider I spoke to the other day. Much of their business is freight, which is year round.

[@blake-gl4wn]

Possibly because if you don’t know the roads, cycling in London traffic is hectic

[@MilesBellas]

Pedal Me needs a rain proof bubble.....

[@Rob-lw8to]

who chose to use comic sans?

[@Anthony_Aú.GreenParty]

A pioneer.

[@Rob-lw8to]

@@Anthony_Aú.GreenParty more like a loose canon.

[@MilesBellas]

"Addison Lee....Addison Lee....you don't know what you're doing but you are driving at me ....Addison Lee....Addison Lee...."

[@beachbum4691]

A Brilliant bit of lateral thunking Luv'-it :) But Drone Parcel Delivery will knock a hole in their business model :(

[@kg7767]

What about when it's freezing cold or raining ?

[@FUZZIE438]

Why did the bike taxi rider change to a different one half way through the video?

[@edris4372]

Hahhhaaa

[@danielgarrahan9050]

We weren't able to get the bike-to-bike shots during the race as our main camera operator went in the Uber, so we cheated and got some extra shots with a different rider to help in the edit. The race result itself was legitimate.

[@drivestorage1779]

what type of bike is Pedal Me utilizing?

[@BristolKingRider]

I love it 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MilesBellas]

3:24 ? this isn't explained.....biased against Uber?

[@Sirikazy]

What the point? The "reporter" didn't know how the app work! Wtf? So waste of time. From FT this video is strange! Very strange.

[@UknownWorlds]

This guy in London made a guy better bike taxi. It looks cool. The taxi is closed in except for the doors. The passengers sit in the back. The guy who created it is brilliant.

[@stevepowsinger733]

I have doubts and questions about a long wheelbase bicycle and its stability. I think it needs a safety flag as well. Do the riders feel safe sitting low with no way to put feet out in case of leaning?

[@conordonoghue8920]

I know its 2 yrs ago, but i have been in the passenger seat many times and i feel safe and comfortable even on tight corners. Yes it is different than a normal bike but it has to be, each rider is given extensive training and is only allowed to take passengers once qualified. There really isnt anything like it.

[@futurecaredesign]

I worked for DHL as a bicycle courier and we used a similar bike to this one. It is very similar to riding a normal bike, you just need to steer into a corner a little 'earlier' than you normally would. They are very well balanced and quite close to the ground. Plus you have the forward momentum and centrifugal force on your side.

[@onebicycle3772]

Is there an app for pedal me?

[@jamesmiddleton1278]

Black cabs have The Knowledge. That mini-cab was shocking.

[@zivkovicable]

"The Knowledge" is 100% redundant. I have never met a black cab who knew my road in zone 2. Useless. My phone does better.

[@Tour30A]

The decision isn't the customers. It's the viability of the work that matters. The lucrivity of the work.

[@MrTomtomtest]

Problem of this is that it is way too dependent on weather. But hey at least if it works in London it'll work anywhere else ^^'

[@Ober1kenobi]

My ideal job! But I’d work for myself

[@onee]

What a horrible Uber driver.

[@abcdefgh-rq3gq]

This is an ad for that cycle taxi company.

[@conordonoghue8920]

@@abcdefgh-rq3gq I dont think it was as ad laws in the uk are quite strict and they would have to specifiy if it was. You can get in alot of trouble if you dont.

[@nishidohellhillsruler6731]

I, who live nowhere remotely close to the U.K., am way more interested in if they sale those bikes.

[@larrym2434]

Larry and Harry make the Bullitt bike ... you are free to modify the front cargo area to do something simiilar to what PedalMe has done.

[@nishidohellhillsruler6731]

@@larrym2434 Does it has to be a Larry and a Harry? I think I can find a Larry, but for a Harry the best I think I could do would be a Lorenzo. Maybe there's an adapter I could use... IDK.

[@daviddoherty4429]

Ok, where were you guys going that was so important? You guys. Don't look like skill Sellers. I reckon what you guys had to do could have been done online or video call.

[@anttipeltola8578]

Thank god electric scooters are legal here unlike the UK. I bought mine for €700 and it's a car replacement 95% of the time for me.

[@paulies5407]

You need to grow up and stop paying over the odds for a glorified kids toy.

[@anttipeltola8578]

@@paulies5407 It takes me around and i can take it with me to the train into the city. Enjoy limiting your life choices due to insecurity about self.

[@trainluvr]

What a boring report. This could have been told in two minutes.

[@grizzd6586]

Black taxi better than both

[@lucaslouzada44]

No wonder UK wants to get rid of Uber and the likes. It’s incredible how this type of service can vary from one country to another, depending on the way families bread-winning strategies...

[@rmd9746]

FT more like WTF is this? Genius or Madness

[@zivkovicable]

Unremarkably commonplace in the Netherlands, Nordic countries, Germany.....

[@petewitney5982]

and they both stopped within a zig zag line

[@damiengitt]

She would have been quicker walking !!!!!!

[@daviddoherty4429]

Progress. Get some guy to push you around in a cart like a load of potatoes. We have come along way.

[@yoshikochikuni1247]

Combining the 3 Pinnacles of human engineering, the wheel, the basket, and the barrel.

[@zivkovicable]

Motor manufacturers convinced the world that their product = progress. It's taken a century to realise that at least in cities they are the least efficient way of moving humans around since the sedan chair.

[@Anthony_Aú.GreenParty]

😅

[@lego4av]

I will just rent a skateboard.....

[@emogmrjack422]

Cabs and deltas r better than uber

[@Alberto-nn3ru]

comic sans

[@___Danny___]

Uk going back in times .

[@zivkovicable]

This is the future for congested cities. Actually only 21st c battery & electric motor technology has made this possible, & it's the internal combustion engine is on it's way out.

[@paulies5407]

What a load of nonsense. Good for couriering, but transporting people on that thing is a joke. Especially when there's more than one of you.

[@conordonoghue8920]

The bikes can take 150kg, i dont see how two people would be a problem?

[@kevkus]

No. Next topic.

[@samuraijack1371]

A joke

[@zivkovicable]

A thriving business. London is a little late to the game when it comes to cargo bikes compared to our European neighbours. It's a no brainer.

[@svetimarko2]

Immigrant work ethics messed with your results.

[@michelebianchi7861]

Just unsubscribed

[@thelondoncabbie]

What melts here we are the man gets on a bike no safety what insurance did they have did they have a licence to carry you I doubt it and then onto the lady gets a uber he has a meltdown why because he doesn't know what he's doing so instead getting a cab which were around gets an add Lee takeover an hour to a job that would have taken no more than 10 minutes max firstly shame on FT for employing these two melts and shame on met police for sitting there while they get picked up on a pedestrian crossing

[@conordonoghue8920]

I mean i have no idea what you're saying, but i can answer the first bit. All the riders and bikes are fully insured and are fully trained to not get into a situation where insurance would be needed.

[@samuelsofa]

So does FT want communism cause of the KZbin banner?

[@conordonoghue8920]

Yes

[@larrym2434]

If getting paid to ride a bicycle = communism, then, yes, I wan't communism.