The Royal Danish Mail uses bikes for delivery in all larger cities in Denmark. The postmen are easily recognisable with their red uniforms, yellow bikes and Royal insignia.
For 7 years while at High School and University I used to deliver mail in Copenhagen myself.
The postal bikes today are far better than the large and sturdy frames I used back then. A smaller front wheel helps ensure a stable and safer ride. Also the Post now uses cargo bikes - some of them with electric assist motors.
Riding in shorts was a no-go back then. Every summer we would complain about having to endure the summer heat while running up and down the stair cases - typically 5 floors 50 times a day. Today there are official uniform shorts available.
And of course - like most of the other postmen - I used to bike to the Post Office at 6am every morning.
Happy cycling!
The USA's idea of "Green Transport":
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From this article.
Yeah! What a lot of nice memories come to me from my time as employee in PostDanmark. Most of the time I worked only in summer - where I delivered mail on bike in a large area with summer vacation houses (Marielyst). To get to the area I had to bike 5 km - so when I arrived I was warm :-)
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What a nice blog this is - Congrats!
What happens in the winter with snow and rain? It would certainly curtail hidding out in mail trucks.
ReplyDeleteWhat happens in the winter with rain and snow?
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What happens ? I guess they continue business as usual ,why would they not ?
ReplyDelete@steelschwinnster: 5b is right. Rain or Snow - the Mail must Go!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me sad I am a postal worker in Canada and instead of bikes they are making us use trucks next year.Talk about going backwards.
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