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Man transports tumble dryer on bike pedal

Every bike’s a cargo bike

You may recall a video we ran last year in which a Brazilian rode over cobbles while balancing a fridge on his shoulder. If you thought to yourself that there has to be an easier way to transport white goods, a Glaswegian has been spotted carrying a tumble dryer on one of his pedals.

Deadline has published the footage, in which the man is seen crossing the road.

Unsurprisingly, with one of the pedals somewhat inaccessible, he’s walking.

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The video was shot by Gordon Willoughby on Pollockshaws Road at around 7.30pm on Sunday.

He said: “I filmed it through the window of the apartment we had rented for the weekend. With hindsight it’s unlikely to be a washing machine due to the weight, it’s more likely to be a tumble dryer.

“Initially I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Once I realised what he was doing I got the camera out and took a wee video. I thought it was rather funny.”

A cursory search on social media reveals that this form of side-loading is by no means unique.

However, this seems an altogether more appropriate bike for the job.

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BehindTheBikesheds | 7 years ago
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The guy in india I think must win the award for most weighty load, almost a walls worth of bricks with just his arm through a gap in the bricks.
I remember giving a 'croggy' for my then gf every Sunday for her part-time job when we were at college, 3 miles each way on an old beat up racing bike with her perched on the saddle. Luckily our home city is one of the flattest in the country and she was wafer thin but it was bloody hard work.
I've often cycled back a full sized bike box from the back of halfords the 2 miles to home, the bulk is the hard bit and catching the wind makes it interesting. Lol

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Redvee | 7 years ago
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A tumbe dryer is mostly bulk with little weight to it for it's size, even a Road.cc journo could pick one up.

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Ride2Wk | 7 years ago
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So what? Too many people are conditioned by society, just follow peer group pressure and are not inventive enough to do unusual but effective things.

Before I got my drivers licence I had a trailer to push my hang glider in front of my bike to ride about 1km up the local hill. I just held the end of the glider so I could steer it by hand and miss the potholes. I still use a surf board rack even for boards up to 9ft long. A dryer is relatively light and could be carried on a good quality pannier if its straped on properly. I bought and carried many awkward or heavy things including a vacuum cleaner, paint, timber, car disc brakes.

The fact that so many people think its newsworthy shows how subservient and boring most of our society has become.

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OldRidgeback | 7 years ago
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I'll have to have a look through my photos. I have one taken when I lived in West Africa of a bloke cycling along while balancing a palm tree on his head. If i find it I'll scan it in and send it to this website.

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Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
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Imagine if he takes a tumble taking that tumble. 

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rasalati replied to Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
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Yorkshire wallet wrote:

Imagine if he takes a tumble taking that tumble. 

 

Up The Tumble?

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Grahamd replied to Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
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Yorkshire wallet wrote:

Imagine if he takes a tumble taking that tumble. 

 

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