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I just bought the subject item on Ebay; all it came with was a shipping/packing list: No instructions on putting it together. Can anyone help? The model is tc-99. Thanks.
bikecab999
05-06-2005, 20:24
Can anyone help? I have some advice, sell it! They don't work. They are nothing more than paint and metal fluff. I have seen these cabs crack in half when used just as a cocktail table. Not even ridden and cracked in half. Not just one, but a few of them. The brakes are what I like to call "pull and pray". You pull on the cable-less brakes and pray it stops the cab.
Don't kill our industry, don't buy inferior equipment.
Spend a few extra bucks and geta real pedicab.
If it is just for weekend or personal use get a pedicab trailer at least.
CHINESE "KINGSTON" RICKSHAW I just bought the subject item on Ebay; all it came with was a shipping/packing list: No instructions on putting it together. Can anyone help? The model is tc-99. Thanks.
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bikecab999
07-06-2005, 22:41
No but seriously, first put together the frame. Then put it up on milk crates or buckets. Apply the rear axle first. Then the drive chain and brakes. Make sure they work. Attach the rear wheels, and then the front. Pull out the risers (buckets or crates), put on the handles bars and passengers seat. That is usually how I do it. Then tip it back on its end and check and fine tune it. Hope that helped...
In London we have been getting very close to sorting a long term licencing thing & guess what, the two accidents that have been main headliners against us have been a fatalety on a pedicab in JAMACA !!!! & a very serious injury in Scotland. If you think what a field day we would have, had we wanted to use the statistic on cabs!!
So, whatch what you buy, make or import, as you may be killing your futures & that of others!!!:mad:
No but seriously, first put together the frame. Then put it up on milk crates or buckets. Apply the rear axle first. Then the drive chain and brakes. Make sure they work. Attach the rear wheels, and then the front. Pull out the risers (buckets or crates), put on the handles bars and passengers seat. That is usually how I do it. Then tip it back on its end and check and fine tune it. Hope that helped...
TO BIKECAB999
I appreciate your comments and responses. My daughter, who has Cerebral Palsy, and whom I bought the Rickshaw for, has not been able to ride, as it's been to hot here in South Georgia, so I haven't been in a hurry to put the Rickshaw together. However, a friend and I took your advice and have pretty much gotten the whole thing together. We do have questions on the brakes, and was wondering if you or anyone had any photos they could send, of who the things should actually be put together. Thanks.