There were two parcel carriers: a woman wearing a heavy brown coat, pants, helmet and reflective vest riding a blue Trek flat-bar bike with no fenders, pulling a single axel, open-topped trailer . The other carrier was on the same type of bike, no trailer, but was wearing a helmet, brown shirt and shorts.
With the driving rain and 40F temperature today, this was not the ideal setup for either rider. I saw them a few more times in my neighborhood, always looking lost and a bit tired, but I can't tell you how exciting this was. When we were in England last month, we saw many Royal Mail carriers delivering the post by bicycle, and even more used post-bicycles being used by college students in Cambridge as cargo/city bikes.
I was so shocked that I didn't think to take a photo of this rather momentous occasion, but will try to catch them in action with the Canon soon...
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