After being in the pizza delivery by bicycle business for a couple of weeks now, here are my thoughts:
The whole operation works surprisingly well. Pizzas stay hot, they don't slide around at all and depending on how many pizzas the car driver has to deliver at any given time, there's a good chance some people will actually get their food faster by bike. I had my initial doubts that it would be a failed test after a few days of doing it, and I'm happy that it can work.
The vast majority of people totally dig it. Now that the weather is starting to look hopeful, I can tell that people are generally in more pleasant moods and much more willing to chit chat about that crazy looking bike with a pizza on the back. I've even gotten a few "Hey that's an Xtracycle!" shout outs.
There have been a couple of anti-bike delivery folks. Not sure if they're just skeptical of it, but one guy really confused me. On the day I started doing this, he came into the shop to pick up his pizza and asked us something along the lines of "Who is being forced to ride the bike today?" We tried explaining that it was actually my choice and I enjoy doing this, and that it is supposed to be helping the environment. Oh well, he didn't seem to get it and just hopped in his humongous car and drove off. I just hoped that everyone wasn't going to be like that, and I'm glad they're not.
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