Maxpro has announced their Street Flyer model, an all aluminum, non-electric assist pedicab.  Claimed weight is 43 Kg or 95 pounds.   Yes that’s right, 95 pounds for a 3 passenger pedicab with a triple clamp fork and dual Magura hydraulic discs on the rear wheels.  I’m looking forward to seeing detailed photos of their production cabs.

I’d also like to hear about their heat treatment of the aluminum after welding, how well the cabs are holding up to the abuse that pedicabs are commonly subjected to, and what kind of warranty the frame has.  In short can an all aluminum pedicab survive the mean streets of human powered transportation?

Consider that a Mainstreet “Classic” weighs in at between 150 and 175 pounds, and a Cycles Maximus weighs approximately 185 pounds.  While I am not 100% sure of the weight, I believe that a typical Pedaltek trailer weighs approximately 120 lbs (plus 30 or more pounds for the bike).

Maxpro went to all of this effort to make a light weight vehicle so as to allow English pedicab drivers to use electric assist, and have the bike still weigh in at less than 60 kg, or 132 pounds.  If their vehicles weigh more than 60 Kg, they face the possibility that their vehicle will be impounded by the local police.