Bicycle Sidecar (Old Pedicab)

次回、この記事の日本語版を投稿します。

Here is an old pedicab (aka cycle rickshaw), known as RINTAKU in Japanese.  The photos were in the public domain and appeared on the Yahoo Japan auction site several years back.

The bicycle was manufactured by the Yamaguchi Bicycle Factory Co. Ltd., but first let's look at the cab.


The pedicab is actually a sidecar attached to the bicycle.


The convertible top could be rolled back in nice weather.
(example)

The top was raised in cold or inclimate weather.

Cab interior

The two large screens at the front, and adjustable windshield, enabled ventilation when the top was up.
Also, note the lamp bracket mounted on the ventilation panel.

The cab was mounted to a MARUWAI utility cycle manufactured by Yamaguchi Bicycle Factory Co., Ltd.
Note the MARUWAI fender ornament and faded ornate pinstriping.

 Registration badge.

I was hoping to get a first had look at one of these as there was one on display at the Chigasaki City Museum of Art.
Unfortunately, it is not on display year-round; however, the museum granted me permission to use their photos.

 

In the next English post we will continue to look at pedicabs.