Malawi June/July 2003
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1. Tanzanian street
vendor with his welded steel handcart using bicycle wheels
(28" x 1 1/2") having heavy-duty 12 gauge spokes.
Photo courtesy of Tuyate Anthony Kasanga, Pelesi General Hardware, Mzuzu, Malawi |
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2 Tanzanian water vendor transporting 10 plastic jerry cans each containing 25 liters of water or a load of over 250 kilograms! This cart uses heavy-duty 12 gauge spokes. |
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3 Vendor in Lilongwe, Malawi, using a welded-steel handcart with bicycle wheels having common 14 gauge spokes. This man routinely carries loads of battery acid of weighing some 100 kilograms over distandces of several kilometers. |
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4 Firewood transporters in northern Malawi. Their bicycles have rear wheels fitted with 12 gauge spokes to enable them to carry these heavy loads with minimal spoke breakage. |
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5 Mussa Balakazi of Rizik Metal Work in Mchinji, Malawi and his steel version of the AfriCart. It is being used here as a bicycle trailer. |
