Tradies on Wheels
Firstly a quick quiz to kick off the post. Pick the odd word out. Tradies: Contractors: Utes: Vans, Hi-vis: Work boots: Bicycles. Ok, so you can’t drive and ride at the same time, but my latest effort of trend spotting turned up that there are a few tradies around Melbourne who prefer to park and ride to their CBD work sites. I met 3 building site workers early one morning as they were saddling up to ride to their CBD building site. They parked their cars in an unrestricted parking are about 4km from the city. They leave their tools secured stored onsite to avoid the need of hauling them in and out of their cars. Pictured below is Darren, who along with workmates Daniel and Francis combines their preferred modes of transport on a daily basis. The guys were also good enough to give me their pros and cons of riding The pros · Saving on Parking. In the city costs at least $15-20 a day or $4 to 5,000 a year, that's not a bad start especially if you'