Interestingly, Kyburz is also taking steps to answer the question of what happens to batteries when they reach their end-of-life.

The riding position is quite comfortable. 'Im six foot tall, so I thought Id be really cramped up on this thing.

The seat on that postie bike is the most comfortable motorcycle seat Ive ever sat on. Range is 50 to 100 kilometers (31 to 62 miles), and clearly a number of variables will affect which end of the range it’s closer to in practice. Around Australia on a postie bike Yes, can do Ap4:30pm. So, what are the specs like on the incoming electric postie trike fleet? According to the manufacturer, top speed is a blistering 45 kilometers per hour, or just under 28 mph. “One of the things we’ve done is a review of our equipment and processes to make sure that we have capacity to support increased parcel volumes – the introduction of the KYBURZ vehicle is one way we are doing this,” he added. 'We have a great team and we’re committed to providing our people with sustainable employment, so we’re always looking at how we can change and improve the way we do things so we can stay relevant and valued by our customers,” Australia Post head of network optimization Mitch Buxton said in 2018. Those postie bikes may have an undeniable charm, but they can’t carry as many packages as the new Kyburz DXPs. Each trike can apparently carry around three times what those postie bikes can manage. There’s also the fact that Australia Post, like many other postal systems elsewhere, now delivers more packages than letters. Postie Bike Safari 2022 Raising funds for Childhood Cancer Support 20th -27th August Donate Sign up to Fundraise Raised so far 110,174 Our goal 100,000 A Lee Automotive and Marine just donated 131.88 Daryl Wayne Pohlmann just donated 79.13 Anonymous just donated 105.50 Mally just donated 52.75 Robert Rixon just donated 105. It’s also possible that riders may not require a motorbike license, meaning that more postal carriers could theoretically hop aboard one of these trikes. The reasons are many, with visibility and comparative safety often cited highest among them. The Postie Bike Challenge donate to charities and community groups, they provide the bikes and all support for riders. What’s going to replace them, you ask? Since 2018, Australia Post has been trialing little electric trikes from a Swiss company called Kyburz. For fellow Americans, the postie bike, as it is affectionately known, is as common a sight in the land down under as our USPS mail jeeps are here. That’s about to change, though. You see, by 2025, the Australian Post plans to phase out all its remaining postie bikes, according to Aussie bike news site Motorbike Writer.

Australian postie bike