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Cargo bikes negotiate dangerous roads

I can only admire the bravery and foolhardiness

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The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.
Sat Apr 25 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READ

Sir – Joanne Hunt (“How a cargo bike can save you a fortune”, Money Matters, April 22nd) outlines the financial benefits of a cargo bike “cheaper to run and maybe faster than a car”.

As a life long cyclist in the city, I can only admire the bravery and foolhardiness of putting kids in a cargo bike and then negotiating the dangerous roads. In the absence of a separate cycle lane network, I wish them safe cycling despite the financial benefits . – Yours, etc,

MIKE MORAN,

Clontarf,

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