First tries super rear single wheels in Bristol

摘要

First West of England is conducting a 12 month trial of super rear single rear wheels on two Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMCs. The experiment, on behalf of First's UK bus division, is to measure the effect on costs and durability of using wider single wheels and tyres in place of the usual twins. They look a bit odd because the track is a few centimetres narrower,' says West of England managing director James Freeman, 'but otherwise they don't seem to have any detrimental effect on handling, so we're just waiting to see how they run.'