Gibbon Time Revisited
I have been looking at other buses to see which is the best to swing along on the upper deck. I found the New Bus for London good and reported it here.
So I looked at the handholds on the buses that are most common in London.
This is the standard Wrightbus Gemini 2, which is probably the most numerous type of London bus.
Top Deck of Wright Gemini 2
The handholds are rather vertical and the spacing wasn’t natural for a good swing. Note that there are more on one side.
This is the same picture of a Scania OmniCity.
Top Deck of Scania OmniCity
Here they are more offset and better spaced.
The other common bus, that I use is the Alexander Dennis Enviro 400.
Top Deck of Alexander Dennis Enviro 400
Not bad and better spaced, but not up to the New Bus for London.
Top Deck of New Bus for London
Note too how on the New Bus for London, the colours are more subdued. The surface is also textured to give a better grip. I haven’t taken a tape measure to it, but I have a feeling that the aisle is wider on a New Bus for London. It’s certainly easier to walk along the bus to the stairs to get out, but this is probably down to the gibbon effect.
The stairs on all buses are pretty easy to negotiate even with my gammy left hand. All staircases seem to have rails on both sides, with a double rail on the left hand side going down.
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