(24 Feb 2021, 10:18 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Yeah, that's them. I had a quick look around but couldn't find any photos. Looking at those, they actually look worse than the Ciclos!
Horrid seats both of them tbh, don't understand why they'd even think about specing them tbh. I know London has the Ciclo's as they're vandal proof 'supposedly' but they're hated with the Urbans.
(24 Feb 2021, 10:21 pm)James101 wrote Whilst we’re on the progression of comfort in recent years in surprised no-ones brought up the ex-London Olympians Arriva had for a bit (photo from gjm):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...5749344583
The rear seat being an anti-vandal spec solid plastic type as found in your local 1990s playpark. Rode one on the 22 a few times and Silent Bank took about a fortnight. Also freezing and sloshing rainwater on the floor. Maybe present-day Arriva aren’t so bad.
They look quite pleasant to the non native Scania's that ended up at Blyth and Jesmond. https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/5951199384/ - That's one of the better ones aswell rather than the ones which used to have the mismatching red seats from Arriva Midland Fox like this one https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcw1987/8130547047/ which had enough leg room for a dwarf and stayed around way too long aswell (2012 that's taken) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/6358669453/, that's the interior and they we're on the Blyth expresses.
https://www.flickriver.com/photos/emdjt42/3546042097/ - I wasn't looking for that, was trying to find the one I mentioned above but oh dear at that, don't think we ever seen them North of the Tyne though.