Bonjour / Hi
I'm beginning a thread in french about cycling and cycling policy in
North America
Je commence un fil en fran=E7ais sur la bicyclette en Am=E9rique du Nord,
avec une petite pr=E9sentation en anglais pour les internautes US
connaissant notre langue.
> On 5 mar, 19:40, "Ron Richings" <richi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Just ran across this British design - appears that it will be in
product=
ion
> > soon.
>
> > Looks to be stronger than the Toronto-style circular add-ons. =A0Could
b=
e an
> > inexpensive way to add bike parking/locking places.
>
> > Anyone know of a similar product produced in North America?
>
> > If you can't see the photos, try =A0http://quickrelease.tv/?p=3D343
>
> > Ron Richings
>
> > Vancouver, BC
>
> > Canada
>
> > Anthony Lau, a design student at the University of Westminster,
created =
his
> > Cyclehoophttp://www.cyclehoop.com=A0street
furniture fitting in 2006.
It=
> > appeared in the Reinventinghttp://www.reinventingthebikeshed.com=A0the
> > Bike Shed exhibition in 2006, will soon go on trial in London and
could =
bag
> > Lau the top prize in the new, Government-backed HSBC Unipreneurs
Awards
>
> http://www.unipreneurs.hsbc.co.uk/final_20.php.
>
> =A0http://www.cyclehoop.com
HisCyclehoops have the potential to sell
> like
>
>
>
> > hotcakes. They bolt on to existing street posts, require no
concreting-i=
n
> > and they force the cyclist to lock his or her bike down by the bottom
> > bracket rather than the top-tube. This is right place to lock a bike,
as=
> > evidenced in this bike security
articlehttp://quickrelease.tv/?p=3D327=
=A0.
>
> > Lau told Quickrelease.tv: "I'm drawing up a list of tips on locking
> > techniques. These will be displayed graphically on the Cyclehoop as a
> > sticker."
>
> > The HSBC Unipreneurs Awards are presented in association with the
Nation=
al
> > Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship.
>
> > The overall winner will be decided at a gala evening at BAFTA on 23rd
Ap=
ril,
> > when five finalists will be quizzed live on-stage by a panel of
experts
> > about their business and why they deserve to be crowned HSBC
Unipreneur
> > 2008. Afterwards, a specially invited audience of 200 guests, drawn
from=
the
> > worlds of business, government and the media, will vote for the
candidat=
e
> > who has impressed the most and decide who will walk away with the top
ti=
tle.
>
> > Whether Lau wins the award or not, his Cyclehoop design is simple and
ch=
eap
> > to install. Local authorities with budgets for installing secure cycle
> > racking will be impressed by Cyclehoops. Designer Wayne Hemingway
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DlHokbFBFgL0=A0certainly
was.
>
>
>
> > Hemingway was one of the judges at Reinventing the Bike Shed. I was at
h=
is
> > home yesterday, interviewing him for Cycling Plus magazine. When I
asked=
him
> > about cycle security, he launched into a paean of praise for the
Cycleho=
op.
>
Il s'agit du recyclage d'anciens parcm=E8tres en poteaux antivols
d'accrochages de v=E9los. A suivre dans
http://groups.google.com/group/trans-action/browse_thread/thread/1cdb...
dans le googlegroupe http://groups.google.com/group/trans-action
Salutations / Regards
G=E9rard Massip
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