The Holstee Manifesto has always been a favourite of mine. It inspires you with a sense of empowerment, and I love that reading great words and letting your mind transform them into great ideas allows you to feel that. It is a message that not only inspires and excites me, it does exactly the same to many other people as they state on their website that it is a “message that has since been shared over 500,000 times and viewed over 60 million times online”.
Holstee states that: “Above all else, it has confirmed for us that with genuine positive intentions, anything is possible.” I like that. I’ve always thought that nothing is impossible, it’s probably not easy, it probably won’t come quickly, but it’s probably not impossible. Probably.
So I was obviously delighted to find that Holstee have now transformed their words into a video and it features lots of lovely bicycles. A definite treat for anyone who likes a bike and who likes to dream, to think and to do.
So then after watching the video, it made me wonder if – has anyone written such a short and snappy manifesto about riding bikes? I am certain there will be manifestos out there, but are there any that capture the imagination and ignite a sense of empowerment as these words do?
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The #shinealightonmecomp is a small friendly competition that arose from a recent conversation on Twitter and which I thought was an idea worth doing something with. So I thought about it a little more, as can be seen in my <glowing in the dark post> where I discussed people who are using reflectives to brighten up their night riding in inspiring ways and then I started to think about how I could do it myself. Aided with some friendly Twitter banter <seen below> that discussed the possible addition of ‘categories’ and ‘bonus points’, I wanted to think up something fun. >> Read more to find out more about the idea Continue reading ‘Starting to have ideas for #shinealightonmecomp’
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It seems that ‘Woman Wheelers’ not only have to worry about keeping the wheels turning and keeping up to speed… there is in fact a whole host of things that we should avoid when on two wheels, ( according to an old newspaper cutting ’Don’ts For Woman Wheelers’).
Magnificent Octopus, aka Kaputniq has begun to transform some of these words of wisdom/warning into some wonderfully playful posters. Which I think illustrate perfectly that perhaps in fact - it is best not to listen to the rules… Continue reading ‘Woman Wheelers – Don’t always listen to the rules’
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the simple act of turning a bicycle wheel can do many wonderous things – on this occasion it brings to life a twisting and turning animation. lovely stuff.
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So in case you are not in Scotland right now, you should know that winter is starting to take hold. It always seems to creep up on me and quickly slap me in the face, with it’s startlingly dark nights that start all of a sudden at 4.00pm in the afternoon. AFTERNOON. And then, gone are the lovely long nights, where I can cycle home pleasantly along the quiet back country roads. So quiet in fact, that unfortunately, on my own – in the dark – these quiet back roads are not really so alluring.
Anyway, thinking about being safe on the bike, in the dark, got me thinking about lights and all things bright. And after a little bit of Twitter talk, it seems we may have inadvertedly come up with a potential fun creative project to work on for a day or two when I can find the time. REFLECTIVES.
Reflectives really are quite clever. no new realisation there. but what better way to make yourself seen than shine other people’s lights back at them. Of course some other lights are necessary to be able to see, but to be seen – a little bit of clever reflective work could save lighting yourself up like a christmas tree & having to carry all the batteries… as you could still look tree tastic, but only when someone shines a light on you.
Continue reading ‘Glowing in the dark – bright lights for bikes on dark nights’
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The Harris Tweed Ride took place in Glasgow over a month ago now, so this follow up is now fairly belated. However, in the weeks that followed this true tweed treat of a bicycle ride I was so amused by reading everyone else’s blogposts , flicking through their photos and seeing different aspects of the ride that I never got around to writing my own account. So now I think this day of social cycling deserves a wee roundup:
The Harris Tweed Ride took place on a typically Scottish* Sunday afternoon in August, We got up early and were kind of wishing that the dreary skies would drastically transform within the hour or so it took us to get prepared for the day. However, although we managed to transform ourselves from slightly weary soles into dashing tweed ladies and gents, (outfits were donned, energy bacon butties were promptly eaten and bikes were given a quick check over**), the Glasgow skies remained somewhat grey all day. Amazingly this didn’t really seem to dampen anyones spirits and we still managed to appreciate the tropical treats that were provided. In fact, I happily tucked into an ice cream float from Stravaigan at one of my dampest moments – my bonnet was literally dripping with rain into my frothed, ice cream filled Irn Bru! It was still delightful. (click here to continue reading)
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The Harris Tweed Ride is now pretty much just a week away! I have been following the worldwide phenomenon that is Tweedrides = Dapper Tweed + Bicycles since I discovered them last year and have just been waiting for one to come to Scotland. So I am starting to get pretty excited about the Harris Tweed Ride in Glasgow next weekend, which seems to be shaping up to be a mighty tweed trip. Not simply relying on the jolly fun that biking in tweed could bring, the lovely organisers have got a pretty immense line up of other fun things to partake in during the ride. In their own words: “Scots porridge & honeycomb… Stornoway Black Pudding, St Mungo’s Lager and West Coast Oysters en route to a finishing party with a swing at the 5 Star Blythswood Square Hotel you’ll be guaranteed a great day out” I was sold on the porridge and black pudding.
As I have said before – there are thousands of organised bike rides that take place each year… so getting people that want to cycle together obviously isn’t a problem. However, the tweedride seems to offer a little more than just a quick ride (!), so I can’t wait to get my tweed on and take part in this jolly fun day out on my bike.
Continue reading ‘Harris Tweed Hits Glasgow = Tweed Ride 2011’
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My Bike Transformation
I guess the thing I always liked about design was the idea of transformation: to change something, in order to make it better. Recently that something became my old bicycle, as I decided it desperately needed a mini transformation into something more stylish and less prone to punctures. My old bicycle is a fairly basic Raleigh bike and I have since bought a new one with my first ‘proper job’ wage packet. However, I couldn’t bear to get rid of this one: as I bought it whilst studying in Paris and it also amazingly took me on my wee European Cycling trip across France, The Netherlands and Germany (and back again). Although thinking about that trip now I am sometimes amazed that it hasn’t packed in on me before now.
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I’m a little late in posting this, as I actually wrote about the Sanitov Studio for Inhabitat last year when I was covering the London Design Festival for them… so yes you should check out that full post here. The main feature of the Sanitov exhibition their new C-Type Cargo bike that incorporates an innovative GPS tracking system. But overall, they had a nice little exhibition space, some cool posters and a fun little dog.
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The Tweed Ride Trend continues and I just saw a lovely video about a tweed ride in France that made me want to jump back to where I lived in Paris and join in. With the welcome addition of fresh baguettes and I am sure some yummy cheese and wine, their ride looked Tweedtastic. It could be a fun project if you had the time and the money to travel round and take part in the various tweed rides and see what each countries little interpretation of the fine english gentleman’s tweed is and how they customise it to fit them.
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