The Sky is the Limit

23Aug10

Love Cycling and Love the Skyride was the general consensus from most people I saw or spoke to on Sunday at the Skyride in Glasgow.  I made it along in the afternoon; after a nice brunch, managing to borrow a nice bike for the day, fixing a puncture on said borrowed bike and picking up […]

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Tags: 2010, Bike, bike lanes, BikeClub, cities, Cycling, Design, Glasgow, people, photography, scotland, Skyride

Glasgow transforms into a Cycling Paradise!

18Aug10

Glasgow and ‘Cycling Paradise’ are not traditionally two words that have gone well together. However, this weekend ‘paradise and party’ is what cyclists are being offered… so if you can get up and out on Sunday morning and the weather plays ball, it could be a great day. People are being encouraged to go wacky, […]

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Tags: 2010, 22nd, bike lanes, bike rides, british Cycling, cities, Cycling, event, Glasgow, Skyride, sunday

Bike Lane Messages

05Jul10

The graffiti image above was taken on an Australian Bicycle lane and is so simple, yet incredibly clever and compelling. When put so plainly, it makes you wonder why so many people choose the latter of the two options… The image below ‘Fast Lane Vs Fat Lane’ is quite similar in it’s concept and creation […]

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Tags: Advertising, Bike, bike lanes, Cycling, Design, graffiti, Graphic Design, messages, posters, road

Riding High in the Sky

08Jun10

I loved the documentary film Man on Wire which tells the story of the spectacular high wire ambitions of Philippe Petit. However, Philippe is not the only man out there with high wire ambitions as Martin Angelov of the Kolelinia Lab demonstrates with his range of ‘innovative’ concepts. Kolelinia bike lanes started life as a […]

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Tags: 2010, bike lanes, Bikes, cities, cycle lanes, Cycling, Design, high wire, kolelinia, petit, philippe

Bike Hero

18May10

This clever Bike Hero video displays some fun LEDs and a Guitar Hero inspired track in the real world. I love the colourful route through the city and it makes me think about how you could design bike lanes to be more fun for the participants, (obviously getting bog standard bike lanes in some cities is […]

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Tags: Bike Hero, bike lanes, cities, Design, Droga5, LED, streets