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Over the last decade city cycling has increased year on year. Increases
in cycle use have meant increases in cycle theft, the greatest
deterrent to cycling after fears about road safety. However, in recent
years a multi-agency address to this problem has helped catalyse a
secure cycling revolution. Figures from Transport for London for the
period 2005 to 2008 show cycling increasing and cycle theft decreasing
for the first time this century helping to make our cities, safer
healthier, cleaner and quieter places to live.
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This exhibition showcases new bike parking design that makes life easier for cyclists and harder for bike thieves.
It also introduces Bikeoff.org’s free online design resource, which aims to help architects to “get smart quick” about bike theft and innovate secure cycling infrastructure for our cities.
Cyclehoop by Anthony Lau
Cyclehoop can be fixed to public signposts to add well positioned locking points for wheels and frame. It was the winning entry of the Reinventing the Bike Shed competition of 2006.
PlantLock by Duncan Kramer
The design combines bike parking and planter functionality. It links the environmental benefits of cycling with the ‘greening’ of the urban environment.
Cycloc by Andrew Lang
Cycloc was originally designed for domestic indoor environments where floor space is limited, and enables the bicycle to be hung on the wall. It has won numerous design awards.
caMden Anti-Theft Bike Stands
The Bikeoff team made 8,500 visual observations of cycle parking before creating 6 secure cycle stands that: • Encourage cyclists to lock both wheels and the
frame of their bikes to the stand • Discourage cyclists from locking the top tube of their bike to the stand (an insecure locking practice) • Support the bicycle from falling and the front wheel from tipping to the side • Increase the security of single -lock users
Cyclist’s Mirror by Hyuh Jin Lee (student project)
The Cyclist’s Mirror adds cycle storage functionality to the hallway mirror, enabling you to see yourself as a cyclist. It brings cycle storage into the home where the bicycle is more secure than when parked on the street.
Exhibition from December 16 2008 to January 30 2009
New London Architecture
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