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Retro 'Safety' and Clean Hubs

It's been ages since I've seen one of these. They are sooo 80's and frightfully retro. A friend of mine and I laughed when we saw it down at Baisikeli . It was like finding an old Duran Duran fan magazine and giggling at the hairdos and clothes. It flips out from your back rack in order to remind cars that they should keep their distance. And you flip it back in when you park it. A little reflector lights up the known universe so you're 'seen'. Another retro feature is this hub cleaner thingy. You just put it there and it keeps your hub clear of grease and dirt. Unlike the flip-outy thingy above, you can actually still find these and it's not unusual to see them on bikes around Copenhagen.

Advertising in a Bike Culture

I've mentioned this before but I haven't seen it for a while. Until today. This is a unique way of advertising in Copenhagen. Printing rain covers for bike seats with [insert your product of message here] and then slap them onto hundreds of bikes. These ones were outside the university and advertised for a job and career convention where students can learn about different job opportunities. Other times it's a product or an event.

The Coffee Bike - the future of urban coffee

Actually, I was at a Christmas lunch at Danish Broadcasting Corp. and was rather occupied with the consumption of food and drink when I bumped into Ole in one of the exterior atriums at the broadcaster's headquarters . It's a massive party involving over 2500 people and Ole was invited in to sell espresso coffee to the masses. What a cool bike. Just when you think you've seen everything in Copenhagen, something like this shows up. I had a good chat with Ole, the mastermind behind the concept. All of his coffee-making gear can fit inside the cargo bike and he doesn't need electricity to run the show. It's all run on natural gas. He tells me he spent ages finding the right gear and, most importantly, the right bike. With Denmark being the home of the cargo bike there were several makes to consider. He narrowed it down to three: the Nihola , the Christiania bike and the Black Iron Horse [ Sorte Jernhest in Danish.] The choice fell on the latter, as it can handle 150 ...