An occasional update on items from the Velo-city.
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AMSTERDAM PRE-CHIC
A rather fascinating (if overlong) visual portrayal of cycling in Amsterdam in 1965.
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FOREVER BICYCLES
The artist Ai Weiwei (who was detained in a secret location for 81 days by the Chinese government last summer) for his most recent work, Forever Bicycles, installed 1,200 bicycles–some hanging from the ceiling, some standing upright on the floor–one behind the other. The bikes have no handlebars and no seats and instead use those parts of the frame to extend upward and outward to connect to other wheels and other frames, creating the illusion of a labyrinth-like space in a three-dimensional area.
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THE DANISH RATE
Here’s something you knew intuitively – but now there’s a number for it:
Europe could cut its transport greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25% if every population cycled as regularly as the Danes, according to a pioneering study which tracks the environmental impact of cycling down to the extra calories consumed by riders.
If the EU cycling rate was the same as it is in Denmark, where the average person cycles almost 600 miles (965km) each year, then the bloc would attain anything from 12% to 26% of its targeted transport emissions reduction, depending on what forms of transport the cycling replaced, according to the report by the Brussels-based European Cycling Federation (ECF).
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Filmed by Bike is a film festival of bike-themed movies that takes place every April in Portland, Oregon. To celebrate the 10th Anniversary Filmed by Bike, they’re creating a video collage time capsule of this important time in history, and want to hear from you. Tell the world your story in 45 seconds using any sort of video making device you have access to.
The winning videos will be screened in the theater at the 10th Anniversary Filmed by Bike at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon, April 13-18, 2012.
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