Archive for 'bicycles'
Brussels Express: Transportation in a city with a similar mindset to our own
Posted on 18. May, 2012 by Jonathan Cherry.
Steve Jobs: ‘A computer is like a bicycle for the mind’
Posted on 06. Oct, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry.
Speaking as part of documentary called Memory and Imagination – Steve Jobs said:
… the computer is the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.
Go well Mr Jobs
[thanks Isabeau]
Google is perfect
Posted on 06. Sep, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry.
How do Google employees commute to work? The greenest way possible naturally.
Bikes, buses, walking and even kayaking all make up the ‘green’ Google way of getting to work. It’s surprising actually how uninvolved South African companies seem to be in their employees’ transportation needs in comparison.
Then again – Google is perfect.
How to ride a ‘fixie’ around London’s W Hotel
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry.
Some more anarchy outta the UK. Luvin’ it!
Can bicycles be the catalyst to revive our modern cities?
Posted on 27. Jul, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry.
You experience a city very differently when you’re exploring it on a bicycle. Cars promote a sense of aggressive, anti-social behaviour where urban commuting on a bicycle opens your eyes to see your city in a refreshingly social way.
Genre De Vie is a documentary that focuses mainly on city’s that already promote a pro bicycle lifestyle. This coming from a viewpoint, that the bicycle is a positive development on the social and environmental structure and hence of profound effect on the living quality of its inhabitance. [via]
So can the simple bicycle be the sought after catalyst to revive the social fabric of a city like Cape Town? We think so – and there are some exciting, soon-to-be-launched developments that we are involved with that you may find right up your street too.
Check out the Camissa Bicycles Facebook page – a Cape Town-based single speed / fixed gear bicycle brand.
Detroit Bicycle City
Posted on 14. Jul, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry.
It used to be known as Motown or the Motor City, but Detroit Michigan is reinventing itself as a new creative hub that is increasingly connecting with itself via bicycles.
It’s amazing how cities around the world are being radically transformed by the adoption of bicycles. Perhaps the ever increasing price of crude oil is a blessing to society in disguise.
