Parking for cargo bikes in Copenhagen

In Copenhagen many bikes. That's all they know. We wrote about the fact that Copenhagen is one of the most convenient cities for cyclists. Assume that for the owners of a cargo bikes it is also very convenient, but the guys from Copenhagenize Design Company decided to make it even more remarkable.

First, a bit about what is a cargo bike. It's not just a bike with a basket or trunk, is often a mechanism constructed for the carriage of goods or passengers. Below is a video that very clearly shows what was going on.

So Copenhagenize Design Company with Cyclehoop has created the best, in their opinion, Parking for cargo bikes. Why? Well, for starters, a cargo bike (like everyone else) in Europe is not cheap. Because their features are sometimes hard to find a reasonable place to Park. Despite the fact that in Copenhagen about 40 000 (forty thousand!) cargo bikes, there is not a lot of places where it is convenient to Park.

When you use a cargo bike every day I want it to be convenient. In many cities, even in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg (Frederiksberg), many have to remove them away from the eyes, simply because in the city there is no convenient and safe Parking spaces. These bikes are very popular with thieves who specifically hunt for them. A large part of the Danish bikes are quite expensive, and even when re-selling brings a good profit. The people who have to leave their bikes in the street, tied them to the signs, gutters, and in General to any more or less suitable sites.
Among other things, cargo bikes take up much space (about twice normal). Our goal was to create elegant and functional Parking, convenient for cargo bikes.

The main requirements were:

• functionality
• elegance
• the uniqueness
• modularity
• security

With these ideas Michael turned to Anthony Lau of Cyclehoop. In fact, at the time, took the bike (with lock), and he created a company that is now developing different systems for Parking bicycles. Together, they created what you can see in the pictures below:













You drive the bike in between the two columns, drop the cross member and close it on the lock. The height of the crossbar is chosen so that it is securely kept any brand bike. No, remove the seat or wheel and drive the bike will not work. In the comments to the article in the blog copenhagenize.com it is written that the wheel when it is locked, so just don't.





Source: thinkgreen.ru