Good architecture does much more than just fulfilling the original purpose it was designed for. It can be an art piece reflecting the society and its cultural values, drawing people towards it. In case of cycling infrastructure, drawing people on bicycles towards it. We saw…
There is a commonly used and pretty vaguely defined term – “the cycling community”. But what does it really mean? Is there some coherent group of cyclists who share the same characteristics? Do people who cycle regularly entangle their transportation choice into the sense of…
An insurance company called Coya put together an elaborate table ranking the world’s best cycling cities based on multiple criteria in order to find the ultimate riding heaven. Be it bike stealing, cycling fatalities, specialised roads or weather conditions, everything seems to be included in…
I was visiting an office in Bracknell, UK, and the bike parking had the following bikes: a cyclocross bike, a BMX, 4 hardtail mountain bikes, 2 full suspension mountain bikes, a steel-framed racer, and a guy in the office had a folding bike under his…
