Velorbis is pleased to be included in a travelling exhibition about Danish bike culture which opened in Canberra, Australia earlier this month.
Dreams on Wheels is curated by Thomas Ermacora, founder of Etikstudio, for the Danish Foreign Ministry and is scheduled to travel to many cities around the world between now and the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next year, called COP15. The show in Canberra accompanies the reopening of the Danish Embassy in the Australian capital. An earlier incarnation of the exhibition was shown at the Danish House in Paris, The Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen and the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.
The concept is driven by the motivation to illustrate how a “cyclocentric” approach to urban development stimulates environmental concern and sustainable civic behaviour.
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A hand-made transport beauty that can carry up to 100 kg loads, yet still with excellent riding capabilities! This is the perfect inner-city delivery bicycle.
The VELORBIS Long John bicycle is a transport bike with an extraordinary long-wheel base that can carry a huge load, but can still squeeze through traffic with ease. In order to carry considerably more loads on a 2-wheeler bicycle, the design and ergonomics require a long-wheel base structure where the front wheel is steered via a linkage. Bicycles such as the VELORBIS Long John have the carrier extremely low, making them very stable with large loads.
Cycle trailers can provide a good solution to the problem of quickly adapting a bicycle to be capable of carrying extra loads. However, they do suffer from disadvantages, such as |
