VeloCurve, Sherbrooke et Aylmer - Montréal, Québec
Posted by: 
blackjack65
N 45° 30.364 W 073° 34.375
18T E 611481 N 5040161
This bike rack is a work of modern art, part spider, part flower. 4 McGill Mechanical Engineering students set out to ensure that there is ample bike parking at University a few years ago when they designed a space-saving bike rack as a class project
Waymark Code: WM10EV8
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 04/25/2019
Views: 8
The aesthetic component was important as a potential factor in encouraging people to cycle. The bike racks first appeared on campus in the summer of 2012 and since then the students, who have since graduated, tried to commercialize their product through their company VeloCyko, unfortunately defunct since 2015. The bike rack is space saving because it stores bikes vertically, saving 40% more space compared to a traditional bike rack, an important feature on this campus and in many other places in our densely crowded cities. It also discourages theft because when locking a bike, the cyclist stands upright and is visible rather than crouched down and out of sight as a thief would want to be.
TYPE: Abstract
AMMENITIES: None of the above
NEARBY: School
OTHER (What else is nearby?): Starbucks
Did you ride your bike to get here?: No
Rating: 
OTHER: Not listed
How much do you pay for gasoline?: Not Listed
IF NO, WHY NOT? (just kidding): Not listed
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