Everyone enjoys wind in their hair as they ride to the park

Lydia Maxwell runs DogBoxx, a successful dog-walking business, and they have just purchased their second Christiania Bike. Honor Elliott is a professional photographer. One of her projects is dogbybike, which aims to  “capture the wonderful people who ride bikes with their dogs, in an effort to showcase how versatile bikes

Pilot scheme at Beatrice Tate School

Guest post by ViviGo Cycling for All Beatrice Tate is a special needs school in Tower Hamlets. The school shares our belief that Cycling should be for All. They have a shed full of three wheelers that are used regularly. However some of the students with more severe disabilities need

Victoria & Albert Museum colourful bikes display local craft

This summer eight designers have participated in Daytrippers, a collaboration between V&A Dundee and Local Heroes aimed at supporting Scottish designers by commissioning contemporary, limited-edition souvenirs. These will be displayed and sold outside V&A Dundee until the end of September, bringing exciting design outdoors to the museum’s picturesque waterfront location.

Mobile tool library in bologna

Leila is a social enterprise in Bologna. They have a range of tools that local citizens can hire. To make the service more user-friendly they are using a Christiania Bike, and take part at community events. The box is custom made by a local hacker space; its lid transforms onto

Free trials of electric Christiania Bikes for businesses in Aberdeen

Nestrans, the North East Transport Scotland Transport Partnership, is making four electric Christiania Bikes available for a free trial of up to one year. The project is one of the elements of the forthcoming introduction of a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in the city centre later this year. One of

The ideal vehicle for food bank distributions

Several London community centres and food banks are using cargobikes to distribute food parcels to vulnerable people who have been self-isolating. The Christiania tricycle with its capacious square cargo box can accommodate many parcels These images have been taken by a wonderful video by John Williams. [Watch his channel, focused

Listen to Reverend Pat take the psalms to the people by cargobike

The lockdown has affected church services as well. The vicar at St Peter’s church in Notting Hill, Reverend Pat Allerton has hired a Christiania bike from London Green Cycles, to project his sermon and a powerful Amazing Grace to the local community. He also rides to major hospitals where patients

Fresh air? Freedom! Christiania Bike!

Last year the Tyrolean State Museum hosted an exhibition called “FRISCHLUFT? FREIHEIT! FAHRRAD!” The museum has a Christiania Bike available for its visitors. Arne Behrensen tried it. On the eve of our booked day, I look at the small but interesting special exhibition. I can take the Cargobike for the following

Poster boy

From Cardiff Cycle Chic Johnny has been working billboards in Cardiff for over 20 years. In the early days, Johnny used to dress up as a teenager and rode his BMX around the city early in the morning, pretending to be a paperboy. “I never got caught” he says, “not

Community development through cycling

There is no better way to make a group of toddlers happy than appearing with a bike full of balance bikes. David Pitcher runs Wheely Tots, a charity that helps family with young children try balance bikes and cargobikes. They run sessions at various parks near their base in North

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