Cycloc — Bicycle Storage that’s Recycled
by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 03.19.06
Need a storage device so you stop knocking your bike over in the hallway? Maybe you could do with the cute and curious Cycloc. This plastic bucket (for want of a better description) has two opposing lips that use your bicycle’s own weight to hold it in place. Mounted to the appropriate wall it will cope with different slopes of top tubes from straight racing bikes through mountain bikes to women’s step-through frame geometries. The void in the middle of the Cycloc keeps your gloves, trouser clips, etc, close to hand, while holes in the cylinder allow you to fix a cable lock as well. Made in the UK and available in the red, white, green, and even more interesting for us treehuggers — recycled black plastic. £50 from Nigel’s EcoStore. More info at ::Cycloc.
That is very clever and I am always losing my gloves, but 50 pounds for a moulded bucket? Also, theft is a huge issue in apartments, where people want to hang bikes at the end of parking spaces. How do you lock a bike to this?
We did say "while holes in the cylinder allow you to fix a cable lock as well." But the designer does point out it is primarily a storage device not a security one. The price does seem steep, though it is made in the UK and maybe we are becoming too accustomed to Chinese pricing. I think the cost of high end bicycles these days is equally incredulous — some are half the ticket price of compact cars, which are much more material intensive.
Andrew Lang rocks. He was awarded from the D&A award last September 2005. And he garnered some funds from the London Remade's Inspired Recycling programme. I think we should look closely at this guy's works. He could come again with some stunning concept designs.
If I could store my bike indoors without my landlord using it as an excuse to gouge the deposit, this would be a strong contender.
By the way, I can never get trackbacks to Treehugger posts to work. It's the only site that consistently gives me errors. Today Haloscan told me that the trackback wasn't a valid URL.