The success of Velodarlo has been recognised with a national award to expand the project into 2010. DarLOVElo will launch on December 9th at the UK premiere screening of Beauty and the Bike, the documentary film about our work.
The award comes from the New Ideas Fund, a national scheme run by Bike Hub and funded [...]
Unprecedented interest in our bikes has led to a doubling of our fleet of dutch bikes within a month, and a growing waiting list.
Two more teenagers, Ashley Mulangu and Lesley Ann Grace, have joined the Beauty and the Bike project. Last week, Ashley’s beautiful new red Excelsior arrived. Lesley Ann is waiting on a suitable [...]
Darlington Cycling Campaign was called out today on its first urgent repair job for the Beauty and the Bike project. The Campaign has been commissioned to provide a repair and maintenance service for Velodarlo’s wonderful dutch bikes for the duration of the project.
Until now, they’ve been dealing with minor issues such as cabling, basket installs [...]
Two new Excelsior dutch bikes have now been ordered to increase the pool of bikes available for hire to ten. The popularity of these stylish red bikes has meant a waiting list has developed in the town.
The new bikes will partly be financed by a hire fee of £3 per week per bike for customers [...]
With all the bikes in our bike pool either booked or out on hire, the first few weeks of Velodarlo has produced a significant first step in bringing stylish cycling to Darlington. Not surprisingly, takeup has been primarily by members of the Beauty and the Bike project. But this has been augmented by a few [...]
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