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Pupils Get New Shelters
9 December 2011
Trowbridge primary school install new bicycle and parent waiting shelters with bespoke themed design
Blau - Timber Shelter Offer
29 June 2011
We have a brand new ex-stock Blau Shelter available at a special reduced price of £ 14,000+vat. That's only £218 /sq m. (normal price £16,000+vat)
LCC community cycling grants
26 May 2011
The Community Cycling Fund for London (CCFL) is accepting grant applications from grassroots cycling projects from 20th May until 3rd June. H-B Designs can help with your application.
Sustainable Bike Shelter
4 May 2011
Sustainable Cycle Shelter with parking space for 20 - 30 bikes from £7,870
30 Bike Shelter - Special Package
13 April 2011
30 ACCP bike spaces under an oak and steel bicycle shelter From £12,750
Memory Lane No.3
23 March 2011
Many fortunate cyclists from the late forties onwards, customised, adorned, painted and turned an ordinary pushbike into more than just a means of transport; it became a symbol and source of pride to its owner. The oily rags, chrome polish – usually Silvo- were essential cleaning materials for keeping your metal steed in sparkling condition. For those old enough to recall this mid twentieth century period, car and motorbike owners up and down the land could be seen every weekend washing, cleaning and polishing the car/motorbike. It was an accepted ritual through the fifties and sixties. As new and novel gadgets for the bike came on the market ( headlamp dynamo, milometer, speedometer, windshield, front and rear lights, hockey stick/tennis racket clip, front and rear mounted panniers) it did not take long before many bike owners had some if not all of these additional items fixed to the bike frame.
Sustrans Routes 2 Action
2 February 2011
H-B Designs feature in the spring issue of Sustrans "Routes 2 Action" publication offering advice on environmentally friendly cycle parking for schools. Schools are encouraged to ask supplier how long their products will last and the length of warranty they offer. Materials choices are also highlighted discouraging the use of plastics over more sustainable materials such as steel and wood.
School Cycle Rack
24 January 2011
The WonderWall 'Theme' is a new bicycle parking rack designed specifically for primary schools. The new design incorporates customizable icons mounted to the top of the rack creating an inspiring piece of artwork whilst remaining highly functional.
Memory Lane No.2.
24 January 2011
Behind the pavilion which backed onto brook meadow, mounds of soil had been dumped. These mounds had been there for a very long time and, quite understandably, had naturally grassed over. Riding up and down and round these ‘hills’ was great fun. The meadow became our biking assault course, and we soon created a crude but effective race track. Thus was born in my village what became universally known as cycle speedway.
London Cycle Report
2 December 2010
London Cycle Hire And Highways Report Enthusiastically Supports the Cycle Hire Scheme. A new report from the London Assembly sets out key areas for improving the Mayor’s cycle hire and superhighway schemes if they are to maximize their objectives and prove value for money.
Carollers on Bikes!
1 December 2010
So on the ‘free nights’, usually five of us, would ride our bikes and park up where we believed and hoped to be well received and be rewarded for our enterprise with a handful of coins –anything from pennies to two shillings & sixpence (half crown). Sometimes we were invited in to sing a special request. After our rendition of ‘Away in a Manger’ we might even be rewarded with a glass of lemonade and a mince pie!
ACCP Product Launch
23 November 2010
ACCP is an evolved modular bike parking storage system that includes a separate bike specific kit locker. The new system is called ACCP or Advanced Compact Cycle Parking. The ACCP system is light weight, compact and efficient for bicycle and cyclist. All aspects of the ACCP system are unique the most striking being the softdock pods. These are what bikes are pushed into to park. The softdock pod, hugs the bike so there’s no more worries about damaging the bike in any way. Bikes are simply pushed and pulled in and out of the softdock pods. Park bikes in either direction, back wheel first or front wheel first. Secure bikes using the extendable steel arm with your own lock and when you leave with your bike the lock point arm retracts back into the ACCP unit.
Memory Lane no.1.
11 November 2010
Since the birth of the pedal cycle in the early 1890’s, biking gradually became widely available as a fun and enjoyable social pastime. It did not take too long for the entrepreneur to use the bicycle as a valuable means of transport for all sorts of purposes...
H-B Designs have a new website hurrah!
28 October 2010
It was high time that we sorted it out so here it is… we hope it’s easily navigable, informative and generally a great place to be when looking for bicycle and pedestrian products and services. Keep up with the whole bike and walking thing at www.hbdesigns.co.uk.
Abolition of Cycling Quango
18 October 2010
Government’s decision to abolish Cycling England might just cut free all the good work that has been achieved through National Cycling Proficiency training, Bikeability. The abolition of Cycling England is believed to take effect from the end of March 2011.
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