Worldbike Slideshow: Bicycles as a tool for Development from Ross Evans on Vimeo.
Worldbike designs higher-strength, longer-wheelbase bicycles with integrated cargo capacity. We conduct trial markets to determine the ideal price levels, work with the bike industry to get the best quality parts and frames at the lowest cost, and partner with international development organizations like Kickstart International to sell and distribute the bicycles.
Worldbike was included in the Design for the other 90% exhibition by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
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The impacts of the Open Source Bike project will be principally felt in identifying and solving the key design challenges in using bikes in the developing world. Through the distributed brains of the worldbike bike community, we’ll be able to mobilize talent that otherwise wouldn’t be able to participate in this effort.
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Bikes from Worldbike are actually designed to be used to carry the heavy loads demanded of them by developing world users. The durable frame extending racks provide a stable platform and make the bicycle more appropriate for the applications of carrying cargo. Having a properly designed bicycle makes it less likely that the bike will fail from being used outside its’ intended use.
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