Comments on: Bike Tree and other links http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bike-tree-and-other-links The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: velo-phil http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1633 velo-phil Thu, 29 May 2008 21:20:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/#comment-1633 The Bike Tree thing has been started by a Swiss Professor around 2000. There are some Bike Trees stationed in Geneva outside the Swiss Touring Association and a few in France. On biketree.com there is all Info available, even though the Website is cleary out of date.

From what I know the Company was heavily founded by a Swiss Bank, but still didn’t make it financially. I once wanted to launch a rental Service with Bike Tree in Zurich, but never found time and ressources.

]]> By: bikesgonewild http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 bikesgonewild Tue, 27 May 2008 09:35:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/#comment-1618 …i’ve read two stories recently about bay area thieves who modified touch screens, one outside a bank & one inside a supermarket (yes, you read that right) w/ a miniature camera in place, in order to access peoples accounts…
…i could see how the fingerprint id might work for a building that probably has some form of internal security but w/ people that determined to take what is not theirs, i wouldn’t feel secure w/ any bike of mine in one of those trees…

…the wooden bike is both interesting & nicely sculpted, although who knows how practical it really is…but you’re certainly right about that seat…

]]> By: Tim Jackson- Masi Guy http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Tim Jackson- Masi Guy Mon, 26 May 2008 22:20:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/#comment-1617 I am looking fr a crappy picture I took of a really cool sculpture in Taipei, near the new convention center, that is a bike tree sculpture. I’ll send it if I find it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 Anonymous Mon, 26 May 2008 12:58:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/#comment-1616 do you know french Velobloc ?
http://www.velobloc.fr/

]]> By: Anonymous http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Anonymous Mon, 26 May 2008 05:20:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/#comment-1614 Nice blog. Interesting material.
About the bike tree. It’s an interesting idea, but I think it won’t protect my bike against rain, and that’s not good. Anyway Mythbusters proved that fingerprint identitifacion system can be hacked easily if you have the fingerprint on a celluloid or other material.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA4Xx5Noxyo

]]> By: Robb Sutton (198) http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 Robb Sutton (198) Fri, 23 May 2008 14:15:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/05/bike-tree-and-other-links/#comment-1607 The tree idea would work great in a park setting. I would be worried if the fingerprint recognition went down for some reason…I wouldn’t be able to get my bike out.

Great concept, but like you said in the post…I don’t know if it is realistic.

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