Circular Cycling | Freelance trainer & project manager | Author 'From Marginal Gains to a Circular Revolution'
'Circular revolution': Transforming cycling into a more sustainable industry At TAIPEI CYCLE I ran into Thomas Hallam-Gravells from #GCN. We had an interesting chat about #sustainability in the #cycling industry, which resulted in this great article. We talked about #design: "We should really be #designing from a #user perspective. The user doesn't want a creaking bike, they don’t want to replace chains and chainrings and all sorts of other stuff, they just want a #bike that runs very long.” On how things are #moving: “And slowly but steadily, things are changing. I mean five years ago, there was no way I could get in contact with TAIPEI CYCLE or the #Taiwanese cycling industry, and now I get invited to run a #workshop here.” And the role of the Union Cycliste Internationale: “I would really like to encourage the UCI to say ‘we use the #propeloton as a platform for #innovation, on #sustainable and #circular #materials’. So, they could set up rules to say we’re going to raise the minimum weight limit from 6.8kg to say 8kg. There’s a lot of room for #experimenting with different materials, like #biobased composite materials, which are already out there, already being used in Formula 1 and in #sailing boats. Could you #imagine what would happen if you do have the space to start innovating on a new generation of materials and the UCI says you need to have at least 50% #recycled content or 50% #biobased materials, and all of the components on the bikes need to be properly #recyclable, so they don’t end up in a landfill or an incinerator, but can be brought back into the production process? Then there is the #durability part, so if you could limit the number of bikes that a team could use each year, like what happens in Formula One with the number of engines or tyres you can use in a race, it really would spark a wave of innovation towards making more durable products.” Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ex_zi_Mr #tech #bicycles #apparel #circularrevolution Circular Cycling Shift Cycling Culture Play Sports Group
Giada Barzaghi
6mo
So important to take a whole life cycle perspective, as we often tend to focus just on the input material. Thanks for channelling this transformation Erik!!
Enabling healthy and active people, places and communities, primarily through walking and cycling for sport, recreation and transport
7moFantastic work Erik Bronsvoort - what you are doing is SO important, and you are doing it SO well!