Malmö Lund Cycle Chic

Winter Biking

2012-01-30T15:29:00.003+01:00

A good thing with a bike is that you can always walk it when the ground is to slippery. Check out the nice vintage bike. Lund is really the world capital of vintage bikes.

Christmas Shopping

2011-12-09T12:54:00.000+01:00

Another of Annas pictures

2011-12-02T12:20:00.003+01:00

Here is jet another of Anna Åkessons lovely pictures. Enjoy!

Christmas comming up...

2011-12-01T14:03:00.003+01:00

... As seen by decorations in the background of this photo.

Cycle Chic Drawing

2011-12-01T08:53:00.003+01:00

Here is a picture made by the artist Anna Åkesson. Anna runs a blog with wonderful pictures she makes herself as well as some personal thoughts and reflections. Do visit Annas blog. There will be another Cycle Chic picture by Anna tomorrow so please stay put!

Shadows and backlight

2011-11-30T12:06:00.002+01:00

Watch out!

2011-11-23T21:48:00.000+01:00

Warning: slippery leaf season!

2011-11-09T22:43:00.002+01:00

Take care in curves and when braking. Wet leafs can be very slippery. It is a good reminder hat winter is on its way and there will be more slipping and sliding to come. However every season has its charm (as seen in picture). Biking in a snowy winter night with all sounds softened by the falling snow... I just cant wait!

Narrow Streets

2011-10-27T10:32:00.003+02:00

In central Lund you find these narrow medieval streets all around. They are filled with small beautiful old houses and beautiful bikers of all ages.

Death by truck

2011-10-26T09:12:00.005+02:00

An interesting article in SVD today says that out of the 7 latest accidents where bikers have been killed in Stockholm 6 were caused by trucks turning right at an intersection. A study by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine shows that trucks were involved in 43% of all deadly bicycle accidents in London although trucks only represent 4% of traffic.

This is totally unacceptable. We can not have vehicles in crowded city's that kill people following simple traffic rules. You should be able to cross an intersection at green light with your bike without risking being killed by a truck!

The solution to limit access of heavy vehicles to city centers is discussed in the article. This has several other environmental benefits as it also lowers noise and air pollution. However there is also practical issues with this solution.

There has, for a long time, been special rear view-mirrors for trucks that gives the driver a better view of what is below him. Making these mirrors a standard requirement for trucks and educating drivers on the importance of using them might be a way to at least start reducing this type of accidents.

Sunny afternoon

2011-10-24T15:55:00.000+02:00

Girls bicycle mekanics day at Bike Kitchen

2011-10-21T18:39:00.001+02:00

Brick red

2011-10-21T15:04:00.001+02:00

Trends in car traffic

2011-10-18T14:19:00.005+02:00

Over a long period of time car traffic in Sweden have just increased. Few years like the oil crises 1974 and 1981 or in the crisis in the 1990s there have been single years of negative growth of car traffic.

However in both 2009 and 2010 private car traffic have been lower than the previous year. This is the first time ever with negative growth two years in a row! In Malmö and Lund the figures follow the national development closely only that changes seem to be smaller in Lund and larger in Malmö compared to national trends. For 2011 however car traffic seem to be growing again. For the first 9 months there seems to be a growth of car traffic of 1.3% at national level.

(*2001 based on monthly flow values)

The decreases in average car kilometers per person does not really mean less motorized traffic in Malmö and Lund as any of these decreases is more that well overrun by increases in population and workplaces. Also commercial traffic is excluded. There will be more on car traffic on MLCC in the future as there is an article on traffic and peak oil to come that have quite a different angle than you might be used to.

Sources:
www.trafa.se/Statistik/Vagtrafik/Korstrackor/Korstrackor-baserade-pa-flodesmatningar/
www.trafikverket.se/Om-Trafikverket/Trafikverket/Manatlig-trafikrapport/Trafikvolym-vag/Statistikarkiv-Trafikvolym-vag/
www.scb.se/Pages/Standard____313065.aspx

Lund Central City

2011-10-13T15:19:00.001+02:00

Nice red bike

2011-10-10T12:59:00.002+02:00

Where the kids lose their bike

2011-10-03T14:00:00.003+02:00

Almost all kids in Sweden own their own bike. Somewhere in their teens however something happens. Bike ownership falls remarkably in the ages 16-19. Figures are in % and simular for boys and girls.

How come one cant help wonder.
Statistics from SCB (http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____282476.aspx)

Kent Ek; is he the guy that can increase the level of biking in Sweden?

2011-09-30T16:20:00.002+02:00

Kent Ek is assigned by the National Goverment to investigate how to increase biking in Sweden. However he will soon be transferred to a post in the EU parliament. He is not even sure if that will work out himself.

In this article in DN he talks a bit about how what he thinks is most important to get more people in the saddle. He especially points out increased safety as the most important improvement. In my mind there are three important areas to work on.

- Increased accessibility, it must be easy and fast to reach your destination.

- Safety, When it comes to getting more people to bike it is not the actual safety but the experienced safety that is important.

- Image of biking. It is cool to go by bike!

Anyway there was a national bicycle plan in the year 2000. It pointed out a ten year strategy on how to increase biking in Sweden by 2010. As almost nothing in the plan was implemented the result was that biking decreased instead. Investigations and planns are just not enough.

Nice autumn light

2011-09-30T11:00:00.001+02:00

Making up statistics

2011-09-28T11:57:00.003+02:00

They say there is no worse lay than statistics. In today's DN there is a good example.

Trafic reasercher Irene Isaksson-Hellman from insurance company IF says that the number
of killed and seriously injured bikers has increased recently. This is simply not true. Looking at official statistics it is clear that the number of killed bikers have not increased. from 2009 to 2010 there was a decrease of 33% in the number of bikers killed. For the first 8 months of 2011 the same historically low level remains. The number of bikers seriously injured is more steady but also declining. from 2009 to 2010 there is a decrease of injured by 11% and for the first 8 months of 2011 there is a very tiny increase (3%).

What is Ifs interest of trying to fool people into believing biking is dangerous? Well less bikes means more cars. More cars means more traffic insurances for IF.

Parking a bike

2011-09-27T15:04:00.002+02:00

Cargo bike ride

2011-09-15T12:36:00.001+02:00

Meeting on new biking strategy for Lunds Kommun

2011-09-07T14:14:00.003+02:00

Important Notice Below!

On 28 September there will be a meeting at Lunds Stadshall on a new bicycle plan to improve for bikers in Lund. This is a very welcome initiative from Lunds Kommun so please try to take some time of to join with some personal input. Don't forget to announce your intention to come to Katrin Andersson (katrin.andersson@lund.se) no later than the 22 of September.

Important Notice:

I just recived an E-mail from Katrin saying that this meeting is only open for officials in the Lunds Kommun administration. Later on there will be other outreaching activities.

Biking with umbrella

2011-09-05T18:28:00.004+02:00

Four cool guys

2011-08-31T15:58:00.001+02:00

Introducing the Me-mover

2011-08-30T13:45:00.002+02:00

The Me-mover is like nothing I have ever seen. It is not a bike but still it works in many ways like a bike. As it has three wheels it is more stable than a bike at slow speeds jet it is almost as fast as a bike and it leans in curves. The innovative company behind the Me-Mover is located in Copenhagen and it is possible to pre-order a beta model of the vehicle already now. I cant wait to try one of these out in real life.

Smal girl, large bike

2011-08-18T08:04:00.000+02:00

Biking in Lundagård

2011-08-12T11:13:00.001+02:00

Cars parked in bike lanes

2011-08-09T15:58:00.002+02:00

Cars that are illegally parked in bike lanes is a major problem in many places. Here in Malmö and Lund it is not a great problem but in Vilnius it is. The city mayor however is determined to do something about it and we at Malmö Lund Cycle Chic just love his enthusiasm. Go mayor...

If he gets tired of riding tanks we could suggest getting the specialy designed gadget for the task, the car eating machine Robosaurus:

Cargo bikes in public work no.3

2011-08-09T15:48:00.003+02:00

This bikes trolley carries a gas burner to be used for weed control. Note the fire extinguisher; safety first!

Roses on wheels

2011-08-05T10:57:00.003+02:00

I just love how cool this girl is, the dress, the flip-flops, the tattoo. It could not be better...

After Bike Barberque night at Cykelköket

2011-08-01T15:32:00.003+02:00

There is not only hot bikes "cocking" at the bike kitchen in Malmö. Saturday nigh there is a nice after bike barbeque as well.

One year with Malmö Lund Cycle Chic

2011-08-01T10:29:00.006+02:00

It has been a little more than one year since Malmö Lund Cycle Chic was first published on the web and it is possible to give a summary of this first years visitors statistics. During the year there has, according to blogspot statistics, been a little over 37 000 page views.

This is not bad for the first year but the statistics also show that there is no clear trend of increase in the number of visitors. That is not satisfying and we will increase our efforts in order to improve the page and the number of visitors further during year two.

Where is the summer weather? Anyone...

2011-07-25T21:30:00.005+02:00

Bike Gang

2011-07-25T15:12:00.001+02:00

Bike Smut

2011-07-21T12:16:00.003+02:00

Today at Mitt Möllan in Malmö the group Bike Smut will make some kind of performance including showing some "bike porn" movieclips. If interested read more in this Sydsvenskan article. I dont get it but I guess it is art and thereby considered very important...

Rolling

2011-07-14T15:14:00.002+02:00

Child Chair from the 70´s

2011-07-13T12:42:00.002+02:00

Nice seventies child chair for bike. spotted in Lund. Brings back memories as I used to travel quite a lot in such a device.

A vegetative bike culture

2011-06-19T02:36:00.001+02:00

We prefer flowers rather than dark cars these nice summer days.

He's ok?

2011-06-19T02:33:00.001+02:00

Saturdays on the square

2011-06-19T00:00:00.001+02:00

Square trading on saturdays at 3 o clock is great, yalla yalla! People load their, sometimes pretty small, bikes with kilos of oranges, bananas, tomatoes, parsnips, potatoes....

To sexy to bike in New York

2011-06-15T13:17:00.002+02:00

According to this article 31 year old dutch girl Jasmijn Rijcken was stopped by a New York police officer claiming she was a disturbance to traffic biking in a short dress and boots. Someone should stop this police officer for being ridiculous. You sometimes see things making you cry out for a fashion police force. That however is kidding, this is for real, or is it? There is some doubt in the article.

Grandma's here!

2011-06-15T09:51:00.000+02:00

How do you pump your bike?

2011-06-14T19:15:00.003+02:00

It's great when bike shops have pumps just outside the store. This man is though using his own mini pump. Which might even be better; to always bring your own 20 centimeters pump.

Stylish mum

2011-06-14T08:59:00.003+02:00

Stockolm - Taking after Malmö and Lund

2011-06-13T13:59:00.005+02:00

Stockholm are now planning to take after Malmö and Lund in their broad efforts to promote biking according to DN. The efforts will include upgrading of the bicycle infrastructure but also "Bike Boxes" that make room for bicycles by red lights in front of the cars. There is even lobbying going on to change national laws so that bikers will be allowed to turn right at red lights and go against traffic on one-way streets according to this article in Dn and this article in Aftonbladet. Just shows that things have to happen in Stockholm before national policy can change. Biking in Stockholm is up 200% (!) in the last five years. Although the levels are still low the potential is for sure high when infrastructure now is being put in place.

Some nice single speed

2011-06-01T12:56:00.004+02:00

A guy on a very nice Bianchi fixie/single speed.

Parking a fixie/single speed by a statue

Time to go home!

2011-05-31T15:11:00.004+02:00

New Blogger At Malmö Lund Cycle Chic

2011-05-31T13:41:00.004+02:00

We are very happy to announce that Kristina Hammar has started publishing at Malmö Lund Cycle Chic. Welcome!
As Kristina lives in Malmö and is a daily cyclist there she will make the blog more Malmö-ish!

And there is still room for more contributers to the blog! If you would like to be part of the team please contact us at malmo.lund.cyclechic@gmail.com or ad your best Malmö Lund Cycle Chic photos to the Malmö Lund Cycle Chic Flickr group: www.flickr.com/groups/1726804@N22/

They all go by bike

2011-05-31T11:34:00.007+02:00

... and they have different styles, different thoughts, different expressions, destinations and different ways to start biking again after red light.

Turn right

2011-05-31T08:28:00.000+02:00

Bike airbag company gets investment of 3 000 000 €

2011-05-27T16:27:00.000+02:00

We have written before about the blow up bicycle helmet from Hövding on Malmö Lund Cycle Chic. Today DN reports that the innovation gets investments of 3 million € from Swedish state owned fund Industrifonden.

The helmet will be in Swedish shops by autumn.

Gentlemen of Lund

2011-05-26T16:16:00.000+02:00

Biking in a very long skirt

2011-05-25T16:30:00.002+02:00

Opening the lock...

Getting some speed...

And of she goes!

Sunshine girl

2011-05-25T09:20:00.000+02:00

A laid back guy

2011-05-24T09:02:00.001+02:00

In a dream

2011-05-23T15:14:00.003+02:00

Stop for fresh fruit

2011-05-18T21:55:00.003+02:00

A stop to buy some fruits and vegetables in the small store at Lilla Södergatan. I love this city view, photo might have been sharper though.

Shadows

2011-05-17T08:13:00.002+02:00

Blonde Swede

2011-05-16T20:28:00.002+02:00

Improvments in Intermodal transport knots

2011-05-11T20:34:00.001+02:00

Or to keep it simple, more bicycle parking by buss stops. Lunds kommun have looked thrue the needs of bycycle stands on all buss stops in the kommun. The buss stop Höjdpunkten by the SonyEricsson headquarters is one of those that is in great need of new bike stands.

And here you go! Plenty of new bike stands.

Malmö Lund Cycle Chic In the News

2011-05-10T15:10:00.001+02:00

Today there is an article on Malmö Lnd Cycle Chic in Skånska Dagbladet. Check it out.

Blowing in the wind

2011-05-10T08:35:00.002+02:00

Lovely Haircut

2011-05-09T21:14:00.002+02:00

Ladies of Lund

2011-05-08T21:03:00.002+02:00

Malmö and Lund; Swedens best Cycle Citys

2011-05-06T10:33:00.006+02:00

In a report from the Swedish bicycle association 17 Swedish kommuns are evaluated on how bicycle friendly they are. Standing out as better than all the other kommuns are Malmö and Lund. The evaluation was done with Kommuns that chose to participate which makes you guess that the report includes more of the Kommuns with high ambitions for biking rather than the ones with low or no ambitions. Last year Malmö Kommun came in second in the same survey after Varberg while Lunds Kommun did not participate. Here is the concluding graph of the results of this years report:

Well done! It is not stange that Malmö and Lund also tops the statistics for cities were most trips are done by bike in Sweden, 43% of all trips in Lund and 30% of all trips in Malmö. Download the full report from the Swedish Bicycle organization here.

Japanese Cherry Blossom

2011-05-05T20:35:00.002+02:00

Cargo bikes in public work no.2

2011-05-04T08:35:00.001+02:00

Lunds Kommun, the municipality of Lund own a lot of tenant houses in Lund through their housing company LKF. When attending these houses and the green areas around them the caretakers need to move themselves and a lot of tools around the areas. What better way could there be than with a cargo bike? Here is a guy attending green areas at Magistratsvägen.

And here is a close up on the bike. Note the specially mounted tubes to carry long tools such as rakes. There is also a mailbox mounted to the back of the saddle. I'm not sure if this is for tenants to leave notes for the caretaker or if it is to carry smaller tools.

LKF have been receiving an environmental award for their introduction of cargo bikes in maintain and there is currently 18 cargo bikes used by LKF in different housing areas around town.

Cargo bikes in public work no.1

2011-05-03T19:31:00.004+02:00

Here is the kindergarten Fågel Blå on a road trip. This Kindergarten is using two Christiania bikes to take the kids on excursions around town. Each cargo bike can take up to 6 little ones which is actually a lot more than a normal car. The Christiania bikes are so far only used by Fågel Blå in Lund but in Malmö several kindergartens use the bikes on a daily basis. The bikes give the kindergarten much needed freedom to go outside the restricted and crowded preschool environment and instead the kids get to excperience the citys parks, close nature and cultural sites.

You can read more about Fågel Blå and their cargo bikes in this Sydsvenskan article. In the article you can also see a picture of the potable toilet they allwys bring on their trips.

Stay put for the "Cargobikes in public work no.2" update tomorrow.

Improvments in Bicycle infrastructure in Malmö

2011-04-29T17:16:00.003+02:00

Local newspaper Sydsvenskan today published an interview with Johan Edgren from the road office on Malmö Kommun. He presented the improvements in bicycle infrastructure they are working on right now.
Several new bike lanes will be opening during this year including like the third and last part of the bike lane along Nobelvägen that will join with the bike lane on Hornsgatan towards Kirseberg.
intersections on Johaneslustgatan, Stadiongatan by Mobilia and Trelleborgsvägen will get improved safety.
Several intersections have been equipped with racks that you can hang on to while waiting for green light. Some have also been equipped with sensors in order for lights to be able to change to green without bikers stopping to push a button.

Malmö Biking in Sydsvenskan

2011-04-29T17:11:00.003+02:00

Lokal paper Sydsvenskan today had a double page on biking in Malmö featuring our blog pal Marcus from malmö lund på cykel. All in all a great article that also linked to some oter blogs including Malmö Lund Cycle Chic.

Magnolia

2011-04-27T17:29:00.002+02:00

Magnolias is kind of a symbol of Lund and especially spring in Lund.

Afternoon Bking

2011-04-25T11:46:00.001+02:00

Sun, Air, Hair

2011-04-19T21:13:00.002+02:00

Kattesund

2011-04-18T16:10:00.001+02:00

A bridge for biking and walking

2011-04-10T22:16:00.001+02:00

Traffic

2011-04-08T11:51:00.000+02:00

Mountain Bike

2011-04-06T20:16:00.003+02:00

Generally speaking, mountain bike is not ideal for the city. It is a little bit like taking a tractor to town. In Lund however the inner city roads are of cobblestone which makes it a good idea to ride a sturdy bike.

Fashon show - Secondhand clothes for kids

2011-04-05T21:26:00.005+02:00

Using a bicycle makes putting up posters around town an easy task. Just put the posters and some tape in the basket or a bag and you will cover the city in no time. Like this girl:

Putting up posters for... A fashon show for secondhand children clothes. Great idea! Stortorget Lund Saturday April 9th 11.00 and 14.00.

Bike Kitchen Premiere!

2011-04-04T21:27:00.006+02:00

Last Thursday was the grand opening of Stapelbädden, the all activity house that is now home to Sweden's first Bike Kitchen. At the opening there was food, wine, live music stand up comedy acts and much more including the photo show with Cycle Chic Malmö Lund pictures. I have not had time to upload my photos and write until now but is sure was a great opening party.

Note that the Stapelbädden house has got a sloping roof. This is because it is located in the old Kockums shipyard. They used to build entire ships on this house and then just let them glide with the slope into the water.
One thing I really liked about the opening part was these cool roller-skate girls that kept riding around everywhere.

Bike Kitchen will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays 16.00-20.00 and Sundays 12.00-17.00
Visit the Bike Kitchen blog here.

Biking in Stockholm is finally prioritized

2011-03-31T08:22:00.000+02:00

In today's DN there are two articles on biking in Stockholm. Biking in Sweden's capital city have been much debated the last years as the numbers of bikers have increased by 80% in 10 years. During this time the improvements in bicycle infrastructure have been minimal. Now as Dn reports there is a new plan to prioritize biking and making cycle possibilities more equal to those of cars and buses. Biklanes will be widened and better connected.
In the same paper there is also an article which headline indicate that the Stockholm air quality is to bad to be biking in. The article says that your life could be shortened by a week on average by biking an hour a day in this air. On the other hand the article also says that at the same time the excersise you would get from that hours biking would at the same time prolong your expected life time with a considerably longer period of time.

Well dressed man

2011-03-30T18:43:00.002+02:00

A little bit of Sherlock Holmes over this guy. Very nice with the dark green colors.

Bike Kitchen Malmö - Video

2011-03-29T08:41:00.006+02:00

On Thursday the 31 of March, what is belived to be Swedens first bike kitchen, will open at Stapelbädden in Malmö. We meet up with Ola and Bertil, the founders of bike kitchen, to get to know more. Bike kitchen or Cyckelköket in Swedish will be a place where you take your bike and fix it yourself using the tools that will be available as well as guidance from the Bike kitchen crew. There will also be a plentiful supply of abandoned bikes that can be used for spare parts or even as foundation for a brand new bike. All in all a very good idea!

Malmö Lund Cycle Chic will be showing pictures at the opening party for Stapelbädden and Cykelköket. There will be a report on this house worming party later on.

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