Environmental Czechmark
The Danish Ambassador in Prague, Ole Moesby, has decided to walk the walk to back up talkin' the talk on the environment. The Danish Embassy in the Czech capital has just purchased a Christiania cargo bike for the ambassador to use on offical business in the city, complete with Danish flag.
So if you see an elegant looking man on a rolling Danish icon in Prague, you know who it is. The Czech press seem to get a kick out of the story.
Copenhagenize is happy to have played a modest role. I was lecturing in Pardubice earlier this year - Czech Republic's leading bicycle town with 18% trips by bike. The ambassador was present and he gave me a lift back to Prague. I told him that Christiania bikes are made in Czech Republic - he wasn't aware of this - and I put the Embassy in touch with Christiania bikes. In no time, the ambassador got a new ride.
I wonder if they painted the doors of the embassy building red to match the bike? :-)
5 thinking out louds:
Mikael, do you think you could have a word with the Danish Consulate in Edinburgh... ;-)
Mikael, can you name that Czech Christiania producer? I am trying to find some producers or retailers of urban bicycles (christianias, bakfiets, etc.) in Czech Republic to make general overview of their availability here. Till now, I have found only one company that produces bakfiets for German market, nothing more, so I am very interested.
Btw., comments in the discussion under the article in the Czech newspaper are rather sad. Overall sceptic opinion is, that this is only posing. Many people say that it's unusable in Prague, impractical, he is stupid, bicycle is not for Prague, etc. Difficult to oppose here...
With the flag on, does it qualify as an official Diplomatic Vehicle, with all the priveleges thereof? Maybe he should have an escort of bicycle police. Val
Vrato why you are surprised?
You are living in czech republic especially in Prague where the concetration of "tour de France" racers is really high!
Every cyclist here, before starts cycling, need to go to the "shops with MTB" (here in czech republic we haven't shops with normal bike accesories) and buy the new MTB. The rule is - the higher it is the more boss I will be and of course the Lycra, every "tour de France" racer need one!
It's better reading the other countries blogs about cycling than discuss on czech ones ...
Great post! My wife thinking about Xtracycle to bring our childs from kindergarden ...
@vratislav Filler
i don´t really know if the christiania bike are made in czech republik ;-) but i know that fort frames make parts of the frame in czech republik.
ask lars from cristiania bikes or pavel samek
samek@fort-uo.cz
FORT FRAMES sro
Vrbova 655
CZ 56201 Usti nad Orlici
tel 00420 465526242
fax 00420 465526241
best regards
Carlos
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