Smartbike

The bicycle project was conceived for  Adshel, a daughter company of  the Clear Channel Group  (former More o' Ferall ), . This company is specialized in advertising in city - environments. Adshel came up with the original idea of loaning bicycles  people by means of  high technology infrastructure.  The combination with city furniture and advertising possibilities was an extra asset to the idea.
 
Adshel solicited the Belgian company of Orlians Engineering and Prototyping to develop the project. Over a period of more than one year, the technical constraints for the system  were discussed  and determined  Antwerp based Creacom.bvba wrote the specifications for the product to be, while  another important partner -   XLN-t,  brought in expertise on Smart Proximity Cards and made the complete hardware design of the equipment. The company can be visited on http://www.xln-t.com. The first city that accommodated the project was Rennes, France. The project has gone international with installations in London, and Singapore, and Norway.

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The first generation bicycle  was a French product. It was conceived and fabricated in the production plant of Cycleurop, at Romilly sur Seine in the Champagne - area. Typical features were an  integrated dynamo, rear torpedo brake, a five-speed gearbox and covered wheels.
 
Thanks to the typical appearance of the vehicle, there is no question about the identity and its whereabouts. You can see a picture here of the first proposed prototype - still in a red cloth and without the five-speed 'box. It is photographed  in front of the Cycleurop plant in an early stage of the project.

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