Designing a Bike by Committee for the People of Bordeaux
February 15th, 2012 | by Glenn Meyers
Last November, the City of Bordeaux in France asked citizens to make suggestions on what they would like to see included in the design of a new town bike. More than 300 citizens shared their ideas, which designer Philippe Starck has now used as the inspiration for what has been provisionally called the City PIBAL Streamer - an interesting concept where riders can either sit and pedal like on a traditional bike, or stand on the platform and use it like a scooter