Wednesday 21 October 2015

Design Museum - Cycle Revolution opens in one month

Extraordinary bicycles and the people who ride them

Cycle Revolution
18 November 2015 - 30 June 2016


Before the Design Museum moves to Kensington next year, don't miss the opportunity to see the museum's closing exhibition. Cycle Revolution celebrates the diversity of contemporary cycling in Britain from every day commuting to Olympic level competition

Highlights of the bikes on display include:
  • Sir Bradley Wiggins’s 2015 Hour Record bike and 2014 World Championship Time Trial bike
  • A number of Team Sky’s Pinarellos from the 2015 Tour de France, as well as kit and equipment from the team’s 2015 Tour de France win
  • Sir Chris Hoy’s Great Britain Cycling Team London 2012 Olympic Track bike
  • The Lotus Type 108 ridden by Chris Boardman at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games
  • Eddy Merckx’s 1972 1984 Hour Record bike
  • Francesco Moser’s 1984 Hour Record bike, loaned for the exhibition from the personal collection of Sir Bradley Wiggins
  • The earliest prototype Brompton in existence
  • A 1978 Breezer Series 1
  • A 1969 Raleigh Chopper
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Image: Lucid Design India pvt.ltd www.lucid.co.in

In the Shop: Plume Mudguard

To celebrate Cycle Revolution, the Design Museum Shop has a beautiful range of cycling-inspired products in store. Nominated in Designs of the Year 2014, the Plume Mudguard is sleek when in use, and recoils when you don't need it around.
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Talk: Q&A with Designer and Ethnographer Paula Zuccotti
Monday 23 November | 7pm
Adults £14 | Students £10.50 | Members £7.50


An evening celebrating the publication of Everything We Touch: A 24 Hour Inventory of Our Lives by Paula Zuccotti. Imagine how your day would look if you recorded everything that you touched? Paula travelled the world in search of an answer to this question by documenting every object people touch in 24 hours. Hear about her journey followed by a Q&A.  Book now

Free activities for families

Third Sunday of the month
The museum's Create and Make sessions offer design and making activities for children aged 5–11. The Sunday Sketch sessions lead you through a range of drawing activities with an expert illustrator. Free with museum entry.
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Cycle Culture Tour

Monthly | £30
New to cycling? Take a Cycle Culture tour with Artouride and discover some of the gems of London’s design-led cycling scene. Starting at the museum, you’ll get on a Brompton folding bike and be guided by an experienced cyclist behind the scenes through Borough Market, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia to Old Street.
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#DesignsandDesigners

From the 1916 red, white and blue roundel symbol, to the 1933 diagrammatic underground Tube map, discover the design icons and heritage of London Transport in the newly released #DesignandDesigners profile now available on the Design Museum website.
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Rouleur Classic

19 - 21 November | London
Hosting the very finest in road cycling, the Rouleur Classic is an opportunity to enjoy the best products and athletes in an intimate setting. Special guests include Eddy Merckx, Ernesto Colnago and many more.
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Revolution Series

14 November | London
Expect plenty of world class cycling as Olympic hopefuls fine tune their form against some of the world's best road and track stars at the Revolution Series at Lee Valley Velopark. 
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