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ON THE USA
We took a lease on a cool office with maintenance space in Brooklyn space just near the bridge.
Who would have thought it eight years ago [a surge in cycling in New York]. Just try and take the bike lanes away now. The whole of Manhattan would be in uproar. They are loving it. But of course they are loving it, it's a no brainer. The whole thing is as flat as a pancake - you can fizz up from 12th Street to 4th Street in two seconds flat. lt's is a no brainer. lt is great and just the tip of the iceberg. And it is happening all over America. Its an exciting time and it has gone beyond the fad that oil is expensive. So actually the fad that the oil price has gone down and there is fracking going on hasn't affected that momentum there.
I think the greatest benefit of cycling is to your wellbeing. Of course you get there quicker and all that other stuff but you when you shove everyone in the city. we all get a bit claustrophobic. So the simple pleasure of getting on a bike - whatever bike - is a lost simple pleasure that makes living in cities more enjoyable. We'll have happier people in cities if we get more people into it.
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Will Butler-Adams of Brompton (in BikeBiz) on opening a New York office.
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