Bike Rack Designs!

Last year, WHW Chairman John Crace and The Wooden Monkey Co-Owner, Lil MacPherson, teamed up and launched the Wooden Monkey Bike Rack Design Competition. WHW'ers were invited to go head to head in the competition to design an innovative and sustainable bike rack. Participating teams had their designs judged by a jury of local environmentalists including Ellen Page and the winning team of Tina Smith, Amanda McLeod and Caley Scholer for their design: Momentum was announced during the 2010 Bike Week.

The Momentum bike rack was built by HRM and can be seen outside our office on Market Street and on the Halifax Waterfront.

Momentum wasn't the only design to grab attention from local businesses, representatives from the Port of Halifax and Dalhousie University visited our office to view the designs. The Port took a shine to Kylie Mosher’s "Framework" model and Dalhousie preferred Anna Sampson's “Bluenose” model.

Inspired by competition, HRM got their wheels in motion this year and held their own bike rack design competition. The winner was Aelyn Murphy, a student from Halifax Independant School for her disign - 'Splash'. Look for Splash bike racks to be installed this summer at the ferry terminal on the Dartmouth Waterfront. http://www.halifax.ca/environment/design.html