by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 04.21.11
Photo: Courtesy of European Sperm Bank
The Custom-Made 'Sperm Bullitt': Making a Special Delivery...
Copenhagen is a paradise for cyclists and a city that the rest of the world could learn a lot from. One of the things that make biking so convenient there is the use of cargo bikes
(I wish they were more popular in North-America). As you can see above
and below, there are all kinds! This one is the 'Sperm Bullitt' and it
belongs to the Nordisk Cryobank (European Sperm Bank). Read on for more details and pics.
Photo: Courtesy of European Sperm Bank
The 'sperm bike' is used to carry donor samples to fertility clinics
around Copenhagen in an environmentally-friendly way, and it also serves
as an attention-grabbing advertisement for the sperm bank.
As you can see above, the samples are carried inside the head of the
giant sperm. A cooler compartment was especially designed to carry and
keep cool the sperm bank's metal canisters.
Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen/Copenhagenize.com, CC
Building the Sperm Bike
Mikael from Copenhagenize explains:
The Sperm Bike is, like the company's sperm donations, a
Danish product and constructed around the Danish Bullitt cargo bike from
Larry vs Harry.
Producing the Sperm Bike was no easy task. It was constructed by the Danish company 10 Tons
- who specialise in zoological and botanical models as well as
paleontologic reconstructions, including full-size whales and dinosaurs.
With the tail, the bike is 2.9 metres long and fully-loaded with... um... sperm... it weighs 50 kg.
Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen/Copenhagenize.com, CC
Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen/Copenhagenize.com, CC
From a marketing point of view, this is genius. More companies and
NGOs should get custom bikes like this. They would both get
environmental benefits and attract attention a lot more than with yet
one more billboard-truck...
Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen/Copenhagenize.com, CC
Via Copenhagenize, European Sperm Bank
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Source:
treehugger.com