Check out this excellent review of our fabulously funky Student Balloon gents bike in the February-March issue of The Bicycle Buyer magazine on page 2.

The Bicycle Buyer is a leading UK consumer publication that offers readers a smart, inspirational guide for buying bicycles. The article "Styles for Miles" features in-depth reviews and comparative test rides of classic bikes available in the UK:

"And while they’ve been a holiday snap friendly feature of Dutch and Scandinavian society for decades they’ve been slow to catch on here in Britain, with possibly the notable exceptions of Oxford and Cambridge. But things are changing, discerning ladies and gents are starting to snap up these beautiful bikes, which they can gently spin around town with the minimum amount of fuss and still in their glad rags."

In the round up at the end (page 8), we’re pleased to say that Student Balloon is voted pick of the bunch.

It’s great to see that the UK’s love affair with chic cycling culture and vintage style bicycles is blooming.

Find out more about The Bicycle Buyer magazine.

KidStyleFile, Australia’s first and best resource dedicated to finding beautiful premium children’s products, has spotted the Velorbis Mobii trike and immediately seen its benefits for safe (and fun) family friendly transportation.

As the KidStyleFile article mentions, in Denmark it’s not unusual for a person to go through life without ever possessing a car, such is the strength and popularity of its design heritage and cycling culture. A tricycle is a great investment that in the long-term pays for itself and eliminates the need for fuel. According to KidStyleFile, Velorbis Mobii is "perfect for families" – those who are serious about adopting a green lifestyle.

Australia is famous for its healthy citizens and outdoor lifestyle. It’s no surprise that the chic and healthy influence from Copenhagen cycling culture, and great Danish design, is being adopted country-wide.

See more great features from KidStyleFile.

Our red and cream dream ladies bicycle, Velorbis Dannebrog, has been featured in the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Det Nye (The New) magazine, the biggest and most popular fashion and lifestyle magazine in Norway.

Dannebrog is in good company, listed in the Top 10 must-have fashion trend items for 2010, highlighting that bicycles are the perfect fashion accessory to complete a look, alongside the usual luxurious essentials such as bags, shoes, jewellery, etc.  The added bonus of a bicycle such as Dannebrog is that it's an exquisite multi-purpose accessory, not just bling and is timeless, lasting way longer than one season.

Daily Candy, the website dedicated to finding the very best in style, food, fashion and fun from all over the US and London, gave a great review of the Velorbis Mobii tricycle. The article highlighted Mobii’s effectiveness as a safe and healthy family transport alternative for parents and kids to enjoy, and a cool cargo bike too.

"The Euro innovation just hit our streets and holds up to two tots in a cushioned, harness-equipped carrier box positioned up front." According to the Daily Candy Kids article, the Mobii trike "leaves the competition in the dust."



Daily Candy helps its followers "live the sweet life". The Mobii trike certainly delivers a ‘sweet’ cycling experience.

See more news from Daily Candy.

We’re proud to see that our unique Velorbis wood carrier crate has been featured on the cool trend spotting blog, Design Watcher by influential freelance writer Lizzie Garrett who describes our wooden storage beauty as "precious cargo".  Our wood carrier crate is so practical and easy to fit with it's convenient quick fastening system – it's perfect for bicycle connoisseurs who appreciate luxurious design and want to ensure that their 'precious cargo' is transported safely from A-B in style.   

Read more about Lizzie Garrett’s interesting blogs on Design Watcher.

Velorbis was featured in this great article in the latest issue of Australian Cyclist about urban cycling in Australia, and how Copenhagen cycling culture is influencing this movement and investment in future infrastructure.

Pedal Paradise by Robin Barton talks about "Jan Gehl, the 74 year-old godfather of bike friendly urban design was at the forefront of Copenhagen’s transformation. Now consulted by cities from Melbourne, Perth and Sydney to New York and London on how they can be more like Copenhagen."

The Australian Cyclist article also talks about how cycling can give a sense of community: "I think people are aware it gives them quality of life. They can move about the city in a different way. They can be part of city life. They can dress themselves in the city." A lovely way of thinking and a concept that Velorbis endorses.

Read the Pedal Paradise article in Australian Cyclist in full.

Check out the latest review, pics and podcast of the Velorbis Churchill Balloon gents bike on VeloCast.

Scott; one of the VeloCasters took our regally funky gents model for a spin in beautiful Scotland: “But all the talk of the smooth ride, the hand built frame, or the intelligent use of components really doesn’t sum up the feeling you get from riding this bike.  Velorbis have managed to do that rarest of things: create a bike that is greater than the sum of its parts.  The experience of riding the Churchill Balloon just makes you happy.  Happy to be out in the fresh air and happy to be on this bike.  Suddenly all is well with the world and you find yourself smiling.”

Churchill Balloon was also a topic point in VeloCast's Episode 59 podcast where the team were joined by Jeff Helfand from Veloreviews.com. The team also discussed bike sharing schemes with a difference, Lance Armstrong’s mind games and other cycling-related news.

Thanks to Scott and John for the rave reviews.   
Read the full VeloCast review of Velorbis Churchill Balloon.
Listen to the VeloCast podcast episode 59 featuring Velorbis Churchill Balloon.

We spotted this good article – “Going Dutch” by Cycle and Style, the online women's magazine bringing together cycling, style and health.

The article talks about how Dutch-style bicycles from Europe, such as Velorbis, are making an impact across the 'pond’ and are fast becoming a high trend must-have item with a core following by style savvy, health conscious consumers.

“The bicycles put their riders in the kind sitting-up-straight position that your mother taught you was best. It is an elegant position—a way to survey the streetscape around you in comfort. A girl can easily wear high heels, a dress and a past-the-knees coat as she pedals off to work, to school or to the café down the street for lunch with friends.”

The article also talks about the number of classic bike stockists which are rising up throughout the US and Canada, in particular Copenhagen Cyclery, the European upright bike specialist and Velorbis dealer in Chicago.

This increase in availability means that it’s now even easier in North America to enjoy a Velorbis “'Copenhagen Chic’ look that will have you commuting in style”, such as with the Velorbis Victoria Classic or Dannebrog retro ladies bikes that are included in the article.

Read the Cycle and Style “Going Dutch” article in full here.

Thanks to our friends at Let’s Go Ride A Bike for their great review and photos in Beautiful Bicycles: Velorbis Studine.

Described as “chic and cheeky at once” it’s good to see how everyone can benefit from having a cheerfully elegant red Velorbis bicycle in their lives.

Read the Let’s Go Ride A Bike Velorbis Studine review in full plus other interesting reviews and stories from this cool blog – advocating city cycling with style since 2008.

We came across this nice review of the Velorbis Dannebrog ladies bicycle by Su Yin Khoo in the article "The ultimate cycle chic: test-riding a Velorbis bicycle” in Good Magazine, New Zealand’s answer to sustainable living.

"And boy did the Dannebrog turn heads! Motorists can't help but admire the sexy beast when I pedal past—probably wishing they weren't stuck in traffic being subjected to cheesy music on the radio.”

We’re pleased to hear Su Yin Khoo was “riding like a royal – and enjoying it” on our red bicycle beauty Dannebrog.

Read the Good Magazine article in full.

Thanks to our friends at London Cycle Chic for their great review - Velorbis’s easyrider: The Studine Balloon - and for the gorgeous new promotional photo above.

Our Studine Balloon retro ladies bike is a simplified version of our popular Scrap Deluxe top model. It is no less iconic or funky that it’s premium sister. A gents version, Student Balloon, is also available.

London Cycle Chic say “The Studine Balloon is a bike that will make you smile. It's the latest from Velorbis, the experts in elegant bicycles. What I love about this bike is the mix of old and new. It has the basic design of a classic Dutch bike but with a modern, edgy twist.

There is an undoubtable coolness about this bike, it attracts attention and gets eyed up like a girl in a short skirt. What makes a Velorbis bike so special is the design.”

We love it when people get as excited and as passionate about our bikes as we do.  

Check out the London Cycle Chic review of Velorbis Studine Balloon in full, plus their other exciting blog entries.

Check out this inspiring article in The Independent on Sunday Magazine by Robin Barton on 18th October 2009. “On your bike: What the world can learn about cycling from Copenhagen”, talks about how Copenhagen is bursting with eco-friendly solutions that the world’s leaders would benefit from taking a closer look at when they arrive in the city for COP15, the UN’s Climate Change Conference in December.

Whilst in Copenhagen the journalist, Robin Barton, stopped by the Velorbis flagship store for a visit and an interview with Velorbis founding partner Ken Bødiker.  Robin writes the following about Velorbis...

”Surprisingly, for a city with as many bicycles as people, Copenhagen's most fashionable bike company began life in London.  He'd noticed that his native Copenhagen had something to export to London: a culture of urban cycling. Three years later and Bødiker has opened a flagship store in sedate Frederiksberg and exports his German-made town bikes to the UK, US and Australia.

He lends me a Scrap Deluxe, a pepped-up, Dutch-style model with lights, mudguards, a rack and kickstand that counts Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers among its owners, and I set off to discover how Copenhagen is offering a vision of the 21st-century city.”

The article also talks about urban sustainability in various areas of the city and Copenhagen cycling culture in general. Read The Independent on Sunday article in full.

 

Velorbis' Dannebrog ladies bicycle and Scrap Deluxe gents bicycle were voted top of the list in the “Going up” section of the “Going up Going down” lifestyle product review in New Zealand’s national Sunday newspaper, Sunday Star Times in September.

The list regularly reviews what is hot and what is not in the world of consumer lifestyle products.

Velorbis bicycles are undeniably ‘must have’ items. They are described as “Uber-cool bikes imported from Denmark for those who are eco-conscious yet staunchly stylish.” We couldn’t agree more!

A beautiful Velorbis Victoria Classic ladies bicycle was used to illustrate “Opinion: Back on the Chain Gang”; an article by John Landrigan on 1st September in The Aucklander, known as the 'voice' of Auckland's everyday people.

The article discusses urban cycling in central Auckland, notably the difference and benefits between cycling on busy roads vs. cruising on designated cycle paths. A significant investment into urban cycling infrastructure, a la Copenhagen, is a positive and realistic way to encourage more people to cycle.

Photographed in the article is Pippa Coom with her Velorbis Victoria Classic bicycle. She is a member of Cycle Action Auckland, who “cycles every day on her classic step-through bike imported from Copenhagen - a land where bikes are king” according to author John Landrigan. Photograph by Steven McNicholl.

It’s official! The Velorbis Scrap Deluxe ladies bicycle is THE most gorgeous specimen on two wheels.

Copenhagen Cycle Chic says: “While the design of the upright bicycle is largely unchanged in 130 years, there are small variations on the different brands. There is just something about the form of Velorbis Scrap Deluxe that appeals. It's swan-like the way the top bar sweeps gracefully up to the handlebars, which, in turn reach out towards the rider in an embrace. The steely finish is modern and simple and the creamy balloon tyres inviting. The Scrap Deluxe is the most upright of these upright bikes and is truly a machine that gently encourages you to choose style over speed. Velorbis also is one of the few brands in this globalised market that produce their bicycles in Europe - northern Germany to be precise. An added design plus in our books.”

Velorbis definitely agrees.

Thanks to our friends at Copenhagen Cycle Chic for this honour, their exquisite taste and their tireless search for all things funky and lifestyle-friendly. Check out the feature in full at Copenhagen Cycle Chic.

You can also find cycling- and style-related tips, tricks and pearls of wisdom at Copenhagenize.