4 students of the Delft Technical University are designing a bicycle for African street vendors. In November 2009 they have researched the needs and demands of the bicycle users in Kisumu Kenya. A co-creation team is established of (mobile) street vendors, neighbourhood association, market vendors, VBBS, metalworkers, bicycle mechanics, representative of disabled people, etc, who are a sounding board for the students in the design process. The previous month the students have designed a protoype at the Technical University in Delft. The following weeks they will return to Kisumu to have the bicycle tested by the co-creation team and to fine tune it. The bicycle will be produced in the Cycling Blue workshop in Kisumu. http://www.cyclingoutofpoverty.com
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