Cycle hackers of the world unite: how a global movement grew out of Glasgow
Later this month sees the third running of CycleHack, a collaborative brainstorming event which has grown to cover 38 cities on five continents. Will this year's hacks outdo past successes like the viral hit Penny in Yo' Pants?
"We wanted to start thinking about the total experience of cycling," says CycleHack co-founder Sarah Drummond. "Infrastructure is important, of course, but we wanted to move the conversation beyond that. We're not just looking at what needs to change, but how we need to change it."
Drummond, the director of Snook design agency, started CycleHack in 2014 with Jo Holton and Matt Lowell, with the idea of running one event in Glasgow, before Melbourne and Beirut came on board. Last year, more than 500 people took part across five continents as the hack expanded to another 22 cities. This year there are 38 cities signed up - from Amsterdam to Athens, and Sio Paulo to Sydney, via Mexico City, London and Tokyo. Drummond is astonished at how quickly the movement has grown, and says she has already had a further 10 enquiries from cities who would like to join.
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