Bicycles

Case Study: Kootenay Bicycle Company Prepared for: Cam Shackelton Feb 13, 2007 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kootenay Bicycles (Kootenay) build custom frame or bike in a large metropolitan area in western Canada since 2002. Although sales have been steadily increasing since inception, it has not been successfully translated to profits. Signs of operational inefficiencies, lack of financing and limited expandability limits its growth. This report analyzes Kootenay’s current

always have the sufficient funds to provide their child with a vehicle; therefore, many of them decided to go the bicycle route. Not only are bicycles more cost effective, but also help the environment. Unfortunately, a larger majority of college students experience theft on their bicycle and/or never use their bicycle after graduating. Causing parents to invest on a $250.00 bicycle that potential can get stolen or never be used again. According to The Daily Wildcat “More than 250 UA student are

Insert witty title here Riding a bicycle for recreation, sport or simply transport may impact many different areas, including the environment, economy, society and health. The following literature review will focus on various health impacts of riding a bicycle. It will review relevant materials from journal articles, reports and government documents from various countries that have been recently published. This literature review will cover the relationship between cycling and obesity, cycling and

Vittorio De Sica’s The Bicycle Thieves is a simple story set amidst a post-war Rome. It is a neorealist film characterized by setting the story amongst the poor and working class. The film surrounds the difficult economical and moral conditions of post WWII Italy, reflecting the conditions of everyday life: Poverty and desperation, with the implicit message that in a better society, wealth would be more evenly distributed. The plot is simple, surrounding a man, his son and a bicycle. The film tells a

Choosing the bicycle as a form of transport New waves of people are considering the change from driver to cyclist for their daily commute to work or school. As a novice to cycling, commuters should research a few things before hitting the trails. People want to know a few benefits to a potential commuter before getting started. While switching to cycling one would probably wonder if biking is going be more cost effective. In what way would biking be a substantial benefit to one’s health and what

Perhaps no other character in Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1948) transforms as subtly as Bruno (Enzo Staiola), the motormouth son of Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani). Conveyed primarily through performance, Bruno’s converts from a hard-working fast-talker with an affinity for mozzarella sandwiches to a silent, weeping witness as his father is driven by despair to commit the same crime that threw their lives into chaos. Despite not appearing until the film’s fifteen minute mark, Bruno assumes the role of

André Bazin stated when referring to the renowned classic Bicycle Thieves, “the 'truth' suggested by the film was that, in a situation of social breakdown, the poor had to steal from the poor in order to survive” (51). Bicycle Thieves in its neorealist approach reflects this statement from Bazin in many aspects. We play witness to the cycle of victims turning into thieves described by Bazin from the beginning to the end of this film. In the article assigned with the film, it described the foreshadowing

The Bicycle Thief’s by director Vittorio DeSica. In this film he makes it clear that there are problems with the main character that extends to the greater population of post-War Rome. I will be covering how director Desica makes the film's narrative and use of mise-en scene. At this time in the film and in real life everyone is struggling to find a job and money. Antonio Ricci was offered a job but needs a bicycle in order to have the job. Others in this scene of the movie have a bicycle and want

The Bicycles Changed America The great changes in American society that came with the introduction bicycle in the late 19th century are often overshadowed by the influence of the automobile in the following decades. Today, bicycles are often seen as an alternative mode of transportation - a cleaner and more environmentally conscious form of travel. Because of this, it may be difficult to realize the incredible modernizing effects that bicycles had on American society when they were first introduced

Did you ever realize how important bicycles are in our everyday lives? According to dictionary.com, a bicycle is “a rider-powered vehicle with two wheels in tandem, powered by the rider turning pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and a saddle-like seat for the ride.” The celerifere is said to be the very first “bicycle” created by Comte Mede De Sivrac in 1790. It had no steering, no petals, and it had four wheels. Riders would push off the ground with