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In an effort to encourage the use of bicycles over gas-guzzling vehicles, London's Cyclehoop has created a clever car-shaped bike rack, which was commissioned for theLondon Festival of Architecture. Cyclehoop's motto is that ten bicycles take up the space of one car, so each portable rack is designed to fit nicely in a regular car parking space. Not only does the design provide a safe place to lock a bike, but each rack also has an integrated bicycle pump as well!
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