Car Less Brit

"Downtown Roanoke is Becoming a Hub for Biking Enthusiasts" --Roanoke Times newspaper

i know, i know, it’s not totally completely 100% due to Car Less Brit Experiment and Museum…

20 December 2009 • roanoke times downtown roanoke biking bicycling bikes car less brit museum sharebike keirin culture stratton delany

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downtown revitalization, storefront by storefront

About a year-and-a-half ago, Debbie Sinex of BEULAH INVESTMENTS LLC started advertising a property she owned, 310 2nd St SW, Roanoke, VA, USA for lease. Then about eight months ago, because the property was still vacant, Debbie contacted me to see if I would be interested in using the space for some type of community-building venture, maybe as an art gallery or something of a similar nature.

I came up with the idea of creating a museum, the “Car Less Brit Museum”, to document the Car Less Brit Experiment (an experiment about living without a car within Roanoke city limits) and anything else of interest related to the multiplying bike culture of Roanoke.

Debbie agreed to a six month lease for this project - rent free - I just covered the utilities and liability insurance.

During the course of the Car Less Brit Museum, Stratton Delany of Keirin Culture, a bicycle frame design business, visited the museum. He had previously seen the “For Rent” sign in the window, but,

“unless the museum had been there and I had been able to go inside and get a feel for a functioning business inside the space I would not have taken much notice of the For Rent sign.”

After chatting with Stratton about the space and putting him in touch with the owner of the building, Stratton has decided to rent the space as a storefront for Keirin Culture.

Stratton moved to Roanoke from Richmond VA a year or 2 ago and conducts most of his business on-line. However, having a downtown storefront to his business will greatly increase his business profile in this region.

In addition, Stratton plans to use this downtown space as a gallery for his bike frames and as a location to screen bike related films and documentaries and to offer a place for bikers from the region, and those passing through, to relax, have a coffee and engage with other local bikers.

This is a happy, simple and true story. What a great thing it would be if owners of the several other empty storefronts in downtown Roanoke took note of this tale of 310 2nd St SW, and followed suit in a similar fashion…

7 December 2009 • downtown revitalization stratton delany river laker roanoke keirin culture car less brit museum car less brit emerging artists bike culture

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will the Car Less Brit Museum never die?!

it’s written about in the Roanoke Times newspaper again today - at least it’s at the end of the article! la la la

22 November 2009 • roanoke times car less brit museum car less brit river laker mike allen

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Car Less Brit Museum has almost disappeared

16 November 2009 • car less brit car less brit museum river laker roanoke

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Laker said last week that he doesn’t plan to reopen his museum

— Roanoke Times newspaper article today re Car Less Brit Museum closing

15 November 2009 • roanoke times car less brit museum jenny kincaid boone river laker car less brit roanoke

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Car Less Brit Museum's 6 month existence is now over

News post & short video of the rather special closing event!

13 November 2009 • car less brit museum river laker star city harbinger roanoke car less brit

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Oh, No! What Happened at the Corner of 2nd and Kirk Last Night?

About six months ago, Roanoke, VA experienced the wonder-filled opening of Car Less Museum, and the corner of Kirk Avenue and 2nd Street has not been the same since.

Sadly, circumstances have brought an abrupt halt to the merriment and mayhem in the shadows of the Municipal Building.

Last night, two masked marauders were caught in the act of tearing down one of the Star City’s most revered and iconic, though temporary, landmarks.

The group Bad Eye Deer Bicycles has claimed responsibility for the attack.

— Star City Harbinger

10 November 2009 • bad eye deer bicycles car less brit museum car less brit river laker roanoke bike culture biking

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folks from duck duck collective shooting Levi’s commercial featuring Ron, from sharebike, Car Less Brit, Car Less Brit Museum and John Johnson of Bad Eye Deer Bicycles. Roanoke, VA.

Commercial released Dec 09

8 November 2009 • bad eye deer bicycles car less brit car less brit museum duck duck collective roanoke sharebike river laker biking

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the new look Car Less Brit Museum/Funeral Parlor, hehe

19 October 2009 • car less brit museum

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‘come ride the bike lanes at Car Less Brit Museum - open today 2:30 till about 5:30 pm

19 October 2009 • car less brit museum

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Margaret and Emily in Car Less Brit Museum, with an essential tool for road biking above them (artist, Joe Kelley); Margaret riding the bike lane in the museum; and the iron-on patch leaving gift they gave me.

They were guests of mine for a couple of days, leaving today, stopping in Roanoke during a 3 month bike trek from Vermont to New Orleans. They found me through http://warmshowers.org

em and marg were a delight to host

16 October 2009 • warm showers bike touring biking bike culture car less brit museum roanoke river laker car less brit