In Copenhagen, there have a been a spate of thefts of Christiania tricycles, where the thieves have chopped down the trees to which the tricycles were chained to. In the video above (from The Weekly Cycle), you see another poor tree sacrificed by the pursuit of making a quick £50 (Aus$ actually). Christianias are to Copenhagen what Bromptons are to London: the bicycles most sought after by thieves because of the high resale value and high demand for them: even Danes can be sometimes unscrupulous [...]

This short video on YouTube does a good job in showing why children love riding a Christiania tricycle or a Bakfiets CargoBike. (via Richard Wilson) Image from Bakfiets.nl

As French daily La Tribune (pay-per view article) recognises, rather than the Little Mermaid, the bicycle is really the symbol of Copenhagen, a city where 36% of people cycle to work and, according to Majbritt Kjeldstrom, a local government spokesman, 60% of people use the bike daily. And the queen of this cycle fairyland must be the Christiania tricycle. Competition in the tricycle market has heated up, since the entrance of the curvyNihola trike seven years ago. Recent entrants in the market have included : [...]