Case Studies

These are the latest secure bike hangars manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco for Ayrshire College’s Kilwinning Campus on Lauchlan Way, Kilwinning. Commissioned for staff and student use, the four new bike hangars provide the college with 24 secure cycle parking spaces, all within a sheltered lockable unit. The design of each bike hangar includes the colleges own logo, instructional signage and powder coating in an attractive ‘Turquoise Blue’ RAL colour for additional durability. Installed near to the main car park, each bike hangar takes up no more room than a single car parking space and is capable of accommodating all types of cycles - from road and mountain bikes to bikes with a child seat on the back or storage basket on the front. The FalcoPod bike hangar, as shown here at Ayrshire College, is a robust on-street cycle parking solution designed to meet the needs of cyclists who don’t have access to private cycle parking facilities. The improved innovative shape means that users no longer have to remove some baskets or child seats when storing their bike! Falco design is both evolutionary and innovative by nature and the new FalcoPod is no exception. This is the third generation of ‘bike hangar’ type product building on the pedigree of the original street locker the ‘Midi Bike Box’ with some great new features over existing products as follows: Size - fits in half a car parking space and houses 6 bikes, with covered weather protection. Family inclusive – with an ergonomically improved design, the additional space/height (55% more) means there is no need to remove child seats or baskets from the back or front of bikes. Bike security - the six place FalcoSound bike rack has three locking points including the ability to use a ‘D’ lock through the rear wheel and frame. Easy access - single door with integral lock and gas strut for assisted lifting. The effective bike hangar has already been successfully rolled out to the London Borough of Waltham Forest, Brent, Camden, Westminster and Merton Councils.  Bike Hangar Management and Maintenance Through our ‘Falco Rentals’ team, Falco now offers local authorities and private companies a fully managed bike hangar service dealing with key management and public payments as well as a regular planned maintenance service to support the council with its ongoing public service maintenance obligations. This service is not just restricted to bike hangars though, we are able to provide a rental service for any cycle parking facility, from cycle hubs and bike stores through to individual cycle lockers, the Falco Rentals system is both flexible and simple to use. For more information about the FalcoPod Bike Hangar, the FalcoPod Bike Hangar service or your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080. 

This is the new buggy shelter manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco on a cold winter morning, as part of a new buggy park facility for visitors to the world's oldest scientific zoo! The simple and effective FalcoRoller is a purpose designed shelter to provide visitors to the zoo with secure accommodation for buggies, pushchairs and wheelchairs. The FalcoRoller has been installed within the ‘Monkey Valley’ themed area of the zoo and provides visitors with free accommodation for up to five buggies.  The FalcoRoller, as shown here at the Zoological Society of London, is manufactured from 100% recyclable hot-dip galvanised steel and 100% recyclable polycarbonate plastic, the FalcoRoller is a sustainable purposely designed buggy shelter for storing pushchairs, buggies, prams or hospital wheelchairs. With the optional addition of powder coating in a choice of 192 different RAL colours, the FalcoRoller can be easily transformed into a vibrant, florescent shelter design ideal for any children’s environment. Derived as a smaller version of the stylish and popular FalcoSail canopy, at 3,750mm wide, the buggy shelter can accommodate up to five pushchairs. Falco provide a complete buggy shelter package including free AutoCAD design, rendering graphics and free UK-wide site surveys, manufacture, supply, the provision of groundworks and installation. For more information regarding the buggy shelter for London Zoo or any other product from our cycle parking and shelter portfolio, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Supplied and installed across the UK, the FalcoPod has been a fundamental solution within Falco’s cycle parking portfolio for many years - providing secure cycle parking to thousands of cyclists. From residential streets to universities, primary schools to private companies, the FalcoPod offers cyclists of all ages and abilities with secure universal cycle parking. The FalcoPod offers great flexibility and quality. It is one of Falco’s best-selling cycle parking designs and is available with both a master key and also a next generation smart app-controlled mobile key. Falco has installed hundreds of the secure bike hangar across the country - here are four of the most recent installations with Falco providing full manufacture, supply and installation for each scheme: Location Description Image James Watt Dock, Greenock   Two FalcoPod Bike Hangars powder coated in a ‘Green Grey’ RAL colour with instructional signage and manual key.   Drygate Brewery, Glasgow FalcoPod Bike Hangar powder coated in a ‘Water Blue’ RAL colour with instructional signage and manual key.   St Ninians Primary School, Stirling FalcoPod Bike Hangar powder coated in a ‘Ultramarine Blue’ RAL colour with instructional signage and manual key.   Brighton & Hove City Council 100 next generation FalcoPod Bike Hangar powder coated in a ‘Fir Green’ RAL colour with instructional signage and mobile app access. Falco also provide full on-going rental management.   Like all Falco structures, the FalcoPod not only meets the EN1090 Construction Products Regulations but also comes hot dip galvanised to EN1461 as standard. All products can then be powder coated in any of the 192 RAL colours in our own production facility. A FalcoPod wrap is ideal for sprucing up your neighbourhood, promoting a campaign or event, or even advertising to help the Borough bring in some extra revenue. Falco has its own in-house marketing department and produces designs free of charge for clients, saving on time, money and hassle, whilst our vinyls partners at ‘The Edge Design’ make sure your designs are perfectly applied. Colour options - the FalcoPod is delivered with a powder coated roof cladding to your specification, choose from any of the 192 RAL colours. Personalise - the FalcoPod your way by adding logos, graphics, maps - the flat surface is much better able to receive graphics and vinyls than corrugated cladding. Cladding – can be fitted with mesh (standard), sheet steel, pierced steel, Trespa or any other side cladding of your choice. FalcoPod with Mobile App Access Users are able to download an ‘app’ to their mobile or smart device and once enabled by Falco’s back office system, the user can open the bike hangar simply by pressing the app. Working on a short-range wireless communication interface, an app-based system brings a number of benefits to all parties: • For users, it will offer a cheaper option - no more cutting new keys and mailing them. • For the client it will be cheaper – it’s a more cost efficient bike rental system to manage. • For Falco it will be simpler and more eco-friendly – less administration and less paper. For more information about the FalcoPod Bike Hangar or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the latest cycle hub designed, manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco as part of a new regeneration at Walkden Railway Station. Boosting sustainable travel access for Walkden residents, the new cycle hub has been commissioned by Salford City Council to help combat congestion, provide dedicated off-street parking and provide greater cycling accessibility to and from the station. The 12m x 4.5m bespoke shelter is based on the UK’s most popular cycle hub design - the FalcoHub and features secure cycle parking for up to 32 bikes, utilising traditional Sheffield cycle stands. The steelwork of the roof has been powder coated in a ‘Traffic Blue’ RAL colour, whilst the rest of the steelwork has been powder coated in a seperate ‘Squirrel Grey’ RAL colour. LED lighting with a occupancy sensor has been fitted to the roof alongside bespoke branding graphics which have been applied to the toughened safety glass cladding. The new cycle hub makes use of the FalcoSmart app-based locking system, which uses Bluetooth technology to activate the locking mechanism from the users smart phone or tablet, with the benefit that they no longer need to carry keys or fobs. Cyclists are able to apply for access to the hub via the Council and having downloaded the ‘App’ are given access rights to the cycle hub for a period of time depending on their subscription. The system has a fully automated back office enabling the administrator to register new locks for new cycle stores as well as adding new users and creating groups and assigning rights. A huge benefit to the local authority is that they are able for the first time ever to assess usage of a cycle parking facility, directly from the back-office app information. The cycle hub was developed by Falco’s in house design team to ensure it met the client’s specification including structural calculations to meet the EN 1090 CPR requirements of UK law. For more information regarding the cycle hub scheme at Walkden Station or any other product from our cycle parking and shelter portfolio, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the new sleek and inconspicuous cycle hub recently designed, manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco at Hackney Central Overground Station. Greeting commuters to the west of the station, the 10m cycle hub has been fitted with a combination of both reinforced safety glass and sustainable hardwood cladding. A series of 48 spaces of the FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle rack have been installed along with a FalcoFix 2.0 cycle repair station, LED lighting, CCTV security, branding graphics, a green sedum roof and secure mobile app access. Falco also installed five separate TfL London cycle stands located outside of the cycle hub. The green sedum roof, an increasingly popular feature for Falco shelters, supports the operators sustainable development plan by providing the many advantages associated with green roof systems as well as insulation for both heat and noise. A sedum roof both reduces water discharge as well as compensating for CO2 emissions. The FalcoSmart mobile app access system uses Bluetooth technology to provide Hackney commuters with secure access to the cycle hub using their own smartphone or tablet, removing the need for physical keys and fobs. Commuters are able to apply for access to the hub via Falco and having downloaded the ‘App’ are given access rights to the cycle hub for a period of time depending on their subscription. The images attached show the new cycle hub addition, installed to the west of the station, on Graham Road. Hackney Central is a railway station located on the North London Line within Greater London, serving 4.3m annual passengers.    Falco cycle hubs can also incorporate a world of features including; smart LED lighting, green sedum roofs, CCTV and Help Point facilities as well as numerous other cost-effective features for the cyclist such as lock holders, helmet lockers, seating and bike repair facilities. For more information about the FalcoHub cycle store, a demonstration of the FalcoSmart app-based lock, the FalcoPod bike hangar or any other Falco product, then please speak to one of our friendly customer service staff on 01538 380080.

Falco recently took to the design, manufacture, supply and installation of a bespoke cycle hub based on the traditional FalcoLok-500 design. Installed at Anson House, south Westminster, in view of the River Thames, the new cycle hub has been coupled with the FalcoVert-Pro cycle rack to provide secure accommodate for up to 24 bikes. Installed on behalf of Westminster City Council, the new cycle hub features electrogalvanised perforated sheet cladding, powder coated in a Jet Black RAL colour, along with a secure access system. The whole shelter is a bespoke contemporary design of the classic FalcoLok-500 shelter, which features clean lines through the glass cladding and supported by stainless steel glass clamps. The steelwork is hot dip galvanised to BS EN ISO 1461 and also meets UK structural design laws with EN 1090 accreditation. Rainwater is collected via innovative integral gutters as part of the roof system and a bespoke bund ensure that the cycle hub is weather proof! The cycle hub was commisioned to help reduce congestion and provide greater cycling accessibility for residents of Anson House. The FalcoVert-Pro as shown here at Anson House, is a space saving cycle rack design ideal for highly popular densities such as stations, cycle hubs, shopping centres, high streets and car parks etc. Bicycles are parked semi vertically with both front and rear wheels located in a custom designed trough. Falco cycle hubs can also incorporate a world of features including; smart LED lighting, green sedum roofs, CCTV and Help Point facilities as well as numerous other cost-effective features for the cyclist such as lock holders, helmet lockers, seating and bike repair facilities. For more information about the FalcoHub cycle store, a demonstration of the FalcoSmart app-based lock, the FalcoPod bike hangar or any other Falco product, then please speak to one of our friendly customer service staff on (01538) 380080.