Case Studies

The London Borough of Camden is the latest local authority to receive the UK’s most user-friendly FalcoPod Bike Hangar design. Falco is delighted to be working with the North West London Council to roll-out their next phase of residential bike hangars, providing convenient on-street cycle parking for resident use. Located at key residential areas across the Borough, Falco manufactured and installed a series of FalcoPod bike hangars this winter, providing six on-street cycle parking spaces per bike hangar, whilst only utilising one car parking space. As well as manufacture and installation, Falco is also providing a fully managed service with both key Rental Management for the residents and bike hangar Maintenance on behalf of the Westminster Highways and Infrastructure team. The Falco Rentals website enables Camden residents to look for free spaces in the FalcoPod Bike Hangar network, book an available space and pay online, all in one place. The Falco Rentals website also provides a useful video along with other ideas and tips on safely looking after a bike. In addition to the Bike Hangars for Camden Council, Falco is also providing managed Bike Hangar services for the London Borough of Brent and the London Borough of Westminster. Family Friendly Bike Hangar The FalcoPod bike hangar 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. 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. So let Falco organise your bike parking rental system whilst you get on with doing just what you should be! 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 attractive array of cycle parking recently manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco for TfL’s Croxley Station. Greeting commuters at the front west of the station, the new facility comprises 32 spaces of the UK’s leading two-tier cycle parking system, the FalcoLevel-Premium+ combined with the open and spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy, all powder coated in a bold Jet Black RAL colour. Two key products of the scheme here at Croxley Station,  are the tried and tested Falco Level Premium + two-tier cycle parking system  and the Falco Rail cycle canopy, which When combined together, create the ultimate cycle park - providing cyclists with high levels of cycle security in a spacious contemporary canopy design. Free artist impression rendering graphic provided to client. Croxley is an underground station located on Watford Road, Croxley Green, in Hertfordshire and is situated on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground tube network in zone 7 and serves over 1m passengers per year. Croxley is only one of hundreds of railway stations to receive Falco cycle parking systems in recent months, with recent installations also including neighbouring station Rickmansworth, over 200 stations for Abellio ScotRail and Abellio West Midlands Trains and a new flagship cycle hub for Hull Paragon Interchange station on behalf of TransPennine Express. The FalcoLevel-Premium+  is an ingenious two-tier cycle rack designed to accommodate twice as many cycles within the same space restraints or any traditional cycle rack or stand. Moving forward, the two-tier cycle racks are designed to be maintenance free to provide minimal cost of ownership to the client (only occasional cleaning required). Additionally should there be any unforeseen damage, the modular nature of each structure means that replacing any damaged items is simple and easy to undertake. For more information about the project at Croxley station or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the new series of canopies, shelters and bin stores Falco recently manufactured, supplied and installed for Ada Lovelace High School in Ealing, West London. The client originally contacted Falco back in April with a requirement for a functional dining canopy to cover 950 square ft of picnic tables along with three practical cycle shelters to accommodate a total of 180 bikes and a robust bin store. Falco provided the client with a free site survey, free CAD design and free rendering graphics to help visualise the scheme. The open and spacious FalcoTrustin design was chosen to provide wide coverage for the outdoor dining area. Measuring a generous 18m x 5m, the FalcoTrustin shelter, complete with clear roof sheets to provide a maximum flow of light and additional FSC timber cladding supports, complimented the Architects design scheme and was sympathetic to the surrounding area.   Three clad-less cycle shelters based on the popular FalcoLok design was chosen by the client to provide mass cycle parking for student use. Accommodating a total of 180 cycle parking spaces utilising the traditional Sheffield Stand, Falco installed three separate cycle shelters across the campus creating a network of secure cycle parking. The shelters also provided convenient parking for up to 12 cargo and adaptive bikes, providing a universal facility for all cycling capabilities. The popular FalcoLok-500 design was used again for the bin store. With mesh cladding, double doors and a green sedum roof, the bin stores measures 5m x 4m and provides ample space for storage and a restricted secure access system. The scheme shown here at Ada Lovelace is only one of many cycle parking and shelter installations for schools and universities recently installed by Falco. With other recent installations at the University of Oxford and Cambridge, Leeds Trinity & All Saints University College, University of St Andrews, Queens Manor Primary School in Fulham, Coppermill and Woodside Primary School in Walthamstow and Chelmsford College. For more information about the scheme shown here at Ada Lovelace High School or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the new eye-catching cycle hub recently designed, manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco for Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Adopting the traditional FalcoLok design, the new 11m x 22m cycle hub is kitted out with the latest version of the FalcoSound cycle rack featuring additional support posts to provide cyclists with enhanced cycle security. FalcoBloc seating has been placed at the entrance to the cycle hub for added convenience and bold and distinctive signage placed on the outside for easy identification of the cycle hub from long distances. A secure keypad locking system has been installed at the front entrance with users given a secure access code in order to access the cycle hub facility. The new addition has been installed at the ends of terminals 3 and 4 and is now open to members of the public on a free of charge basis for up to four weeks per bike! Feed back from users has been incredibly positive with members of the public commenting on the large facility available and convenient location from all amenities. In addition to the new cycle hub shown here, Falco has also previously supplied a FalcoLok cycle shelter to the airports Schiphol-Noord bus station and numerous smoking shelters and street furniture products across the site. Schiphol is only one of many airports Falco has previously supplied cycle parking products to, with other airports including; cycle parking facilities at Birmingham International, cycle racks for Heathrow Airport, cycle lockers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport and eBike charging lockers at both Barra and Oban Airports. FalcoHub Cycle Hub The FalcoHub shown here at Schiphol Airport is a contemporary cycle store manufactured from a combination of powder coated steel and laminated glass, designed to be sympathetic to the surrounding area. The FalcoHub was developed by Falco’s in house design team to ensure it met the client’s specification including structural calculations so that the whole design meets the UK/European CPR regulations EN1090 and is CE marked as per UK law. The popular FalcoHub design has been used across the UK for secure cycle and waiting hubs including; the capitals first series of community cycle hubs as part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Mini Holland Programme, a bespoke cycle hub and 32m waiting shelter at Derby Midland Station, Northern Ireland’s first ever cycle hub for software company Allstate and recent cycle hub installations at Hull, Birmingham International, Dewsbury, Irlam and Upminster stations. For more information about the cycle hub installation at Schiphol Airport or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Sustainable transport charity, Moray Carshare, continues with the rollout of its new e-Bike rental service, with the latest addition at Tulloch Park car park in Forres, North of Scotland. Featuring a new installation of the FalcoCrea cycle locker, complete with vibrant, eye-catching branding graphics provided by the charity, the cycle locker is now equipped with two e-Bikes for members of the public to rent, with a further two more coming in the spring. The latest e-Bike service shown here at Tulloch Park now joins existing e-Bike rental stations at Fiddich Park car park and Speyside Way Visitor Centre, creating a network of e-Bike cycle rental hubs operated by the charity. The image attached shows a festive elf cutting the ribbon to the latest FalcoCrea cycle locker and announcing it open with members of the public now able to rent eBikes for as little as 99p per hour! The FalcoCrea has proven to be a highly popular cycle locker since its launch last year providing local authorities, with a cycle parking solution which answers three common problems; security, spacing footprint and branding. The FalcoCrea is designed to provide maximum security, within a compact space saving design and fully capable to incorporate branding to promote cycling as a principal mode of transport.   The ingenious cycle locker has already been commissioned for a number of schemes across the UK including recent installations at; Queens Cross Housing Association for Glasgow City Council, The Social Bite Village in Edinburgh, Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow, Barra Airport and Oban Airport. With the use of an electric cycle charging point (FalcoCrea+), the cycle locker can be transformed into a convenient charging hub for electric bikes whilst retaining all of the benefits from the standard model. Image: Daniel Forsyth For more information about the innovative FalcoCrea cycle locker, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Falco continues with the roll-out of cycle parking infrastructure to Abellio ScotRail stations with the latest addition at Kintore Station, as part of a new £15m development to re-join the derelict station back into the Scottish Railway network after 56 years! Two key products of the scheme are the tried and tested FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking system and the EN 1090 FalcoRail cycle canopy, which have been used throughout the ScotRail network to give cyclists using the railway the same experience across the region’s stations. When combined together, the Falco facilities create the ultimate cycle park - providing cyclists with high levels of cycle security in a spacious contemporary canopy design. As part of the new development, Falco installed a series of 48 spaces of the UK’s best-selling two-tier cycle rack, combined with 10m of the open and spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy, providing cycle-rail users to the new station with everything they might need as part of their daily commute. The new cycle parking infrastructure is located adjacent to the station bus stop for easy accessibility. Kintore is only one of over 70 stations on the Abellio ScotRail franchise to receive Falco cycle parking infrastructure, with other recent installations at Dundee, Partick Interchange, Dyce, Perth, Girvan, Beauly, Prestwick, Partick Central and Blantyre Stations! In addition, Kintore is only one of hundreds of key UK-wide stations to receive Falco cycle parking in recent months, with major installations also including a flagship cycle hub for Hull Paragon Interchange, over 146 stations as part of the Abellio West Midlands franchise and a series of stations for TransPennine Express including a bespoke cycle hub for Huddersfield Station. For more information about the scheme at Kintore or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.