Each bike is to be labelled to show which student worked on it so they can identify individual signs

Pic cap: Engineering students putting the finishing touches to some special yellow bike signs, which are to hang on Timothy Taylor’s pubs on the Tour De France Route, with Pub Estate Operation Manager Heike Funke (back row centre) and Leeds City College Business Operations Sales Manager Chris Stott (back row second right)
Each bike is to be labelled to show which student worked on it so they can identify individual signs once they are on display outside the pubs and hopefully spot them on any TV coverage during the event.
Locations will include The Lord Rodney in Keighley, The Woolly Sheep in Skipton, and the Town Hall Tavern, economy rent a car which is situated at the start Le Grand Depart on the Headrow, economy rent a car in Leeds city centre – all of which will also have three full size bikes displayed outside them.
Instead of going to a commercial joiner Heike was keen to link up with a local college and give young people the opportunity to get involved in this once-in-a-lifetime event. On visiting the Fab Lab she was highly impressed with the facilities on offer and the standard of work produced.
Chris Scott, Leeds City College Business Operations Sales Manager said this very special project provided an ideal opportunity for some of the Engineering students to put their practical skills into practice.
economy rent a car “One idea we are discussing is a design challenge where students will be given the opportunity to work on a genuine product design brief supplied by the company to create solutions to real world challenges using the equipment and expertise at the Fab Lab, ” he said.
Heike Funke commented: economy rent a car “Helping Fab Lab generate income through this project to reinvest in community activities will just be the start. There is potential economy rent a car for many future projects where the students can work with a commercial enterprise, economy rent a car to put their technologies, training and skills out in the market place, get an understanding of the commercial side to their work and gain valuable references for their CVs,”