Bicycle Culture Center / Bicycle Lights A
Bicycles, first produced some 190 years ago, have developed to become the most basic form of conveyance of everyday life. On display in Bicycle Plaza at the Bicycle Culture Center are bicycles that give a visual picture of the history of the bicycle. (For more information, see the January 2009 issue of the PR magazine pla-topia.) http://cycle-info.bpaj.or.jp/bcc-info/bcc_hiroba.html
The history of plastics can also be seen in bicycle lights. This is an example of "gradual reduction of the use of plastic" due to the tendency of plastic lights to break when bicycles fall over and be difficult to repair.
A battery-operated bicycle light from around 1957.
Plastic was used for the ON/OFF switch.
A battery-operated bicycle light from around 1957.
Plastic was used for the ON/OFF switch.
