BikeCode

a.k.a. Bike Code

Author: Tony J Ibbs (Tibs)

Date:

Tags: #hobby

Specification (0.2.1a ("FullScottishBreakfast"))
www.tibsnjoan.co.uk
 No encoder found No decoder found

BikeCode is for cycling enthuiasts. The author, Tibs, created it partially in reference to an article by David Martin entitled “The Theory of BIG” or “How to claim your space on the road”.

Though BikeCode 0.1 wasn’t archived, we can get the date of the first version (June 12, 1999) from the announcement post from the HPV (human powered vehicle) mailing list.

The code is extremely detailed, including some compulsory sections per bicycle or trailer.

A second partial BikeCode was proposed on rec.bicycles.tech in 2003 that does not appear related.

Example

BikeCode0.2 -- http://www.tibsnjoan.co.uk/bikecode.html P: [Tibs] Tc B10 K:++ i29:30" h1.65m n1960 H+:~ v~ A+ M+ Rg- B: [AnthroTech] 3tRu U1c w37" Wr19:406 Mfr SAf bDh[Sachs]:C G3x7 8s Lrr1B Cb[Michael] VjsX col[MidnightBlue] T: [BurleyD'Lite] 2c2[Thomas] f++ VsX
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Details

Inspirations (5):

Known versions

Version 0.1:

Version 0.2 ("FullEnglishBreakfast"):

Version 0.2.1a ("FullScottishBreakfast"):