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Bombay Lounge Electric bike inventor offers business opportunity
to go ‘Spanish’ Several years ago Brian Little from Abbey Meads was so unimpressed
The Bombay Lounge restaurant at by electric bicycles on the market that he set out to design and build a
better product.
Peatmoor is going to try a menu He’s now completed a fourth prototype and is looking for somebody
experiment by offering traditional interested in taking it to the manufacturing stage.
Indian food but in a Spanish ‘tapas’ Unlike electric bikes which are built around a larger frame, Brian has
style on Wednesday 19 August. invented a battery powered drive mechanism that is fitted to the front wheel
Hanif Robani, owner of the Bom-
bay Lounge, of an ordinary bicycle.
He has kept his design as simple as possible and he believes there is a
right, said major market opportunity as more people have taken to cycling.
he’s looking Brian said, “my bike is better than others on the market because dealers
to Link read- are not keen on repairing them if they break down. They can’t get the parts
ers to give or do not have staff able to sort out the specialised electronics. My design
the idea a keeps thing simple and I reckon it has prospects, but I’m not able take it to
try and let the next stage at the present time.”
him know if Brian’s story appeared in The Link two years ago. Then, there was full
it works. “A employment and nobody showed interest. Now there may be skilled people
lot of people looking for new business projects. To discuss licensing the design and taking
think curry is not suitable for the the bike into production contact Brian via the Link office on 608840.
summer months because they be-
lieve it is too heavy. So we’re going
to offer our usual dishes but in a Computer museum opens in August
different format.
“Tapas is popular because it’s The history of computer technology will be on display
served in smaller portions and you at the new venue of the UK’s first dedicated Museum
can try a wider variety of dishes. of Computing from Saturday 8 August, 10am.
We’ll be serving a selection of our Located in Theatre Square, close to Central Library,
menu but in reduced quantities visitors will see personal computers, portables, laptops,
at a lower price. It will encourage handhelds, gaming consoles and calculators.
people to mix and match, and Displays will track the rapid development of comput-
share dishes. ing over the last 70 years.
“This is an experiment, we don’t There will also be a number of computers and con-
know what the reaction will be; come soles which can be used to experience software and
along and tell us what you think.” games from the past.
To book for the tapas evening on From left, Simon Webb, museum curator, Jeremy Holt,
19 August call the Bombay Lounge founder and chairman of the Museum of Computing
on 887799 or 882233. and Gordon Graylish, Vice President of Intel Europe,
See the advert on page 8. Middle East & Africa office based in Swindon

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