NPR's Weekend Edition covered the Big Boda as part of a piece on the Design for the Other 90% exhibition.

The piece was right on -- exhibit curator Cynthia Smith hit some of the key points about Worldbike's design effort:

1. Long wheelbase -- more space to carry boxes and people.
2. Low center of gravity -- better safety and handling.
3. A challenge to the bicycle industry to make useful bicycles for the African market.

From the web version:

"The Big Boda Load-Carrying Bicycle, developed in Kenya by the design firm WorldBike, can carry eight crates of goods, three children or two adult passengers in places where bikes are the main mode of transportation. It has an extended wheel base and a lower center of gravity.

"They are saying to the bike world … you make these very fancy bikes. Suppose you put your energies into creating a bike that really had a big impact on people's lives?" Smith says."

A visitor to the museum was quoted in the radio piece as saying "I want one." He saw it as the perfect way to get to the farmer's market in his small island in Washington state.

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