Velo

Velib, a contraction of "velo" and "liberte," the French words for "bike" and "freedom", is the largest scheme of its kind in the world and has inspired similar bike-share efforts in cities across Europe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All this talk of bikes in paris reminds me of the first time I heard the word velo, it was in an old song by Joe Dassin: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Today I watched the one on Lithuania and they have something called a velo bar, which is people pedaling a bar down the street like some sort of weird bike team. ❋ Tragic_elegance (2009)

He also wrote a book last year, "A Different Life," about his struggles with the rare velo-cardio-facial syndrome. ❋ The Reliable Source (2010)

Español · Matan a mujer egipcia en tribunal alemán por usar velo ❋ Unknown (2009)

Italiano · Donna egiziana uccisa in un tribunale tedesco a causa del suo velo polski · Egipcjanka zabita w niemieckim sądzie za noszenie hidżabu bahasa Indonesia · Wanita Mesir Dibunuh di Pengadilan Jerman karena Berjilbab ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'd try your velo among the vines, but never among Parisians! ❋ Unknown (2009)

If the City can build a Tram, a velo/pedo bridge, a Soccer Stadium, and athletic facilities, why can't they open Wapato? ❋ Unknown (2009)

While a bit envious of the more youthful riders, there are no regrets for giving up my electric bike following two minor falls (when stopping!) and a blown fuse causing a challenging peddle home on that heavy velo electrique. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I would use the velo bar all the time; burn calories when you're drinking them! ❋ Tragic_elegance (2009)

I pedaled 50K in freezing rain during last year's Tour de L'Ille de Montréal, a weekend celebration every June of all things velo that includes a night ride, concerts and the Sunday ride typically attended by upwards of 30,000 people. ❋ Crai S. Bower (2011)

Although the velo was derived from the empirical experiments of Brunelleschi, a point well established, there are earlier commonplace examples of visioning techniques of which Alberti would have been quite aware, such as the reticulated memory technique described by Hugh of St. Victor. ❋ Unknown (2008)

From Leonardo's point of view, however, the eyes were window - (or velo -) like because they provided the soul with two means of egress from the body, not because they permitted others to see into oneself. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The orthography of the quattrocento musical score is akin to the reticulation of the velo, in which a view (prospettiva) was subdivided into quadrants of information that could more easily be translocated by an artisan from a sketch to a finished work, as Alberti recommends in De pictura. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Manifest as a chessboard or perspectival velo, the grid was already an ancient mnemonic strategy at the conception of the studioli. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yes, Langster can indeed be used as a "velo-weapon." ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

I've already been suspecting that despite some unconvincing attempts by Indoeuropeanists to make these words native terms, it seems to me that both Latin caput 'head' and Latin velo 'to veil' are both Etruscan borrowings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"We're looking at the longer-term prospects of redeveloping the site to create a velo park, with a café, a BMX track and other facilities." ❋ Unknown (2010)