Velogen
VELOGEN is a social network with a large number of specialized services for cyclists. This is a project created by cyclists, for cyclists, which unites people in a cultural movement.
Velogen is not just a high-tech project, it is not only a website, a social network and a multifunctional mobile application for Android and iOS. It is an information and social project that unites all cyclists of Ukraine and declares the world's cyclist movement as a global cultural trend of the modern generation!
The social network for cyclists Velogen is a multifunctional and multifaceted project.
Velogen is friends and communities, private, group, and team chats. Current cycling events from all over Ukraine.
These are geolocation services for bike maps and routes with GPS tracking in a mobile application.
Trading platforms for bike shops and private ads for users.
This is a unique online magazine about bicycles and tourism, the articles for which are written by a team of editors and journalists, and the layout is not inferior to articles in glossy magazines.
Blogs, traffic rules tests for cyclists, a database of stolen motorcycles and the ability to report theft to the cycling community and much more ...
The mobile application of the social network of cyclists Velogen presents almost all the information that is on the site, as well as practically all the functions of the personal account.
Moreover, the mobile application contains geo-location functions inherent only to the mobile application, such as a GPS tracker.
Much attention is paid to the most popular functions in the application, such as CHAT, FRIENDS' NEWS and GPS tracker, they are placed in separate buttons and swipe menus.
Mobile applications are developed using native tools: Android SDK and XCODE. Applications work on the REST-API principle. The server part works on NODE JS and PHP. Magazine articles (as well as reviews and news) work on the webview principle.
It is worth highlighting the online magazine VELOGEN, authored by our editors and journalists. Authored articles, reviews of Velomir news were written and collected by us from all over the planet.
The unique way of publishing articles and reviews in the form of glossy magazine pages created from separate adaptive blocks of information made the magazine Velogen an absolutely unique online publication.
As part of the project, members of our public organization Cycling Club "Ukraine Bike Family" organized a number of mass events that later became independent annual projects. Our largest project was the cross-country cycling marathon XCM Zalizna Sotnya
Also in 2016, the Velogen team became the General Partner of the All-Ukrainian Veloforum conference in Kharkiv. Veloforum is an international and interdisciplinary conference aimed at popularizing bicycles as a means of transport and developing cycling infrastructure. For 8 years in a row, Veloforum has been gathering activists, experts, officials and foreign specialists to discuss the problems of cyclists and exchange experience in the issues of proper construction of cycling infrastructure in cities. Open dialogues with officials and businessmen are traditionally held at Veloforum, which was also attended by Yuriy Patynko, the head of the Velogen project and director of RIA Perekrestok.
The Velogen team also participated in or co-organized various charity events for the benefit of children from orphanages in Kryvyi Rih and the village of Apostolovo. More details in the project's press center at this link .
Velogen participated in various exhibitions and startup alleys. As well as in two startup competitions, and in both it took first places.
The first victory was the victory in the "First Ukrainian Tourist Hackathon", which was organized by the National Tourist Portal Zruchno.Travel together with the National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, the Kyiv City State Administration, Intela Solutions, the official representative of IBM Ukraine, AMADEUS and other partners ...
The first victory was the victory in the "First Ukrainian Tourist Hackathon", which was organized by the National Tourist Portal Zruchno.Travel together with the National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine, the Kyiv City State Administration, Intela Solutions, the official representative of IBM Ukraine, AMADEUS and other partners. The victory of our project was awarded by a unanimous decision of the jury.
The second victory was the victory at the Startup Competition of the INNOVATION MARKET forum. The competition was attended by 47 startup teams from all over Ukraine, who pitched for two consecutive days. Also, by unanimous decision of the judges, the victory was awarded to the team of the social network of cyclists - VELOGEN
The corporate identity of the project is also unique. Our designers developed a huge number of corporate identity details, including T-shirts that all members of our team wore and wore not only at events but also in everyday life. Warm vests for the cold season. Flags, banners and spider banners, business cards and corporate printing, mugs, discount cards, badges and much more ... Clothing and souvenir products were made for awards in various contests and competitions.
A unique character Velogen was also developed for the site. In total, more than 50 different poses and situations in which the character was found were drawn. The character was used on the main page and as awards (achievements) for achievements for activity on the social network. The list of received achievements with their humorous desсrіption can be viewed in your personal account.
