Comments on: Alfine Design Challenge 2nd and 3rd place entries http://bicycledesign.net/2006/11/alfine-design-challenge-2nd-and-3rd-place-entries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alfine-design-challenge-2nd-and-3rd-place-entries The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Champs http://bicycledesign.net/2006/11/alfine-design-challenge-2nd-and-3rd-place-entries/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Champs Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:40:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2006/11/alfine-design-challenge-2nd-and-3rd-place-entries/#comment-390 To win the contest, you need a very nice-looking bike, but you’d have to think that the best implementations of a utility group would look exceedingly ordinary.

I’d start a frame with touring geometry, add top tube bumpers like Trek’s Soho, and either an eccentric bottom bracket or Quickbeam-style (rear facing, semi-horizontal) dropouts, depending on your tastes.

Since this is just a creative exercise, the frame is Ti, and I use an EBB for chain tension. I’d also be happy with TIG-welded steel, V-brakes, and dropout tension.

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