Month: February 2007
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Middleman
I know, I know. I just finished saying that I was taking a short break from the blog and here I am, just a few hours later, posting again. It just goes to show that you should think twice about listening to me next time. Actually, right after I posted earlier today, Tero Jakku, a…
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Old suspension bikes
I found a really great thread on the Ridemonkey forum last week. I noticed on Statcounter that someone had linked my Pong magic fork post to a thread named “Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes”, so I followed the link over to check it out. What a great collection of old suspension designs. If…
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How light is too light?
In keeping with the weight theme from the last two posts, I want to pose a question; how much lighter can bikes get? Scott’s 6 kg (13 pound) Addict road bike received a lot of attention at Interbike last year. The Storck Fascenario, which Posh Bikes claims to be the lightest bike in the world,…
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A little Birdy
This customized Birdy monocoque folder on Spinopsys caught my attention this morning. I think it is a great looking bike, but I was a little surprised when I read the weight. In his post, Philip speculates that “this particular Birdy has got to be the fastest and lightest anywhere.” Maybe so, lets see, 10 kilograms…
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A beautiful Crumpton at NAHBS
You may remember my post about the ultra light (7 pound, 3 ounce) Crumpton fixed gear bike that was shown at Interbike. In response to that post, Lance Johnson of Group de Tete mentioned that they were working on a revised version of the bike. Well, this bike, which I spotted in a Frame Forum…
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Cannondale Jackknife at Fiets Rai
I first posted renderings of the student designed Cannondale Jackknife concept bike back in January of 2006. Since that time, the post has consistently been one of the most popular archived pages here on Bicycle Design. Over a year later, it still gets quite a few hits every week. A few of the hits stream…
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Future real estate mogul?
I usually try to stay on topic (loosely at least), but every once and awhile I see something unrelated to bicycle design that I really want to pass along. I mentioned earlier that local resident George Hincapie is planning to develop a cycling specific residential development in the mountains of northern Greenville County (South Carolina).…
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8 point handlebars
I had a track bike with bullhorn bars for a while, but I have never seen handlebars quite like these. Nadejda spotted this bike, designed by Jenny Nordberg, which features antler handlebars. I am not really sure if this bike is intended to be ridden, or if it is supposed to be more of an…
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Seatposts
All seatposts are not created equal. That is pretty self evident, right? Maybe so, but 15 years ago consumers certainly could not choose between the variety of seatpost designs that are available today. Several new designs (the Kore I beam series and the Race Face Deus pictured here are just a couple of examples) have…
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Ellsworth interview on Industry Outsider
Industry Outsider is a new blog that some of you may have seen mentioned on Cyclelicious recently. If you are not already reading the IO blog, you should definitely check it out. Brian just started the blog a couple of weeks ago, but he already has some great content, including an interview with Tony Ellsworth.…