Comments on: 6 questions for Chad Lockart, Sr. Designer at Trek

By: Trek World 09 | Bicycle Design

Trek World 09 | Bicycle Design — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:00:39 +0000

[...] with 3 of the Trek industrial designers that are yet to be posted. Some of you will recognize the name of at least one of those guys. Check back with Bike Hugger for the complete [...]

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:49:00 +0000

It’s great to see the process behind Trek’s team. I find it a bit more informative then finished concept bikes. Thanks James for an inspiring blog.

If anyone is interested in cargo type bikes I am currently exploring this issue in a semester long thesis project. My blog is
http://carrybybike.blogspot.com/ I would love some insight!

By: bikesgonewild

bikesgonewild — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:43:00 +0000

…it’s quite a regular sight to see mr. fisher pedaling his beautiful old dutch townie up to the health food store to load up his panniers, here in our little town…
…gary has always been a advocate of all forms of cycling…he just made his reputation w/ mtb’s…
…mr. joe breeze is also a regular on the local roads & i’m surprised to not see more mention of his wonderful line of well thought out transportation bicycles…
…both of these guys are the real deal regarding any kind of bike…

By: James

James — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:45:00 +0000

Oops, bad link. Try this one

By: James

James — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:32:00 +0000

Anon #1, I sent those questions to Chad late last Friday and he sent back his answers over the weekend. Unless that huge Trek “blog PR editing department” works on Saturdays, I am pretty sure the answers came straight from Chad.

Scott G., I like that Kogswell bike too. I also really like the Vanilla “Porteur” that you can see here on the Hampsten blog.

As you pointed out in your comment, many smaller companies are making updated versions of classic French Porteur bikes. I don’t see what is wrong with a big company doing the same to bring those bikes to a wider marker. I can’t speak for Mr. Fisher or anyone at Trek, but I doubt that any of them feel like they “invented” the practical shopping bike. Bikes like these have been around a long and I am glad to see them on the market. The more choices for consumers the better, right?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:39:00 +0000

Wow, lots of people to independently reinvent the French Porteur bike. Those kids need to get out more. Here is a refined version of the GF prototype http://www.kogswell.com, nice color too.

Scott G.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:24:00 +0000

Brilliant!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:20:00 +0000

Glad to see one of the big names selling a bike made to be used for the real world a better place instead of the usual carbon “wunderbike”

By: chad lockart

chad lockart — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:47:00 +0000

anonymous I didn’t ask permission and we don’t have a PR dept that processes anything for blogs. I actually wrote it in one take a few nights ago. Sorry if I sound processed. All that and it is more than reasonable. It is the truth.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:40:00 +0000

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Reasonable, but looks reads processed by PR prior to submitting