Comments on: Any ideas for a Bicycle Design competition in 2012?

By: B’Twin – A Corporate Velomobile Future? | Velomobiles

B’Twin – A Corporate Velomobile Future? | Velomobiles — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:16:59 +0000

[...] which was won by a design with many velomobile features. Last year, 2011, Bicycle Design was mooting another similar competition. The difference here is, that this is the first time a commercial organization has done so, [...]

By: Graham

Graham — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:18:11 +0000

I wouldn’t leave out the creative vision in the competition. New ideas come from new concepts and it is with this in mind that I feel the envelope should be pushed! Yes there are boundaries to what can be achieved now and in 10 years time but the world and it’s markets are evolving. New demands from the bicycle and it’s users are already pushing the ‘envelope’. The competition should focus on a future scenario to evoke advanced design and thought processes to create some fresh ideas.

Key areas such as materials, integration of technologies and connectivity between bicycles and vehicles should be some key factors in the competition. Just some thoughts on what I would include you should promote future thinking in your design brief.

By: Indrit

Indrit — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:12 +0000

Rain/Wind protection for existant and future bicycles?

By: Alistair Williamson

Alistair Williamson — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:12:01 +0000

“A Family Bike.”
Are we condemned to errand by car and bus for 7+ years of our lives because junior is to young to either ride out with us or home alone. Must we segregate the joy of the country road or woodland path from our young kids? 99.99% of bikes shun passengers while approx 85% of adults have children.

It also keeps the competition broad: Family Bike could be family touring, family racing, family communing …

Life is a journey they say – let’s travel by bike I say, an no I’m not leaving the wee ones behind.

Cheers, Alistair

By: Peter Johnson

Peter Johnson — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:05:27 +0000

Hi James I was looking at hotmail and if you set up an email reply that for each picture you gave a number and then wrote in the subect box say “PICTURE -1″ Once received you could search by subject each PICTURE-1or PICTURE-2 etc and this would list all emails with that subject,
I expect this works for all e-mail servers so might be the easiest way to track votes.
regards Peter

By: Stefano

Stefano — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:46:46 +0000

I’m late to this discussion… anyway I want to suggest a design competition for velomobiles as personal commuting vehicle in urban areas.

By: ConorC

ConorC — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:06:05 +0000

Hi James, you might also ask someone like Mikael Colville-Andersen to join the jury?
http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com
http://www.copenhagenize.eu

By: dumbo

dumbo — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:05:17 +0000

Run a “Traffic-Friendly Bicycle” competition. Gears u can change when stopped [in the hub], brakes that always work [in a drum], light-switches @ yr finger-tips, luggage-carrying capacity [cheap panniers], mudguards to be nice to those who’re near, be visible with a rear reflector and bright colors on the machine. U’re then so close to being an ordinary item of traffic that taxis respect u, lorries see u, cars know u’re there…u fit in. This is nice.

By: ConorC

ConorC — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:56:38 +0000

Hi James,

I’m a bit late to this discussion, but fair play for thinking of running another competition. The 2 best things out of the last competition were from Mark Sanders and Agnete Enga. The articles you’ve published by them – “Who, Where, What” by Agnete and “Blue Ocean” by Mark could serve as a great starting point for a new competition.

A competition that gets people talking and finding solutions to the many real issues facing the greater uptake of cycling by everyone from 8 to 80 everywhere would be great. So the comment about a “family cycling challenge” by Matt King, is a pretty interesting idea that would get +1 from me.

http://bicycledesign.net/2009/02/agnete’s-“who-where-what”-from-the-design-competiton/
http://bicycledesign.net/2008/06/guest-post-by-mark-sanders/

By: Alex Liauw

Alex Liauw — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:40 +0000

Hi James,

perhaps you could have a panel winner, and a peoples choice. Entrees could submit one picture that could be posted for the peoples choice, and people could simple get to vote by email – 1 vote per email address.