Month: June 2013
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Wooden bikes, folding helmets, velomobiles and more
I have posted about quite a few wooden bikes before, but this plywood Ash design by French designers Thierry Boltz and Claude Saos is a bit different than most. The WOOD.B design for BSG Bikes has a wooden main triangle which screws to the steel headtube and rear triangle elements. You can see a video…
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Bike Gate by Merwyn Wijaya and Teo Kok
Merwyn Wijaya and Teo Kok Yung are product designers based in Singapore. Together, they designed a bike parking structure focusing on greater security and ease of use. Here is how they explain their design: “BikeGate is designed with both security and usability in mind. The dual locking system encourages cyclists to use both a padlock…
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Design at Specialized and Orbea
I had a nice “unplugged” beach vacation last week, so the blog has been quiet for a while. While I was enjoying my week offline, I did get a chance to put quite a few more miles on the Tern Verge X10 folding bike that I have been riding for the past couple of months.…
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Handcycles of the 2013 Para-cycling Open
Just over a month ago (yeah, I know…I am slow to post sometimes), I had the opportunity to watch the 2013 Greenville Para-cycling Open time trial. Next year, the UCI Para-cycling World Championships (time trial and road) will take place on the same courses here in Greenville, SC, so this was a great opportunity for…