Category: Concept
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Scott concept bikes by Julien Delcambre
Julien Delcambre currently works as a watch designer in Switzerland, but in a previous job at Scott Sports he designed a few interesting concept bikes. He points out on his Behance page that his main mission at Scott was to redesign the old Gambler (a full suspension mountain bike). He was in charge of…
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LIVALL Bling Smart Helmet
A few weeks ago, I mentioned a couple of interesting helmet designs that recently caught my attention. Both of those helmets, the Closca Fuga and the Lumos helmet, include technology based features, but the latest helmet from Chinese company Livall takes the idea of a high tech “smart” helmet to a whole new level.…
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A couple of interesting new helmet designs
Folding helmets have been around for a while, but most of the ones that I have seen fold or compress laterally. The Closca Fuga is different though. It compresses from the top down, reducing its volume by more than 50% for easy storage in a purse, bag or backpack. The clean aesthetics are nice…
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Very Special Things
I don’t know Robert Egger, but I remember seeing his picture in a 1992 issue of Bicycling Magazine (along with David Schultz, the other Specialized S-Works designer at the time). When I read that article about “Future Bikes” 20+ years ago, I was about to graduate with a degree in Industrial Design, and the…
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Merge, EVO, and SOLID- Bikes from the 2015 Core77 Design Awards
In March, I introduced you to the transportation jury for the 2015 Core77 Design Awards . As mentioned in that post, we had a very talented group, and it was a great experience working with Torgny, Melissa, Rob, and Eric to select the winner, runners up, and notables in our category. Judging the professional and student entries…
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Harvolt Bike Share System by Matthew Harding
Matthew Harding recently completed his degree in Industrial Design at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. For his final project, Harding designed an Electric Bike Share System, which he describes below: “My initial goal of the project was to encourage cycling in Melbourne, which is very much a car dominant city. I wanted to design the…
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A catch-up post with several designs
I have been running a bit behind this blog lately, but there are many interesting design submissions from readers in my inbox (thanks to all of you who have sent in tips or designs). I will be in Miami for Maison & Objet Americas the rest of this week and won’t likely have time to…
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CrossBow Tension Bicycle Concepts by Clandestine Design Group
If you are a fan of Buckminster Fuller, you are no doubt familiar with the principle of Tensegrity (or tensional integrity), which is “based on the use of isolated components in compression inside a net of continuous tension, in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other and the prestressed tensioned members…
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FrenchBuilt 22 concept bike by Ben Goudout (update)
Last fall, I began a post about the FrenchBuilt 22 Triathlon concept bike by saying, “every once and a while, a design on Pinterest catches my attention and I want to find out more about it.” Thanks to Ben Goudout, the designer of that bike, I recently did find out a bit more… and…
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RIP Ilya Vostrikov
Without a doubt, the best part of writing this blog for the past nine years has been the opportunity it has given me to meet really great people who share my passions for bicycles and design. Some of them I have met in person, but many others I have communicated with on a regular basis…
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Introducing the Core77 Design Awards Transportation Jury
You may have noticed the banner for the 2015 Core77 Design Awards that has been running at the top of the sidebar here at Bicycle Design for the last month or so. If you haven’t submitted an entry yet, don’t worry… there is still time. The regular deadline ends March 24th, and you will…
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Bike designs by Cero
Cero is a Barcelona based multidisciplinary design firm based with a focus on product design, engineering, graphic design, and programming. I recently discovered them by way of their Behance page, which features a few bike projects ranging from freeride and XC mountain bikes to an urban electric folding bike. On each of the Behance project…
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Min keun Kwon’s &B bike beam projector
Min keun Kwon’s “&B bike beam” is a pretty interesting design concept. Basically, it’s a projector that connects to your bicycle and uses your smartphone to project graphic images, videos, or information. At first glance, the &B reminded me of LightLane, and similar concepts that project a virtual bike lane or sharrow next to…
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Concept bike and HPV by Dennis Redmonds
This time trial bike concept rendering by German designer Dennis Redmonds caught my eye on the Velo Design blog Facebook page recently. Before you ask about the drivetrain details, or point out that the seat height is not adjustable, keep in mind that this is very likely purely a styling exercise. Definitely a nice form though… that could…
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Sno- a concept snow bike by Venn
A cold February day seems like as good a time as any to share the latest concept from the designers at Venn, an Industrial Design Consultancy based in Turkey. “Sno” (as you might guess from the name) is a concept for a snow bike with a ski to replace the front wheel and twin treads…
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3D printed mountain bikes by Adrian Smith
Bicycle frames constructed with the help of a 3D printer, have been showing up in posts here since 2011. In some cases, frame parts are printed directly…as is the case with these SLS titanium parts for Charge frames. More often though, a 3D printer is used to create molds for composite construction, and that is…
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Cargo bikes, a café racer, a wired commuter, and more
If you don’t already follow Bicycle Design on Facebook and Twitter, you are occasionally missing out on interesting designs that never seem to find their way to the blog. As much as I would like to share every interesting concept I see here, sometimes I just get busy with other projects and never get around…
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A list of lists related to bike design
In my year-end recap post a few weeks ago, I listed the 15 most visited posts at BicycleDesign in 2014. Since then, I have noticed a few bike related year-end lists from other sites, so I might as well share them for comparison. Dezeen’s “top 10 cycling designs of 2014” post included bicycles,…