Tag: links

  • 2014- The Year in Review at BicycleDesign.net

    2014- The Year in Review at BicycleDesign.net

      It is the end of another year, and you know what that means… it is time for the annual recap of activity here at Bicycle Design.  Since the blog was inactive for about half of 2014, it is no surprise that traffic was way down.  There were 643,288 pageviews in 2014 according to Google…

  • Friday Links

    Friday Links

    In the past, I would occasionally share a random collection of short links on Fridays. I don’t have much time for a post this afternoon, so it seems like as good a time as any to revive that tradition. Not sure if it will happen every Friday, but expect a quick, unfiltered blast of bike…

  • 2013- The year in review at BicycleDesign.net

    2013- The year in review at BicycleDesign.net

    In keeping with the tradition started in 2009, it is time for a year end recap of activity here at Bicycle Design.  For the first time since I started the blog eight years ago, readership was down a bit from the previous year (the blog had just 953,053 pageviews in 2013, compared to 1,236,847 in…

  • New designs, old designs, velomobiles, and bike art

    New designs, old designs, velomobiles, and bike art

    I was traveling in Asia the past couple weeks, and didn’t get a chance to post here at Bicycle Design. I do have a lot to pass along though, so today I will quickly share just a few of the links that readers have shared with me recently. I have shared Ilya Vostrikov’s bicycle renderings…

  • 2012- The year in review at BicycleDesign.net

    2012- The year in review at BicycleDesign.net

    Another year has come to a close, and that means that it’s time for the annual recap post for this blog. Compared to 2011, traffic was up slightly with 1,236,847 page views in 2012.  About 30% of the visitors in the past year came from the United States (where this blog is based). The United…

  • A partial catch-up post

    A partial catch-up post

    I have been especially busy with work since my recent trip, so I haven’t been able to keep up with the blog. I have seen some interesting things to share lately though, so I will quickly pass along a few of them today. I don’t know what it is about bike lights and Kickstarter, but…

  • A few Friday links

    A few Friday links

    Okay, it is time for another Friday catch-up post to quickly share a few links that I recently bookmarked, but haven’t had the chance to mention yet. Chris Luomanen’s Barbasket is an interesting concept.  It is a handlebar with a soft basket that attaches to the integrated frames.  The project is on Kickstarter now, so…

  • The Faraday Porteur and more

    The Faraday Porteur and more

    After a longer than average trip to China, I am especially busy this week trying to catch up in the office.  I do have a few links that I want to pass along though, so I’ll take a quick break from my backlog of emails and drawing approvals to share a few of them now.…

  • Catching up

    Catching up

    If you are wondering why I didn’t post last week, it’s because there is really no need for me to continue writing about bicycle design. Richard from Cyclelicious finally succeeded in designing the perfect bicycle (coincidently on April 1st), so any future designs probably won’t be worth discussing.  I assume that most of you are…

  • Asian bike manufacturing and assorted links

    Asian bike manufacturing and assorted links

    I’ll be traveling in China the next couple of weeks, so new posts here at Bicycle Design will likely be infrequent. Before I leave though, I want to pass along a few links that I think are pretty interesting. On the subject of globalization and Chinese manufacturing, INRNG recently posted an interesting article about carbon…

  • Orbea GROW and a few midweek links

    Orbea GROW and a few midweek links

    The idea of creating bikes that grow with kids that has been around, but designer Alex Fernandez Camps’ approach for Orbea is interesting. Many kids bikes allow for substantial adjustment of seat and stem height, but Camps’ design features an aluminum frame that can be expanded horizontally as the child grows. The GROW bikes come…

  • An interesting track bike and assorted random links

    An interesting track bike and assorted random links

    I am traveling for work this week, and my schedule has been pretty hectic. I don’t have much time to post, but I do want to quickly pass along a few links. The custom track bike you see here was sent to me by a reader (actually by a reader’s girlfriend). It reminds me a…

  • 2011 recap for Bicycle Design

    2011 recap for Bicycle Design

    I finally had a chance to review this site’s stats from 2011, so it’s time for another year end recap post. Continuing the trend from 2009 and 2010, Bicycle Design’s traffic seems to be growing slightly. Google Analytics reports just over a million total pageviews (1,138,282) for the blog during 2011 from 191 different countries.…

  • A monster bike and much more

    A monster bike and much more

    So…what do you do when those 4” tires on your Surly Pugsley just don’t seem wide enough anymore? You have no choice but to built your own monster bike like the one show here (found via Marcus Santiago on Google +). If those tires don’t seem wide enough, you can always use a dragster tire…

  • Fast HPVs and a few Friday links

    Fast HPVs and a few Friday links

    Victor Ragusila, from the University of Toronto Human Powered Vehicle Team, sent me this great video of their Vortex HPV in action during the World Human Powered Speed Championships at Battle Mountain, Nevada last month. The team didn’t quite reach their goal of 75 mph, but they came pretty close and got a third place…

  • A unique wooden bike and more

    A unique wooden bike and more

    I have posted quite a few wooden bikes in the past, but this one by Dutch industrial designer Jan Gunneweg is certainly unique in the design of the wheels. They feature a wooden spoke that is integrated into the rim and balanced by traditional steel spokes on the opposing half.  It is hard to tell…

  • Catching up with links

    Catching up with links

    I’m still very busy getting caught up in the office after a couple of weeks in Asia, but I have a backlog of interesting links that I want to pass along.  Some of these probably deserve a bit more detail than I can give them today, but time is limited…so here comes another rapidfire links…