Year: 2006
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Specialized Bicycles podcast
I have mentioned Specialized a few times in this blog, so it is probably no surprise to most of you that I am a fan of their products. I currently ride a Specialized S-works E5 road bike (pictured here) and I own several other products from the company. I refuse to part with my old…
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Start Your Engines
Longtime readers may remember when I mentioned Scott Robertson and his Photoshop bicycle renderings in October of last year. Though I am not by any stretch of the imagination a car guy (longtime readers will know that as well), I recently picked up a copy of Scott’s new book titled “Start Your Engines.” The book…
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I’m back
I thought that I would get a chance to post from the road last week, but it just wasn’t in the cards. I was way to busy with work. I happened to be in Dallas, Texas on business all week, and I hoped that I would have a chance to swing by a new bike…
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Coming soon, a guest contributor
First let me point you to a bike that I saw this week on the Core77 blog. At first glance, this bike, designed by a team in the Netherlands, looks somewhat like a typical traditional Dutch city bike. Look closer and you will see that the riding position is foot forward like many of the…
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“Designing the Ride” photos- part 2
Last week, I posted some pictures from the opening night of the Trek “Designing the Ride” exhibit at the Eisner Museum. As promised, here are the remaining pictures from that event. The first two pictures show the area of the room devoted to the LeMond Triomphe Carbon Road bikes. The remaining pictures show the spaces…
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“Materials in Bicycles” conference
I just saw a mention of something that sounds pretty cool in the Road Bike Rider newsletter. Prior to the start of the 2007 Tour De France in London on Friday, July 6th 2007, Carlton Reid of Bike Biz will chair a one-day conference called “Materials in Bicycles.” Speakers will include Dr. Alex Moulton, Chris…
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“Designing the Ride” photos- part 1
Not long ago, I posted about the Trek “Designing the Ride” exhibit at the Eisner Museum. Chad Lockart, a Senior Designer at Trek, was nice enough to send me some of his pictures from the event’s opening night. After getting a sneak peek of the exhibit, I really want to get up to Milwaukee to…
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A Grant Petersen Interview
Yep, Fritz scooped me on this one, but I still think it is worth passing along. I can’t say that I always agree with Grant Petersen when it comes to bikes, but I do think that he is a brilliant marketer who usually has something interesting to say. Read the interview here at Push Button…
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A couple good links
I just finished listening to the Spokesmen podcast #7. Recently, I recommended episode 6 and, though I don’t want to sound like a broken record, I will take this opportunity to recommend the Spokesmen once again. As always, the guys cover a wide range of topics on the roughly hour-long show. Of particular interest to…
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Alfine Design Challenge 2nd and 3rd place entries
Today’s post will be short, but hopefully coherent. I have been trying to ignore a cold the last couple days and it is finally starting to catch up with me. I have a deadline to meet today, so I decided to take the only cough medicine I could find in the cabinet… which brings me…
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Trek, “Designing the Ride”
Starting this Wednesday, November 15th and running through June 30th, 2007, The Eisner Museum will present an exhibit about design at Trek Bicycle Corporation. Visitors will be able to, according to the museum’s website, “follow the process from initial sketch to final product and see how research, imagination and technology come together to create a…
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Furniture and bikes
As you may have seen in a recent post, I enjoy spotting occasional bike content in the design magazines and catalogs that I regularly read. Yesterday, I was looking though the latest issue of Republic of Fritz Hansen (kind of a magalog for the company), and saw a picture and a short mention of the…
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Captain Bike
Since I have been writing this blog, I have linked to many sites that I consider to be great resources for anyone interested in the mechanics of the bicycle. Nowhere on the web can you find better resources than the many bike pages created by Sheldon Brown. Though I have never met Mr. Brown, I…
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H.E.r0
In response to my recent request for design submissions, Jerry sent me his H.E.r0 (Human-Electric, revision zero) concept. He describes it as “a human-powered robot bicycle featuring an internal hub transmission. The front and rear wheels act as gyroscopes to maintain balance when lifted off of the ground while the larger main drive wheel moves…
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A few quick links
I saw a few bike bike related posts on various design blogs this week. This first one I heard about on the Spokesman #6 podcast (if you don’t already subscribe to the Spokeman podcast, I suggest you go to the site and do so). Opel is offering an integrated bike rack on its European Antara…
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Water bottles and Cyclocross bikes
If you ride a cyclocross bike with water bottle cages, at some point someone will inevitably tell you that you are doing something wrong. It is as if the very act of installing cages on the bike is breaking some kind of sacred Belgian cyclocross rule. Yeah, I know that bottle cages get in the…
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Who had the best exhibit at Interbike?
Yeah, I know that Interbike ended a month ago, but the show is back in the news this week. Interesting, but that is not really the reason for this post. Yesterday, while reading The Biking Hub, I came across this photo of a small part of the Cervelo booth. I have done some exhibit design…
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Mojo colors
I know that I said I would not post anymore this week, but I just saw these new Ibis Mojo colors and I felt compelled to quickly pass them along. The green and the orange finishes look great on this frame. Check out more pictures here.