Month: March 2006
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The new XTR design
This is a bold new look for Shimano’s top end mountain group. As expected, the design looks good. I really like the giant “X” on the rear derailleur, but I can’t say that I like it quite as much on the brake lever/shifter (see more pictures and read the official press release from Shimano on…
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Litespeed factory tours
In case you haven’t already seen it, Litespeed has a new blog that provides information, from a local point of view, about the 2006 Tour de Georgia. For three days during the race, they will be offering tours of their factory in Ooltewah, TN to show the public how the bikes are made. I was…
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Civis urban bicycle concept
Manuel López Revol sent me an image of this bike, which he designed about four years ago as a student of Industrial Design at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in Argentina. The project, which about 100 students participated in, involved designing a bike that was inspired by insects. Mosquitoes served as the inspiration for Manuel’s concept,…
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Bikes in China
I just uploaded more pictures of Chinese bikes and trikes to my Flickr account. If you are not interested in weeding through my other photos of China, click on the bikes set to the left. I love seeing utilitarian cargo bikes like these when I visit China. Unfortunately, I realize that everyday many of these…
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Another homemade velomobile
A couple of months ago, I posted about a homemade velomobile. Recently, Greg Kolodziejzyk sent me a message with a link to pictures of his own homemade velomobile based on a lean steer delta trike. This really is one slick looking machine. Greg originally started building this HPV for a trans Canada cycling record attempt.…
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I’m finally back
Well, physically I am back at least. After a longer than normal product development trip in China I am feeling drained, not to mention a bit jet-lagged. It was a great trip, but it will take me a while to get caught up and back to normal (at home and at work), so expect short…
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Great looking bikes. Do you agree?
In my recent post about integrated seatposts, I mentioned three bikes that are among my favorites currently on the market, the Ridley Noah, the Giant TCR, and the Cervelo P2C. That post got me thinking about other bikes currently being sold that I really like. I haven’t ridden most of these, so my opinions are…