Bicycle Design

Year: 2007

  • Trek Lime tandem

    I did not think that I would get a chance to post over the holidays, but someone from Trek just sent me this shot of a prototype Lime tandem that I couldn’t resist sharing. Trek already makes a 7spd Cruiser tandem, a 24spd “Comfort” tandem, and two high performance domestically manufactured tandems, so the person…

  • Strida 5.0 review

    Well, it has been over a week since I returned the Strida 5.0 that I was trying out. I mentioned it in a couple of posts, but I never did really write a review of my experience with the bike. This week, I have seen Strida reviews elsewhere, so I guess I had better get…

  • A bicycle-powered welder

    A few months ago, I mentioned Specialized and Google’s Innovate or Die contest, which challenged participants to create a machine that “transforms pedaling energy into a new and useful purpose”. At the end of that post, I asked any Bicycle Design readers who entered the contest to let me know about it. Well, the deadline…

  • A $20K hi-tech bike?

    In keeping with the technology theme from my last post, I will mention the Factor 001 bike that I saw today on Quickrelease.TV. The bike was designed by BERU f1 systems, a supplier of performance engineering solutions to the motorsport, automotive, and marine industries. Exactly what kind of data the bike will provide is not…

  • Cerevellum

    Cerevellum is an interesting cyclo-computer concept, but it is really much more than that. The system is expandable by way of 4 USB connections on the underside of the head unit so the user can choose the extra features that he or she wants; GPS mapping, power meter, heart rate monitor, etc. Sounds good so…

  • Team Astana Treks

    Yesterday, I briefly mentioned the old Discovery Team Treks that are currently on eBay, so today I will follow up with a mention of the latest pro team bike from Trek. Team Astana will be riding SRAM Red equipped Madones next season. You can read more about the bike sponsorship here on Trek’s website. I…

  • Now that’s what I call a bike light

    Okay, I am warning you. This is going to be another one of those posts where I quickly pass along a bunch of random links. Some are bike related, some are design related and hopefully one or two will fit both categories. Just don’t try very hard to look for a unifying theme. Earlier today,…

  • Back again

    I am back home from another week of traveling. I didn’t have enough free time to post last week, but I did see a few things on the web that are worth passing along. Also last week, I uploaded a few more pictures of the Strida to Flickr. I have already shipped the bike back…

  • Strida update and more

    I haven’t mentioned it since I first received the bike last week, but I have been riding the Strida quite a bit. My time playing around with that bike is coming to an end though. I’ll be traveling all next week and I plan to ship the bike back before I leave. If I don’t…

  • Do bikes (old or new) have soul?

    I had an idea for a post earlier today, but I ended up working through lunch and didn’t have a chance to get my thoughts together. Lately, I have been way too consumed with work to think about much else. Since I am too busy/stressed/mentally drained to post any topics of my own today, I’ll…

  • BikeFast tray

    Thanks to Nadia of the excellent design blog Pan-Dan for pointing this out to me. I especially like the rider’s view photo that shows a partially eaten slice of bread sitting on the tray. I am not sure how long that would last on my ride to work. Perhaps the tray needs a shield in…

  • My first impressions of the Strida

    I briefly mentioned the Strida bike, designed by Mark Sanders, several months ago. The current version of the Strida, which was originally designed nearly twenty years ago and has only recently become available in the United States, was picked as one of the top 3 bikes at the Taipei Cycle show earlier this year (incidentally,…

  • I’m back

    Well, I am back home and still getting adjusted to the 13-hour time difference. Even though I checked my work email frequently on the trip, small daily tasks seem to have really piled up while I was away. I will be in catch up mode during this short Thanksgiving workweek, so it may be a…

  • Just checking in

    As expected, it has been a busy trip so far. I have been working long hours without any free time to get out and look around, so the only pictures that I have taken are from a moving van. Both of these shots were taken yesterday in a rural area just north of Dongguan. Cargo…

  • More bikes in design magazines

    Bikes in design mags; that seems to be a reoccurring theme here on Bicycle Design. This week I received my copies of ID Magazine, Innovation, and the DWR Holiday 2007 booklet. Not surprisingly, all of them had bike content. In ID’s “New and Notable ’07″ issue, they featured the Trek Lime and the Jorg &…

  • A Halloween bike (or three)

    Usually, bicycle companies try to keep their new designs a secret until it is time to officially unveil them to the public. Every once and a while though, spy photos of an early prototype are leaked on the internet. This furry single speed is one such concept and it looks like something that the ID…

  • A Trek trike?

    Yesterday, Cyclelicious mentioned a bike related article in the November issue of Fast Company magazine. The article covers the development of the Trek Lime bike and the Shimano Coasting system. The full article does not appear to be available online, but you can see a few development renderings of the Lime at the online “Trek…

  • More Scandinavian bikes

    I took a few days off this week to extend the weekend and go camping, hiking, and mountain biking with my family in western North Carolina. It was a great time but now I am super busy playing catch up at work. I received quite a few messages pertaining to the blog while I was…