Month: September 2007
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A few more Interbike links
Man, there is a ton of good Interbike coverage on the web this year, almost too much to keep up with. I don’t have time for much of a post today, but I do want to quickly mention a few sites, in addition to the ones I linked to yesterday, that you should check out…
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"Innovate or Die"
This sounds pretty interesting. Specialized recently launched the “Innovate or Die” contest on YouTube, which challenges participants to create a machine that “transforms pedaling energy into a new and useful purpose”. To enter, you, and up to 4 other design team members, can post a video of your machine before December 15th. The winner will…
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How did I miss this?
A recent Treehugger post pointed to the Momo Design City bike, which somehow I missed seeing until now. The titanium and carbon city bike received a silver designation in the Eurobike Awards 2007 (you can also see the designs that received gold awards this year here). The Momo Design bike looks very slick and features…
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2 years old
Really, 2 years? Wow. It is hard to believe that it has been that long since the day I started this blog on a whim. At the time, I never would have imagined that I would still be blogging about bike design two years later, but here I am. In September of 2005, I had…
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6 questions for Chad Lockart, Sr. Designer at Trek
When I mentioned the Fisher Simple City bike a couple of weeks ago, I said that I would follow up with more information about the prototype. It took a while for me to get around to it, but I finally asked Chad Lockart, Sr. Industrial Designer at Trek, a few questions by email about the…
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A belt drive singlespeed
Belt drive bikes are nothing new. Archibald Sharp mentioned belt and steel band driven bike transmissions in his 1896 text “Bicycles and Tricycles”. I haven’t talked much about belt drive, but I have mentioned bikes on this blog before that use a belt instead of a chain. I know about some of the problems historically…
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Remember these? Sweet Wings
As you probably know from a fairly recent post, I have been digging through some of the stuff in my bike room lately. Last night, I came across my old Sweet Parts catalog from the mid nineties. Man, I absolutely loved those Sweet Wings cranks when they first came out, which probably explains why I…
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Wages in China
A reader, Patrick, pointed me toward an interesting article in the New York Times about wage increases in China. The article uses the Dahon bicycle factory in Shenzen as an example. It starts out by mentioning one worker who is making about 25% more than he was at the beginning of the year through a…
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Slipstream jersey design contest
You might be wondering if this is going to be an actual design related post, or just a thinly veiled attempt to force you to view another one of my US Pro race pictures. I guess the answer is a little of both. My 9 year old commented while we were watching the time trail…
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US Pro race photos
It has been a great weekend of racing here in Greenville. For those of you who are interested, I have uploaded some of my photos from the road race and the time trial to a Flickr set. This shot shows Levi Leipheimer charging solo toward the finish line to claim the stars and stripes jersey…