Year: 2007
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Middleman
I know, I know. I just finished saying that I was taking a short break from the blog and here I am, just a few hours later, posting again. It just goes to show that you should think twice about listening to me next time. Actually, right after I posted earlier today, Tero Jakku, a…
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Old suspension bikes
I found a really great thread on the Ridemonkey forum last week. I noticed on Statcounter that someone had linked my Pong magic fork post to a thread named “Pictures of old and obscure suspension bikes”, so I followed the link over to check it out. What a great collection of old suspension designs. If…
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How light is too light?
In keeping with the weight theme from the last two posts, I want to pose a question; how much lighter can bikes get? Scott’s 6 kg (13 pound) Addict road bike received a lot of attention at Interbike last year. The Storck Fascenario, which Posh Bikes claims to be the lightest bike in the world,…
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A little Birdy
This customized Birdy monocoque folder on Spinopsys caught my attention this morning. I think it is a great looking bike, but I was a little surprised when I read the weight. In his post, Philip speculates that “this particular Birdy has got to be the fastest and lightest anywhere.” Maybe so, lets see, 10 kilograms…
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A beautiful Crumpton at NAHBS
You may remember my post about the ultra light (7 pound, 3 ounce) Crumpton fixed gear bike that was shown at Interbike. In response to that post, Lance Johnson of Group de Tete mentioned that they were working on a revised version of the bike. Well, this bike, which I spotted in a Frame Forum…
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Cannondale Jackknife at Fiets Rai
I first posted renderings of the student designed Cannondale Jackknife concept bike back in January of 2006. Since that time, the post has consistently been one of the most popular archived pages here on Bicycle Design. Over a year later, it still gets quite a few hits every week. A few of the hits stream…
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Future real estate mogul?
I usually try to stay on topic (loosely at least), but every once and awhile I see something unrelated to bicycle design that I really want to pass along. I mentioned earlier that local resident George Hincapie is planning to develop a cycling specific residential development in the mountains of northern Greenville County (South Carolina).…
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8 point handlebars
I had a track bike with bullhorn bars for a while, but I have never seen handlebars quite like these. Nadejda spotted this bike, designed by Jenny Nordberg, which features antler handlebars. I am not really sure if this bike is intended to be ridden, or if it is supposed to be more of an…
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Seatposts
All seatposts are not created equal. That is pretty self evident, right? Maybe so, but 15 years ago consumers certainly could not choose between the variety of seatpost designs that are available today. Several new designs (the Kore I beam series and the Race Face Deus pictured here are just a couple of examples) have…
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Ellsworth interview on Industry Outsider
Industry Outsider is a new blog that some of you may have seen mentioned on Cyclelicious recently. If you are not already reading the IO blog, you should definitely check it out. Brian just started the blog a couple of weeks ago, but he already has some great content, including an interview with Tony Ellsworth.…
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A few links
I am once again in a bit of a hurry, but I just want to quickly share a few links that I have run across lately. First, pictured here, are frame details from a Norco trials bike. Design Sponge recently posted these colorful graphic details, which were designed by Devin Leggett. The Core 77 blog…
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Tagged
I thought that I had dodged this meme after it recently made its way though the bike blogs that I read regularly, but Nadejda from Pan-Dan (an excellent design blog by the way) tagged me last week. OK, I have already put it off for a few days, so here are 6 somewhat trivial things…
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The predecessor to the Lefty; remember this?
One of the best things about writing this blog is the email that I receive. Last week, Lee at Cannondale sent me this shot of the monoblade front suspension system (I hesitate to call it a fork) from the prototype Cannondale Magic mountain bike. The idea was that this trailing-link front suspension would absorb bumps…
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Catching up
I’m back from another week of traveling. This time, I had some laptop problems on the road, so I have even more unopened email to get through than normal. Once I get my head above water at work, I will take a look back at some of the bike content that I missed last week.…
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Strada concept bicycle for G2
Sorry that I haven’t been able to post for a while. I have been on the road and extremely busy with work lately. This week will be the same, so posts will continue to be light. Please bear with me. While I was away, I received a design submission from Jacob Feldman. Jacob developed this…
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A few Friday links
Next week, I will be traveling, so I have a lot of work to finish today. I would like to elaborate on some of the bike design content that I have seen lately, but in the interest of time, I will just pass along a few links. Pictured here is a partially fuel cell powered…
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My B-List
As I mentioned earlier today, Masiguy just posted his B-List, the bike related blogs that he reads on a regular basis. Tim’s list is a take off of the Z-list, which you can read more about in his post. At any rate, I thought it was a great idea. Before I list mine, here is…
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Road Magazine’s blog
Yesterday, Masiguy posted a list of the blogs that he reads on a regular basis. I was happy to see that Bicycle Design was included, but I was also unaware of several of the blogs on his list. Thanks for the list Tim; I am anxious to check out some of those bike blogs that…