Bicycle Design

Month: November 2009

  • ARTIKCAR by Ben Wilson

    I didn’t think I would have time to post today, but here is a quick one. You may remember Ben Wilson from the ‘seebikesaw’ that he designed for Brooks England. His latest project ARTIKCAR was designed for Walk the Plank’s illuminated Art Car Parades, which will kick off on the streets of Manchester, UK later…

  • Hen and Chickens

    This cargo carrying penny farthing pentacycle, ‘Hen and chickens’, was the featured bike in a VeloVision story that was forwarded to me by a reader, Ross. The Canberra Bicycle Museum in Australia closed last year and this old bike is one of nearly 150 that are still to be sold. On the museum website you…

  • Cannondale Dutchess follow-up

    The blog’s stats for the last couple of days show that my last post, about the Cannondale Dutchess concept bike for women, has generated a LOT of interest. That certainly doesn’t surprise me. Having seen quite a few student designed concept bikes over the years, I can say without hesitation that this is one of…

  • Cannondale Dutchess

    dutchess_1, originally uploaded by carltonreid. BikeBiz points us to the Dutchess, a new concept bike designed by Wytze van Mansum, a design student at the Delft University of Technology. According to a company statement, the bike was “designed for women keen to express their style amongst the fast paced and ever changing urban vibe.” The…

  • Eric Staller’s Conference Bike

    Conference Bike, originally uploaded by the Rested Traveler. If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen the pictures I posted of people riding our local Conference Bike this past weekend. One of the bike shops here in Greenville, TTR Bikes, owns that CoBi and generously allows Bikeville (a local bike advocacy initiative…

  • A carbon commuter concept and assorted links

    I found Fredrik Rudenstam’s Nishiki urban commute concept bike while browsing though Coroflot portfolios this week. Rudenstam designed the carbon fiber commuter as part of his Master thesis project at the Jönköpings University in Sweden. The rendering doesn’t show any provision for cargo, but it is a good looking bike and the integrated LEDs are…

  • Jruiter + Studio’s City Simplicity bike

    Last week, Joey from the design firm jruiter + studio sent me this concept bike that they recently developed to “simplify inner city personal transportation”. The stripped down 29” wheeled concept bike has very few parts overall. Joey explains: “Our project, simplicity in inner city bicycling, was at first glance a fun aesthetic opportunity in…