Month: February 2010
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2010 NAHBS is underway
The 2010 Shimano North American Handmade Bicycle Show kicked off this morning in Richmond, VA. When I first heard the news that this year’s show would take place in Richmond (less than 400 miles away from me), I was pretty excited. Unfortunately though, I have a conflict this weekend and can’t make it to Richmond…
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Welcome to BicycleDesign.net
I am assuming that the majority of you are landing here from the old blogspot domain. Don’t worry…it is still the same blog, but the new site will be even better. After 4 1/2 years on Blogger, Bicycle Design is finally moving to a dedicated URL powered by WordPress. The new format offers much greater…
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More hubless wheels and other links
This week is shaping up to be a busy week one for me. I am short on time, but I want to quickly pass along a few links that may interest you. Two new hubless wheel bike designs have surfaced on the web recently. One, a BMX bike by graphic designer Nikolay Boltachev, is just…
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My latest observations from China
As I mentioned last week, I want to share a few general observations about bicycle use in China. Some of you may remember a post from September of 2008 in which I said that there seemed to be less bikes overall on the roads (I realize I should have said fewer, but cut me some…
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Shimano Alfine 11-speed
I was busy traveling when this was first announced, so I debated whether to even mention it at this point, but the new 11-speed Shimano Alfine hub is something I am pretty excited to see. Up until now, Rohloff had the market cornered for internally geared hubs with a wide range of gearing. According to…
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RaptoBike Mid Racer: a front wheel drive recumbent
I am certainly no expert on recumbents, but I do appreciate seeing interesting recumbent designs from time to time and I am always interested in learning more about them. When Arnold Ligtvoet from RaptoBike sent me some information about his latest bike, the fact that it was front wheel drive with an innovative way of…
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Reading from China?
I wanted to post some observations about bikes in China from my recent trip, but that post will have to wait until I am able to collect my thoughts a little better. I was wide awake most of the night, and now I can barely keep my eyes open as I am catching up on…