Month: April 2012
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Dura Ace 11 speed
I don’t have much time for a post today, but this is worth a quick mention. A Japanese website has a few spy shots of what appears to be the new Dura-Ace 11 speed 9000 grouppo. I first spotted these photos by way of Bike Hugger, but you can also find discussion of this at…
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Italian Racing Bicycles
When I started to get serious about road riding and racing in the mid 80s, I bought a Suntour equipped Trek 500 (just like the one on the cover of the ’85 catalog). It was a fine bike, especially considering the fact that it cost less than 300 bucks, but from the first time I…
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Three student design projects
Richard Heath is an industrial design intern in Sydney, Australia. He is attempting to design an alternative to e-bikes currently on the market and has started a blog to document his development process. He is in the early conceptual sketching stage right now, but it should be fun to follow his blog to see how…
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A well-lit helmet and a trail of chalk
I first noticed the Lazer Urbanize helmet, with integrated front and rear lights, at Interbike 2009, and it was one of the products that I really liked at the show. For commuting and urban riding, I definitely think the idea of a helmet that not only illuminates the road ahead, but makes the wearer’s head…
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Catching up
If you are wondering why I didn’t post last week, it’s because there is really no need for me to continue writing about bicycle design. Richard from Cyclelicious finally succeeded in designing the perfect bicycle (coincidently on April 1st), so any future designs probably won’t be worth discussing. I assume that most of you are…