Month: July 2012
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Olympic road bikes
I definitely have a bit of Olympic fever, so I was up early on Saturday and Sunday to watch the London 2012 road races live (both really great races by the way). In the men’s and women’s pelotons, it was hard to miss the neon red Specializeds that were used by riders on teams sponsored…
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A bike parking design competition for Puerto Rico
According to the designers, Ariana Hernández and Aixa Solá, “Bench rack is a concept born from the need for street furniture to help maximize space and urban audiences”. The design concept works as a rack for bicycles, but also functions as bench seating in an urban public space. Bench rack is just one of many…
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KETTLER eMotion electric bike concept
I mentioned a project from Behance yesterday, so I will follow up with one more today. The eMotion electric bike concept shown here was designed by University of Wuppertal students Stefan Reichert, Sven Schulte-Tillmann, and Arina Nechaeva in collaboration with the German bike manufacturer KETTLER. The brief for the project was simple- “develop the future…
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Trek Visual Brand Language Sculpture
I was on vacation at the beach with my family last week, and took a break from this blog (and the internet as a whole). I have some catching up to do, and a lot of bike design content to sort though and share, but I’ll start with a very quick post today. Michael Hammond…
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Velomobile technology, design, and engineering seminar
Though I have yet to actually ride in a velomobile, I mention them on the blog fairly often. It is definitely a transportation category that interests me, and one that I would very much like to learn more about. For that reason, I really wish I could make it to the 7th International Velomobile Seminar,…
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The Faraday Porteur and more
After a longer than average trip to China, I am especially busy this week trying to catch up in the office. I do have a few links that I want to pass along though, so I’ll take a quick break from my backlog of emails and drawing approvals to share a few of them now.…
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FABIKE
With his FABIKE project, Fabio’s goal was to create a “high-end urban bike with innovative solutions.” The name stands for Flexibly Adjustable Bike, and the versatile 7075 aluminum sliding vertical dropouts with titanium locking bolts are the core of his frame design. A few other singlespeed/ fixed gear bikes, Lynskeys for example, have sliding vertical…