Designer Neil Foley has some interesting concept designs on his website. This collapsible tandem recumbent is designed to use both human and electric power. I’m not sure exactly how it works, but the rendering looks great. While you are there, check out some of the other transportation designs on Neil’s website. Thanks to Fresh Creation…

And my how things were shaken up a bit today. Other blogs have already reported about today’s surprises, so I won’t go into much detail. Suffice it to say I was pretty upset to hear that numerous riders, including the race favorites, were ruled out of the tour. Now it appears that, as originally suspected,…

OK, I admit that I am a bit biased in this case, but I just love these drawings. This scan is just a section of the custom gift wrap that my kids made to wrap a birthday present for me last week. I almost didn’t want to open the gift because the paper looked so…

I noticed this while skimming through a design magazine this morning, Blueprint directory to be specific. The Bicicleta rug from Spanish designer Nani Marquina is made from recycled bicycle tubes. I don’t know how cozy this rubber rug would be, but I like the idea of recycling tubes into something. I have a box of…

Today, June 26th 2006, Viktor Schreckengost celebrates his 100th birthday. If you are not familiar with Mr. Schreckengost and his work, you are not alone. In a June 06 article, Metropolis magazine calls him “one of America’s most important–and under-recognized–industrial designers.” Whether you know of him or not, you have probably used several of the…

One of the best things about writing this blog is that is gives me the opportunity to hear from people around the world who love bikes as much as I do. Recently, I got an email from a reader the UK who complimented the site and sent me few pictures of one of his bikes.…

By now, most of you have probably already seen the 2007 line of bikes from Bianchi (if not, check out this CyclingNews article). If you regularly check the BRAIN website, you probably noticed that Bianchi was in the news several times last week for other reasons as well. So what is going on at Bianchi,…

Design week in New York took place last month. Like the bigger annual design gathering in Milan, New York’s design week is made up of many events that are centered around a furniture show, ICFF. I love this show and last year the dates coincided with the New York Bicycle Film Festival, which worked out…

Today’s Tech News section on Cycling News is definitely worth a look. It is good to see the official pictures from Shimano of the rest of the new XTR group. I must admit that the crankset looks better than I expected. The spy pics of prototypes that have been floating around the net lately didn’t…

The South Carolina Institute of Art and Design (SCI-AD) is a new organization that is focused on “developing the creative inclinations and problem-solving abilities of students, design professionals, and individuals from business and industry” The organization stresses strategic design and aims to educate industry about the value of design as a business tool. Currently, SCI-AD…

Thanks to everyone who has viewed my bicycle design Squidoo lens over the past few weeks. When I first created it 3 weeks ago, my lens rank was 26,072, dead last I assume. Over the weeks, the rank has moved up steadily. Today the BD lens is ranked 237th overall and 17th in the recreation…

The bikes that Ivan Basso has been riding in the Giro d’Italia are the subject of the latest e-newsletter from Cervelo. It seems that several people have emailed the company to find out why Basso has been alternating between his Soloist Carbon and an R3 during the mountain stages of the race. In the mountains,…

By now you have surely already heard the big news (if not read about it here or here). Campagnolo’s 2007 cranks will be 2-piece designs that finally dispense with the square taper bottom bracket. Huh? That’s it. So what? Blatantly leaked information about a product that the company is not officially unveiling until June 1st…

No design content here, but I feel that this is worth posting. Today, May 17th at 7:00PM, cyclists all over the world will participate in The Ride of Silence. This ride, which will take place in over 200 U.S. cities and 6 countries today, was started in Dallas, Texas in 2003 to honor cyclists who…

Several months ago, I posted an idea for a slip-on aero seatpost fairing. Several of you pointed out to me that such a thing already exists. Right now, someone is selling a Parkpre time trial bike on ebay with a great example of a plastic seatpost fairing that integrates with the frame. This is a…

I just said that I wouldn’t post again for a while, but that was before I saw this article on Pez. Edmond Hood writes about his six favorite time trial bikes from this year’s Giro. The article is worth checking out, even if only to see the shots of the Quickstep team Time carbon bike.…