When I saw this T-shirt on cycle.org, I had to order one for my wife. I just love it; what a cool design? If you are not already familiar with cycle.org, check out the site. They have a lot of good content about advocacy issues as well as great posts about bike culture in general.…

It is design week in Milan right now. For those of you who are not already familiar with it, Milan’s design week coincides with the giant Salon del Mobile furniture fair that takes place this time of year. Annually, this is the biggest and best series of design events in the world. Of course, most…

I just saw a post on Blue Collar Mountain Biking that shows the winner of the 2005 International Bicycle Design Competition in Taiwan. Every year, this competition generates some very interesting designs. Though some of the past submissions have appeared to be far from practical, I have always enjoyed seeing the fresh, and sometimes odd,…

This is a bold new look for Shimano’s top end mountain group. As expected, the design looks good. I really like the giant “X” on the rear derailleur, but I can’t say that I like it quite as much on the brake lever/shifter (see more pictures and read the official press release from Shimano on…

In case you haven’t already seen it, Litespeed has a new blog that provides information, from a local point of view, about the 2006 Tour de Georgia. For three days during the race, they will be offering tours of their factory in Ooltewah, TN to show the public how the bikes are made. I was…

Manuel López Revol sent me an image of this bike, which he designed about four years ago as a student of Industrial Design at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in Argentina. The project, which about 100 students participated in, involved designing a bike that was inspired by insects. Mosquitoes served as the inspiration for Manuel’s concept,…

I just uploaded more pictures of Chinese bikes and trikes to my Flickr account. If you are not interested in weeding through my other photos of China, click on the bikes set to the left. I love seeing utilitarian cargo bikes like these when I visit China. Unfortunately, I realize that everyday many of these…

Well, physically I am back at least. After a longer than normal product development trip in China I am feeling drained, not to mention a bit jet-lagged. It was a great trip, but it will take me a while to get caught up and back to normal (at home and at work), so expect short…

In my recent post about integrated seatposts, I mentioned three bikes that are among my favorites currently on the market, the Ridley Noah, the Giant TCR, and the Cervelo P2C. That post got me thinking about other bikes currently being sold that I really like. I haven’t ridden most of these, so my opinions are…

This may be a bit off topic, but a recent post on Cyclelicious caught my attention. The post points to an article about bike commuting on The Paceline, a Discovery Team sponsored website. In his post, Fritz says “usually, there doesn’t seem to be much in common between professional road cycling and transportational cycling besides…

In my last post, I brought up the idea of integrating seats into carbon bicycle frames (probably not the most practical idea, but something I just wanted to throw out there). I failed to mention the current crop of road bikes on the market that use standard saddles but have seatposts integrated into the frame.…

It has been a while since I have posted any sketches, so here are a few rough ones. These are quick little pursuit bike forms that I sketched last night while I was watching the Olympics on TV. I probably would have scrapped this page, but I kind of like the shape of the frame…

If you like photos of racing bikes (and I assume that many of you do), check out the Tour of California coverage on steephill.tv. They have the best gallery from Sunday’s prologue that I have seen with many close-up shots of the teams’ bikes before the race. Great stuff; I’ll be following their coverage all…

I just saw a short bit about this on Pez Cycling News. Prior to the Tour of California, the Phonak team is testing riders in a wind tunnel for the very first time. Over the course of three days, Floyd Landis, Santiago Botero, and Miguel Angel Perdiguero are pedaling in the San Diego low speed…

Anyone who has been interested in cycling for very long is certainly familiar with Columbus tubing. Good old SLX used to be the tubeset of choice for many of the best frame builders. When I first started cycling seriously in the late 80’s, I aspired to own an Italian made SLX frame. Now, I have…

A few days ago, I had a great conversation with Michael Downes about the role of design in the bicycle industry. Michael is the Senior Industrial Designer at Giant Bicycle in Newbury Park, California. That means that he designs, or at least has some involvement in, 80 percent of the bikes that Giant makes for…

Rollers don’t seem to be all that popular anymore. I don’t know why; I like riding mine much more than the stationary trainer. Rollers are not as hard on the bike and, in my opinion, are a lot more fun to ride (of course fun is a relative term when talking about indoor riding). Last…