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.…

Those of you who read Seth Godin’s marketing blog (and I think you should) are already familiar with Squidoo. If you have never heard of it, check out the site. You might even want to download Seth’s free ebook, Everyone’s an Expert (about something), which explains the concept behind the site. I finally got around…

It will probably come as no surprise to most of you that I subscribe to several different email newsletters from the various big bike companies. For the most part, they are full of the same marketing copy that you might find on the company’s websites. Of course there are always exceptions. One newsletter that I…

Recently, I have received a few emails from readers who are looking for 3d computer models of road or mountain bikes. They want to use them as a template for a new design that they are toying with or as a structure for designing parts. Since I haven’t taken the time to model any bikes…

Just up the road from me in Asheville, NC, the engineers at Industry Nine have been busy developing innovative new bicycle wheels. Not only do these wheels look great, but they also they have a lower rotational mass than conventional wheel designs. Spoke nipples are eliminated in the Industry Nine design, but the machined aluminum…

This is shaping up to be a crazy, busy week for me, so I don’t have much time to post. Quickly though, I want to say that we had a great time Saturday at stage 5 of the Tour de Georgia. Even without Lance racing this year, many fans showed up on a rainy morning…

There sure has been a lot of talk about the price of oil the past couple of days. At work, on the web, on the radio, it seems like that is all I have heard. After the price of a barrel of oil passed the 71 dollar mark on Tuesday, I heard quite a bit…

This is your chance. Giant Bicycle Inc. is hiring and wants to hear from all of you bicycle obsessed industrial designers out there who think you have what it takes. If you are interested, send them a message and tell them you found out about the opportunity here on Bicycle Design. Here is the official…

Anyone who is interested in the design OF bikes is probably also interested in design FOR bikes (at least that’s my justification for this post). A couple of weeks ago, Jonathon of Bike Portland fame posted about a 20-minute video called “Copenhagen, City of Cyclists.” In the video, Copenhagen’s director of traffic planning talks about…