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Favorites revisited
Recently someone asked me a pretty tough question- what are my 5 favorite bicycle designs? I didn’t know how to respond; that is almost an impossible for me to answer because of the great variety of bicycle types that interest me. The question immediately made me think of a post from years ago– March 2006…
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Do you know what your favorite pro is riding?
Longtime cycling fans will remember watching Greg LeMond racing for La Vie Claire on a Huffy. Around the same time, the mid eighties, the 7-11 Team rode Murray and later Huffy bikes. Of course, the bikes weren’t actually made by those companies; Serotta and other high-end builders made them and the sponsor’s decals were just…
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One of my favorite designs
A recent Cyclelicious post about rocket-powered bikes reminded me of this great design. As much as I would like to claim this one, I must give credit where credit is due. My son drew this bike when he was four and asked me if I could make one like it for him. Sometimes I feel…
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Switching gears… find me now at JCT.design
After ten years of blogging at Bicycle Design, it’s time for me to move on. This post may seem a bit like déjà vu to those of you who remember my “final” post from February of last year, but this time I really do need to shift my focus to other projects and goals. I won’t…
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Three interesting bikes from Eurobike 2015
It’s that time of year again. Bike show season kicked off on Wednesday with the opening of Eurobike 2015 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. One of the big stories from the show this year seems to wireless electronic shifting. SRAM’s new RED eTap system is getting a lot of positive press, and FSA is showing a prototype…
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Art bikes by Handsome Cycles at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
To celebrate their 100th birthday, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) teamed up with Handsome Cycles to bring some of the MIA’s most famous masterpieces to life in the form of three art-inspired bikes. According to MIA Venture Innovation Director Hunter Wright, “The MIA is excited to partner with Handsome Cycles, a company that shares the museum’s commitment…
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A peek in to the design of the 2016 Trek Madone 9
In case you didn’t hear, there was a little race going on in France the last few weeks. Despite the fact that Froome was in yellow for much of the Tour as expected, this was an exciting race to watch (and I was bummed to not be in Paris at the finish again). In…
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Very Special Things
I don’t know Robert Egger, but I remember seeing his picture in a 1992 issue of Bicycling Magazine (along with David Schultz, the other Specialized S-Works designer at the time). When I read that article about “Future Bikes” 20+ years ago, I was about to graduate with a degree in Industrial Design, and the…
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Merge, EVO, and SOLID- Bikes from the 2015 Core77 Design Awards
In March, I introduced you to the transportation jury for the 2015 Core77 Design Awards . As mentioned in that post, we had a very talented group, and it was a great experience working with Torgny, Melissa, Rob, and Eric to select the winner, runners up, and notables in our category. Judging the professional and student entries…
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Why did I miss NAHBS?
Yeah…I know the answer. I had a scheduling conflict this year, but I still kept asking myself that question as pictures from the show started popping up on Twitter and Instagram over the weekend. I am really just starting to look at the coverage from NAHBS 2015 online, but I want to take a few…
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The Derailleur Project 2015 Wall Calendar
A few years ago, I briefly mentioned in a post a website that has since become one of my favorites. Taking its name from the 1967 Cream album, Disraeli Gears chronicles in photographs the history of the rear derailleur, a component that, according to the site, “defines the ‘groupset’ and in turn, defines the bike.”…
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The Randonneur Chair by Two Makers
Cycle Show 2014 took place this past weekend in the UK, and I saw a few interesting things from the show on Twitter. The Randonneur Chair by Two Makers (Andrew McDonald and Simon Taylor) was definitely the standout though. According to the Two Makers website, the design was “inspired by classic hand-built racing and touring…
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Rafael Ueberbike
Eurobike kicks off later this week, and I will be following the online coverage to see what is new and exciting in Friedrichshafen (with the help of Google Translate, Cykelportalen.dk is one of my favorite sources for coverage of the show). As always, I will be interested in seeing the Eurobike Award finalists and winners,…
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NAHBS 2014 at JCT.design
8/20/14: This was originally posted at JCT.design (my personal site) in March. You can find all of my NAHBS 2014 photos here. I had a really great time at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show this past weekend. My son and I drove up to Charlotte on Saturday morning, and we spent the entire day looking at bikes, talking with…
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Canyon Urban Concept Bike
Eurobike came to a close over the weekend in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and I have seen a few interesting concept bike designs from the show. One of my favorites is by German brand Canyon, well known for their race oriented roads bikes and the red dot award winning Speedmax time trial machine. The concept bike that…
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Bike sketches from 5 different designers
I didn’t get a chance to post anything last week, and this week is shaping up to be just as busy. Quickly though, I want to share a few sketches, created by five different designers, that caught my attention lately. Concept sketching is my favorite part of every new project (good because I have been…
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Graeme Obree’s new improved Beastie
Last year, I posted about Graeme Obree’s plans to attempt the human-powered land speed record in a prone position HPV of his own design. After his test run at Machrihanish airport in Scotland last year, the record attempt was delayed due to issues with the fairing on “the Beastie.” Now, Obree is back and ready…
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Design Week in Milan 2013
In the last month or so, I have been traveling quite a bit for work, so there hasn’t been very much activity here at the Bicycle Design blog. Last week, I was in Milan, Italy for Euroluce and Salone del Mobile, which I have mentioned before are my favorite design focused shows. In addition to…