Tag: Batavus

  • Customized city bikes from Beick

    Customized city bikes from Beick

    I first posted a design by Angelo Jansen (his GSUS concept bike) about two years ago. Since that time, Angelo has been working on another interesting design project. Beick.nl is a Dutch website where customers can customize and purchase the Beick city bike online. As you choose from the different options available, you see a…

  • An iF Gold Award for the Batavus BUB

    An iF Gold Award for the Batavus BUB

    Last week, I mentioned in a post full of unrelated links that the Batavus BUB was awarded an iF Product design award this year. Just today, VanBelo Design Strategy and Product Development officially accepted that iF Gold award for the design of the BUB, which they point out was inspired by a paperclip during the…

  • Batavus BUB review

    You may remember that the Batavus Urban Bike (BUB) was one of the new designs that really caught my attention at Interbike. Soon after the show, I was lucky enough to get the chance to try out one of the prototypes for a few weeks. Before I get into my thoughts about the time I…

  • Background on the Batavus BuB

    I recently mentioned that the Batavus BuB was one of the new city/urban bikes that really caught my attention at Interbike. Soon, I will get a chance to try out a prototype BuB for a couple of weeks… in fact I will be picking the bike up at Renaissance Bicycles this Sunday (speaking of Renaissance,…

  • A few links

    I am once again in a bit of a hurry, but I just want to quickly share a few links that I have run across lately. First, pictured here, are frame details from a Norco trials bike. Design Sponge recently posted these colorful graphic details, which were designed by Devin Leggett. The Core 77 blog…