Bicycle Design

Tag: Coasting

  • No longer Coasting

    No longer Coasting

    It should come as no surprise that I liked the idea behind Shimano’s Coasting group when it was announced about 4 years ago. I first mentioned in a May 2006 post that, despite the general negative reaction from many cycling enthusiasts to the look of the group, it was great to see Shimano making “an…

  • Should designers stay away from bicycles?

    “Sometimes I wish designers would stay away from bicycles”. Certainly I don’t agree, but “someone” posted that statement on the Core 77 discussion forum. Actually, the comment was left a long time ago in response to a thread that I started in an attempt to generate a few concept submissions to bicycle design. In recent…

  • The Wild Buffalo and more on Coasting

    This concept bike is not new, so some of you may have seen it before. A reader, Brian, sent this image to me and I knew I had seen it somewhere before. This bike, designed by Jason Su and called the Wild Buffalo, won 3rd place in the 2004 Taiwan International Bicycle Design competition (for…

  • Coasting follow up

    I just found out today though a Technorati link that Raleigh has a blog. Great, I am always glad to see new blogs from bike companies. Check out their post from yesterday for additional links about their Coasting bike and the Shimano Coasting concept in general.

  • IDEO’s Coasting design

    As you probably already know from reading this blog, I am a big fan of new designs that target those who don’t already ride a bike. When Shimano came out with the Coasting group last year, I couldn’t wait to see new designs emerge that were based around the group. I think the Trek Lime…