Tag: composite
-
HERObike Bamboost, a bamboo composite e-bike
A couple years ago, I posted about Semester Bicycles- Hextube bamboo composite frames made in the rural South. Since that time, Greensboro, Alabama based HERObike has continued to explore new ways to build bikes with bamboo, a material that is in no short supply in the region. By creating products made from an abundant…
-
RaceBRAID bike by Jacob Haim
German Industrial designer Jacob Haim recently completed a new racing bike design as his final student project. His RaceBRAID bike was built in cooperation with Munich Composites GmbH, using the company’s innovative carbon braiding technology. The shaped braided top tube and down tube both feature visible red fiber textures… a signature feature of Braid bikes…
-
3D printed carbon fiber bike frame by Andrew Leinonen
You may remember Andrew Leinonen’s StayLocked “self-destructing” bike frame from a post last year. His latest project is also pretty interesting- “a custom bicycle frame that uses 3D-printed lug sockets to define the bicycle’s geometry.” The printed ABS lugs are then bonded to steel aluminum frame tubes and reinforced with carbon fiber, using 3D printed…
-
Tjeerd Veenhoven’s carbon bike
There has been a lot of discussion in the last month or so about equipment sponsor changes for pro teams in 2011. Obviously those discussions are centered on flagship carbon fiber road bikes from companies like Cervelo, Specialized, Scott, and Trek. The high-tech bikes that are raced at the pro level these days go through…
-
Kestrel- now and then
Browsing through design blogs this morning, I noticed that Yanko Design posted about the Kestrel 4000LTD time trial bike, designed by Anvil Studios. There is not a lot of substance about the bike in the YD post, but for more information on it you can check out this Cycling News article from May. To be…
-
Museeuw flax bikes and more
Last year, I briefly mentioned the flax fiber frames that were introduced during the 2007 Tour by Johann Museeuw, the former Belgian champion known as the Lion of Flanders. Museeuw has a range of carbon/flax models in the 2010 line, which you can read more about in a recent FrameForum piece. The Museeuw bikes are…
-
Flax frames and a few links from readers
A reader, Pierre, sent me some interesting pictures that he took recently at the Paris composite trade fair. The 3 main tubes of the frame shown here are made from 80% flax and 20% carbon composite. If that sounds familiar, it is because former Belgian world champion Johan Museeuw has been marketing frames that use…
-
Bamboo Composite frame at NAHBS
I have not found the time to look at many photos from The North American Handmade Bicycle Show yet, but here is something that caught my eye at first glance. Longtime readers may remember my post about Brano Meres and his homemade carbon bike. Brano was at the show this year with a couple of…
-
“Materials in Bicycles” conference
I just saw a mention of something that sounds pretty cool in the Road Bike Rider newsletter. Prior to the start of the 2007 Tour De France in London on Friday, July 6th 2007, Carlton Reid of Bike Biz will chair a one-day conference called “Materials in Bicycles.” Speakers will include Dr. Alex Moulton, Chris…