Tag: Dutch bike
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Cargo bikes from Johnny Loco
JP Magis, the Design Director for Johnny Loco in Amsterdam, mentioned one of the company’s cargo bikes to me recently. At a weight of 28 kilos (just under 62 pounds), the aluminum frame bike is lighter than many similar cargo designs on the market. I like the way the shape of the frame tubing carries…
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Another bike bus
My recent post about the City Cycle “pedal-powered pub” generated a couple of comments pointing out similar vehicles. AJ mentioned that pedal powered buses like the “bierfiets” are already very popular in Holland. Like the City Cycle, the bierfiets looks like a lot of fun, but we all know that human powered buses can be…
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Simeli dress guards and other links
Crocheted dress guards have been around for a long time. In the late1800’s, women quickly figured out that rear wheel guards were the best way to prevent flowing dresses and skirts from getting caught in the spokes while riding. Now, a Dutch company, Simeli, is making hand crocheted dress guards for traditional upright bicycles with…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Cannondale Dutchess follow-up
The blog’s stats for the last couple of days show that my last post, about the Cannondale Dutchess concept bike for women, has generated a LOT of interest. That certainly doesn’t surprise me. Having seen quite a few student designed concept bikes over the years, I can say without hesitation that this is one of…
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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,…
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The Core77 Dutch Master and more
I am sure that many of you will agree that the 2009 Tour de France has been a great one so far… I think the most exciting in recent years. I have been following the race coverage online every chance I get, so I haven’t been paying much attention to other types of bikes this…