Tag: eurobike

  • Three interesting bikes from Eurobike 2015

    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…

  • Friday Links

    Friday Links

    In the past, I would occasionally share a random collection of short links on Fridays. I don’t have much time for a post this afternoon, so it seems like as good a time as any to revive that tradition. Not sure if it will happen every Friday, but expect a quick, unfiltered blast of bike…

  • BMC Impec Concept Bike

    BMC Impec Concept Bike

    I had a different post planned for today, but that changed this morning when I saw a tweet from Torgny Fjeldskaar with the  picture shown here attached. Torgny is the design director at BMC, a position that he has held for only about 6 months. In that short time though, he already is making quite…

  • Rafael Ueberbike

    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,…

  • Canyon Urban Concept Bike

    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…

  • Mando Footloose: a chainless hybrid e-bike

    Mando Footloose: a chainless hybrid e-bike

    I briefly mentioned the Mando Footloose chainless e-bike recently, but it is an interesting design that is overdue for a post of its own.  Mando Footloose is a partnership project of Mando Corp. and Meister Inc., both of which are automotive suppliers in South Korea. To design and develop a chainless hybrid electric bike “featuring…

  • Cannondale CERV concept bike

    Cannondale CERV concept bike

    I have been a fan of Cannondale concept bikes for a long time. Some of them I loved, like Alex Pong’s CNC machined Magic Motorcycle full suspension bike from the early 90s (one of which is apparently still around at the Cycling Sports Group office in Connecticut). Others I thought were a bit strange, like…

  • A bit more from Eurobike 2012

    A bit more from Eurobike 2012

    It has been over a week since the Eurobike Award 2012 winners were announced. If you missed them, see the 8 Gold award winning products here. All are nice products, but so are many of the other entries that didn’t receive Gold awards. I’ll quickly point out a few of those today.  This is not…

  • A few interesting designs from Eurobike 2012

    A few interesting designs from Eurobike 2012

    Today marks the last day of Eurobike 2012, and I haven’t been following the show as much as I would have liked. For more in-depth coverage check out Bike Biz, Bike Rumor, VeloNews, Road Bike Action, and Bike Radar (just to name a few).  What I would like to share today are a few products…

  • A few more Eurobike links

    A few more Eurobike links

    It is September, so that means two things. It’s bike industry tradeshow time and cyclocross season is right around the corner (here in the southeastern US at least). I plan to ride my ‘cross bike a bit this weekend, so today I was combing the web to see some of the new cyclocross stuff on…

  • More Eurobike goodness

    More Eurobike goodness

    The winners of this year’s Eurobike Awards, organized by iF design, have been announced, and it’s not surprising that e-bikes and utilitarian designs are well represented.  Read more about the 10 gold winners, and the 1 green winner at designboom. VeloNews has been posting photos from the show, not surprisingly with a focus on road…

  • Eurobike 2011 and a new cargo/utility e-bike

    Eurobike 2011 and a new cargo/utility e-bike

    It’s hard to believe that it is already the last day of August, but Eurobike is now underway in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The show, now in its 20th year, kicked off with a demo day yesterday that broke the previous attendance record. Bike Biz reports that 350+ new products will be debuted at Eurobike this year.…

  • Bike shows, an art exhibition, and a milestone

    Bike shows, an art exhibition, and a milestone

    Here in the U.S., May is National Bike Month. I will probably be posting more often than usual on my local cycling blog, as we have quite a bit planned throughout the month here in Greenville, SC. I hope you are all finding ways to use Bike Month events to encourage cycling in your local…

  • Eurobike Student Award Winners

    Eurobike Student Award Winners

    I briefly mentioned the Eurobike Student Design Awards in my previous post about the show. After seeing the photos of the 12 winners though, I thought it was worth pointing them out in a separate post. Four of the twelve awarded entries were from the E-bike category, not all that surprising considering the huge presence…

  • Friday links

    Friday links

    It is Friday afternoon, but I’m still pretty busy trying to wrap up a few things before the workweek ends. While I have been focused on a couple of big projects this last couple weeks, the bike related links that I have wanted to share have been stacking up. I guess that means that it…

  • Urban Arrow- an electric assist bakfiets design

    Urban Arrow- an electric assist bakfiets design

    You may remember the Cannondale Dutchess concept bike, which was designed by Wytze van Mansum a few years ago. That bike was a student project, but after his graduation Wytze was contacted by two entrepreneurs, Gerald van Weel and Jorrit Kreek, and asked to design an updated bakfiets. Wytze points out that what really interested…

  • Vuelo Velo

    Vuelo Velo

    It is hard to believe it is that time of year already, but Eurobike will be kicking off this Wednesday. If you are in Friedrichshafen later this week, you will most likely notice the curved seattube bikes from the Australian company Vuelo Velo (check out the about section of their website for a little background).…