Bicycle Design

Tag: italian design

  • Alfa Romeo 4C IFD bicycle

    Alfa Romeo 4C IFD bicycle

    Apparently the Alfa Romeo IFD 4C Bicycle made the rounds on all the auto blogs last fall, but I had not seen it until I received a few images from the folks at Compagnia Ducale. Along with the designers in the Alfa Romeo Style Centre, Compagnia Ducale designed the carbon fiber frame to compliment the…

  • The Dream Machine by Jonny Mole

    The Dream Machine by Jonny Mole

    The Dream Machine, a futuristic racing bike by Italian design studio Jonny Mole Design, recently was selected as a winning entry for the Bicycles category in the Taipei Cycle D&I awards 2013, an event organized by iF DESIGN to reward the best projects in the bike industry.  The award will be presented on March 23rd…

  • The Donky Bike and the Rizoma Metropolitan

    The Donky Bike and the Rizoma Metropolitan

    I have posted a few of Ben Wilson’s pedal powered creations in the past.  His designs like the ARTIKCAR, the SeeBikeSaw, the Bike_Kar, and the Pocket Rocket 2 may have been one-off art projects, but his latest bike is a product that you can actually purchase.  The 20 inch wheel, 3-speed Donky Bike features a…

  • Italian Racing Bicycles

    Italian Racing Bicycles

    When I started to get serious about road riding and racing in the mid 80s, I bought a Suntour equipped Trek 500 (just like the one on the cover of the ’85 catalog). It was a fine bike, especially considering the fact that it cost less than 300 bucks, but from the first time I…

  • Opposite ends of the design spectrum

    Opposite ends of the design spectrum

    I didn’t spend much time on the web this past week as I was traveling, but one bike that I saw featured at Yatzer Design did catch my attention. The handbuilt steel Italia Veloce Magnifica fixie, with its chromed lugs and traditional flat fork crown, is definitely rooted in traditional Italian framebuilding. Details like the…

  • Campagnolo’s design- what am I missing?

    Campagnolo’s design- what am I missing?

    I mentioned Campagnolo’s new electronic (EPS) groups briefly in a post on Tuesday, but I didn’t share my first impressions after seeing the components. I will preface my opinions by pointing out that I have not seen the groups in person, I am only going by the pictures I have seen on the web. Bike…