Tag: recycling
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Two innovative approaches to bicycle manufacturing
Velo-Design is an excellent blog by French designer Johann Paquelier. If you didn’t already guess it from the name, the topics that he covers are very similar to those found here…basically anything related to bikes, design, and innovation. In a recent post, Johann featured frames by Jaun Muzzi that are made from recycled plastic water…
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An interesting vintage singlespeed
I am back at my desk catching up after a great Holiday break. I have been on the internet very little in the last 2+ weeks, so I have a lot to share…once I get through some of this email. For now, I want to quickly point you to this interesting chromed Biscotti single speed…
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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…
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A recycled plastic bike
Matt Clark, an industrial designer in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, sent me these pictures of a recycled plastic bike that he designed and built. You can see from the assembly picture that the frame has an internal triangulated rib structure, which gives it its rigidly. Before I heard from Matt, a reader named Adam emailed…
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Cardboard bike
Several readers pointed me to this BBC interview with design student Phil Bridge who designed the $30 recyclable cardboard bike seen here. As Phil points out, “If you make a bicycle from cardboard, no-one will want to steal it!” I guess that is one way to solve the issue of bike theft. You can read…