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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 very nicely rendered representation of the bike you are …
Comments are off for this postShocker chopper and assorted links
I am a bit overwhelmed with work this week, so this will be another one of those quick posts full of unrelated links. Hopefully you will all find something of interest.
Sven from Team Tentakulus sent me these pictures of the limited edition cruiser bike, Shocker Chopper, which they recently created under the “11 bikes” brand. He mentioned in his message that “the bike is no…
The Factor 001e from bf1 Systems
I have been getting quite a few emails lately about the Factor 001 bike from bf1 Systems. A couple of emailers cited this recent Autoblog post, which has apparently has stirred new interest on the web in the last week or so. Some of you may remember that I first mentioned the bike in December of 2007. At the time, I was skeptical about the design, but I was still glad to see a com…
Comments are off for this postAn 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 development phase. You can read the award announcement here, and see …
Comments are off for this postNAHBS follow up
Vanilla girl's cruiser bike- proto credit BikeRumor.com
While I was messing around with the site transfer over the weekend, record crowds were attending the 2010 North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Based on the blog and Twitter activity throughout the show, it sounds like those in attendance had a great time. The NAHBS website has a new post with all of the “Best of Show…
Update on the move- redirect issues with IE
Overall, I think the transition from the old blogspot domain to the new site here at bicycledesign.net is going pretty well. There is still a lot for me to do, but everything at the new URL seems to be working as it should. The feeds are all going through Feedburner now, so hopefully the content is not showing up as “untitled” in anyone’s reader anymore.
One big issue that I…
2010 NAHBS is underway
Photo of a Serotta at NAHBS from UrbanVelo.org
The 2010 Shimano North American Handmade Bicycle Show kicked off this morning in Richmond, VA. When I first heard the news that this year’s show would take place in Richmond (less than 400 miles away from me), I was pretty excited. Unfortunately though, I have a conflict this weekend and can’t make it to Richmond after all. As muc…
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Bike Tree and other links
Many of you may have already seen this bike tree concept, by Abhinav Dapke, elsewhere on the web. I like the rendering, so I want to pass it along too. I am not sure if the entire concept is feasible or not, but I do like the fingerprint entry/release idea. I use a fingerprint recognition pad everyday to get into my office building, and I think this is a good potential application of that technolo…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I guess that explains why this early nineties carbon fiber Ferrari Colnago C35 with gold plated C-record components is up to 6 grand on eBay with 2 days still to go. When I saw this bike earlier today at a Cozy Beehive post, it brought back memories of the late 80s when ads for Italian bikes with limited edition gold plated parts were everywhere. I didn’t understand the appeal then and I still j…