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Bicycle Design
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BicycleDesign.net is the place on the web for discussion about industrial design in the bike industry. All types of bicycles are covered, from high-end racing bikes to transportation oriented utility cycles.
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InCog multi-tool and more

InCOG is an “out of sight” multi-tool that was created by Industrial designer Joshua Brassé, Founder and CEO of Ideacious. The tool fits neatly inside the bike’s handlebar, and is flexible so that it...

12 h ago 2 people like this

The winning bikes at US Pro

For the seventh year in a row, I had a great time watching and photographing the USA Pro Championship races here in Greenville, SC. After a great run here, the road and time trial national move to Ch...

2 days ago

Laser spoke power meter

If you regularly visit cycling sites on the web, it is hard to miss articles about the benefits of training with a power meter. When the first SRM power meter was developed in the late 80s, it was de...

24 may 12

Petal Velomobile by Eric Birkhauser

Architect Eric Birkhauser recently sent me a link to his entry in the B’Twin/ Local Motors design competition (see the other entries here). His velomobile, with LED lights integrated into the shell/f...

21 may 12

Anti-theft bike lights

The Blink/Steady bike light is Brooklyn-based designer Benjamin Cohen’s solution to the problem of bike light theft. The light is machined from solid aluminum and is secured to the seat post by a set...

18 may 12

Taiwanese basket bike and a crowdsourced MTB

A couple of months ago, I mentioned the Peugeot DL122 concept bike, which featured a slot compartment in the main triangle area designed to hold a briefcase. Robert, from Ascend Cycles, pointed out t...

16 may 12

An electric trials bike from Audi?

On Friday, I first saw the images of the Audi designed e-bike that is now spreading around the web like wildfire. I admit that I didn’t pay much attention to the text accompanying the articles at fir...

15 may 12

Bicycle Design Competition follow-up

OK, we are nearly halfway into 2012, and I still haven’t started working on the new design competition that I mentioned late last year. I still need to decide on the details and find a company to pro...

09 may 12

Design of the Alize and other assorted links

When I first heard about NeilPryde bikes a couple years ago, the renderings of the sculpted carbon Alize frame immediately caught my attention. Perhaps the design of the Alize is old news at this poi...

04 may 12

Porsche concept bike by David Schultz

Not too long ago, I posted a picture from a 20 year old copy of Bicycling Magazine, which featured two industrial designers at Specialized in the early 90s (two of the first in the bike industry). On...

01 may 12

Dura Ace 11 speed

I don’t have much time for a post today, but this is worth a quick mention. A Japanese website has a few spy shots of what appears to be the new Dura-Ace 11 speed 9000 grouppo. I first spotted these ...

25 apr 12

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 con...

24 apr 12

Three student design projects

Richard Heath is an industrial design intern in Sydney, Australia. He is attempting to design an alternative to e-bikes currently on the market and has started a blog to document his development pro...

20 apr 12

A well-lit helmet and a trail of chalk

I first noticed the Lazer Urbanize helmet, with integrated front and rear lights, at Interbike 2009, and it was one of the products that I really liked at the show. For commuting and urban riding, I...

17 apr 12

Catching up

If you are wondering why I didn’t post last week, it’s because there is really no need for me to continue writing about bicycle design. Richard from Cyclelicious finally succeeded in designing the pe...

10 apr 12

Specialized Turbo e-bike

Photo credit: bysykling.com I was pretty excited over the sporty Trek Phase e-bike concept that was displayed at Trek World 2009. Like the carbon fiber version of the Sanyo eneloop for the Japanese m...

28 mar 12

Bespoked Bristol, Shadow Stands, and a Cog Clock

Bespoked Bristol, the UK Handmade Bicycle show, kicks off today and runs through the weekend. It may not be as big as the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, but from what I have seen of last year’...

23 mar 12 1 person likes this

Brano Meres’ Nighthawk and more

The name Brano Meres may be familiar to those of you who have been reading this blog for a while. He has a PhD in mechanical engineering and is a designer of laser devices for industrial and military...

20 mar 12

A few more Taipei Cycle links

I have mentioned the Taipei Cycle Show in a few posts this week, so I will keep the theme going today by sharing a few interesting links that I noticed in the past few days. Road.cc posted about awar...

16 mar 12

Peugeot DL122 concept bike

Some of you may remember my post from a couple years ago about the TATO bicycle, which featured a storage compartment for a laptop bag integrated in the frame. The designers at French carmaker Peugeo...

15 mar 12

Velocity and Anytime e-bikes by Larry Chen

In response to my post yesterday about the 16th IBDC winners, Gold Award winner Larry Chen contacted me with more information about his Velocity design. He points out that “Velocity” concept is very ...

14 mar 12

2012 IBDC winners from Taipei

Gold award- Larry Chens Velocity The winners of the 16th annual International Bicycle Design Competition (IBDC) were announced at the Taipei Cycle Show last week. From over 800 total entries and 20 f...

13 mar 12

Road bikes with disc brakes

Unfortunately, my schedule did not allow me to make a stop in Taiwan for the Taipei Cycle Show on my way home from China a couple days ago. From the few pictures I have seen today though, it looks li...

09 mar 12

NAHBS 2012

After a long day of work in Shanghai, I am back in my hotel room anxiously looking through photos of bikes from the 2012 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, which took place in Sacramento this week...

05 mar 12

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, wit...

02 mar 12

Asian bike manufacturing and assorted links

I’ll be traveling in China the next couple of weeks, so new posts here at Bicycle Design will likely be infrequent. Before I leave though, I want to pass along a few links that I think are pretty int...

24 feb 12

A couple of weeks with a bamboo WebbWorks Hilltribe

I have mentioned quite a few different bamboo bikes on this blog, but until recently I had never really ridden one for longer than about fifteen minutes. A few weeks ago though, that changed when my ...

23 feb 12

Starck’s town bike and a student design

Image via www.weelz.fr I mentioned in an earlier post that Philippe Starck had been invited by the City of Bordeaux, France to design “the town bike of the future”. He recently unveiled his PIBAL con...

14 feb 12

The design of SRAM Red 2012

I am assuming that the majority of you have already seen images of the new SRAM Red 2012 group, which was unveiled last week after several months of anticipation. If you somehow missed it, see the po...

09 feb 12

Orbea GROW and a few midweek links

The idea of creating bikes that grow with kids that has been around, but designer Alex Fernandez Camps’ approach for Orbea is interesting. Many kids bikes allow for substantial adjustment of seat and...

08 feb 12

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