The ‘Aero Bicycle Project’ by Atanas Zhelev, Mariya Korolova and Martino Hutz utilizes a frame made of composite wood. Not your standard fare in the aluminium and steel dominated market.
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A test series of electric bicycles for public use in Bordeaux have been released by Phillipe Starck in conjunction with Peugeot. The city’s ever increasing uptake of cycling over the past decade make it an ideal testing ground for the freshly designed bikes, with twenty being introduced into the city from November 8th. 2014 will see 4000 Pibal bikes being introduced into Bordeaux.
What do you think of the design? Starck’s often peculiar style generally splits the audience down the middle, for or against. The famed creator of the Juicy Salif has had his share of successes and failures. How do you think this one will go down in history?
The Juicy Salif: Starck’s Most Iconic Design
The V+ Volteis was not as well received.
Indrek Narusk’s Tubular Bicycle Challenges Common Bike Design
Indrek Narusk of Velonia Bicycles has been developing his own brand of commuter bicycles based on his own tubular steel design – one that flaunts streamlined simplicity in a very attractive way. But is it at all useful?
The frame, bars, and forks are made entirely of steel tubes bent to shape, with the main body consisting of two identical frames attached together.
Sleek and Stylish – the Viks shows its Cafe Racer roots
The design is certainly striking. It’s attractive and sleek with a fresh squeeze on custom bike design. Narusk states that he took much inspiration from modern café racer style motorcycles for his own ‘little side-project’ turned business.
However.
A bike made of steel tubes, weighing in at 5-10 kilograms isn’t the most ideal commuter commodity. And being a fixed gear definitely checks into the ‘cons’ column.
Slow or not, those frames sure do look good.
Though riding a heavy bike down a big hill is quite a thrill, getting up that hill in the first place is a sweaty challenge for even the most beefy legged rider – especially when you don’t have the luxury of changing gear.
Not to mention that flying down any gradient, whether it be 5 or 15, is always a bit more fun with the option of braking.
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Head on over to Core77 and check out a video on Lexus’ new carbon fiber weaving technology.
Lexus engineers have designed a very cool new system for creating three dimensional forms from the material, one which featured significantly in their 2010 LFA concept car’s design and manufacture.
The technology is now being adapted for Lexus’ very own Lexus F Roadbike, a bicycle which embodies the same philosophy as the LFA. For $11,000 it would have to.
Bikes, adventures, facial hair, and a very cool story.
Check out the guys over at West America and follow their journey.
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