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Cannondale Dutchess follow-up

James T. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 7:42 pm
The blog's stats for the last couple of days show that my last post, about the Cannondale Dutchess concept bike for women, has generated a LOT of interest. That certainly doesn’t surprise me. Ha...
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Cannondale Dutchess

James T. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 8:23 pm
dutchess_1, originally uploaded by carltonreid. BikeBiz points us to the Dutchess, a new concept bike designed by Wytze van Mansum, a design student at the Delft University of Technology. According t...
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Eric Staller's Conference Bike

James T. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 1:39 pm
Conference Bike, originally uploaded by the Rested Traveler. If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen the pictures I posted of people riding our local Conference Bike this past weekend....
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A carbon commuter concept and assorted links

James T. posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 7:10 pm
I found Fredrik Rudenstam’s Nishiki urban commute concept bike while browsing though Coroflot portfolios this week. Rudenstam designed the carbon fiber commuter as part of his Master thesis project ...
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Jruiter + Studio's City Simplicity bike

James T. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 11:34 am
Last week, Joey from the design firm jruiter + studio sent me this concept bike that they recently developed to “simplify inner city personal transportation”. The stripped down 29” wheeled conce...
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Background on the Batavus BuB

James T. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 7:19 pm
I recently mentioned that the Batavus BuB was one of the new city/urban bikes that really caught my attention at Interbike. Soon, I will get a chance to try out a prototype BuB for a couple of weeks...
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Beyond Bicycles

James T. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 8:46 pm
In May of 2010, Oakland, California’s Rock Paper Scissors Collective will be hosting Beyond Bicycles, a celebration of the art, science, and politics of harnessing human power. From now until March ...
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A student-designed velomobile

James T. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 7:58 pm
As you know, I like to share student designs from time to time. Joseph Campbell is a recent design graduate whose senior thesis project “dealt with bicycles and how they do not fit into Americas cur...
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E-Hub

James T. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 7:38 pm
I am still catching up from my vacation last week. It really was great to get away for a few days, play in the ocean with my kids, and totally relax, but I did come back to a LOT of email. I am catchi...
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BFC designation for Greenville

James T. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 3:36 pm
If you have been following this blog, you know that I have been involved in local bicycle advocacy issues here in Greenville, SC for a while. I was previously the advocacy chairperson for the Greenvil...
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Spooklight and a few other links

James T. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 7:22 pm
The Spooklight (pictured here) is a wireless turn indicator and brake light for bicycles. Using technology similar to the iPhone’s accelerometer, it automatically senses when the bike is slowing dow...
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In defense of concept bikes

James T. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 5:23 am
In the four years that I have been writing this blog, I have run across a number of concept bikes that I have chosen not to post simply because they didn’t look like they would work. I guess it just...
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Coleoptera velomobile and assorted links

James T. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 7:56 pm
Soon after I posted about the latest new speed records set by cyclists in streamlined recumbents, Christophe Sarrazin sent me this rendering of his most recent velomobile design. If you are interested...
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Constructor's Design Challenge winners

James T. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 6:58 pm
Manifest Bike Front, originally uploaded by pereiracycles. Oregon Manifest kicked off this past weekend in Portland with the Constructor’s Design Challenge and race. According to the website, frame...
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Bicycle: People + Ideas in Motion

James T. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 5:37 am
I mentioned in June that Bicycle: People + Ideas in Motion was getting underway at The Galleries at Moore in Philadelphia. As a part of that exhibition, boards from the finalists in the Bicycle Design...
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A partial Interbike recap

James T. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 9:02 pm
In my last post, I discussed a couple of bikes from Interbike that got my attention. Today, I want to mention a few of the other bikes and products from the show that I considered to be standouts. I h...
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Frames from Speedhound and Sylvan

James T. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 7:14 pm
Since my last post, I have added quite a few new photos to my Interbike photoset on Flickr (up to nearly 600 shots total). I still have more photos and videos to go through on my wife’s camera, so I...
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Nice Suit!

James T. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 11:49 am
I am just now getting some of yesterday's photos from Interbike uploaded to my Flickr account. Take a look at my Interbike 2009 set here. Be sure to check back later too because there are many mor...
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Interbike and a few really fast velomobiles

James T. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 10:30 am
It has been a really busy week so far, but I am finally here at Interbike in Las Vegas. I am looking forward to wandering around the show floor today to see what catches my eye. Hopefully, I will get ...
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Inside Trek design and a full-sized folding fixie

James T. posted an article on - Sep 19, 2009, 6:42 am
Thinking about frames, originally uploaded by LimitedHype. The people at Limited Hype have posted some great pictures from a recent visit to Trek's design department on their Flickr account. Many...
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Joules, the electric stoker

James T. posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 6:44 pm
I talked a bit about electric bikes in my last post, so today I will share a different take on that subject. Meet Joules, the stoker on Carl’s home built electric tandem. Carl challenged himself by ...
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Eurobike is over... time for Interbike

James T. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 7:39 pm
As I mentioned in a recent post, show season for the bicycle industry is now underway. Eurobike 2009 has come and gone, and based on the pictures I have seen it appears to have been a pretty interesti...
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Test

James T. posted an article on - Sep 13, 2009, 8:14 pm
Test post from WordPy...just ignore it.
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Great deals at JensonUSA

James T. posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 12:14 pm
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you have seen the JensonUSA weekly deal ads in the top right corner. Watch that ad today, because Jenson has decided to move their annual "Parking Lot s...
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The Embira Bicycle Frame

James T. posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 8:22 pm
Thomas Pascoli Scott is a product design student at Centro Universitário da Cidade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He recently built this wooden bike as school project and submitted it to me in hopes of g...
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Eurobike and nouveau penny-farthings

James T. posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 6:51 pm
Believe it or not, show season 2009 is already underway with Eurobike taking place this week in Friedrichshafen, Germany. CyclingNews already has several tech articles from the show online (here, here...
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US Pro 09 is history

James T. posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 7:53 pm
For the last four years, I have really enjoyed having the US Pro race weekend take place right here in Greenville, SC at the end of the summer. There had been some talk of a possible location change f...
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US Pro weekend is almost here

James T. posted an article on - Aug 27, 2009, 6:01 pm
The USA Pro Championship race weekend kicks off tomorrow with an afternoon press conference. So far, I have only seen a preliminary start list for the races, so it will be interesting to find out if t...
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The Contortionist folds more than the average bike

James T. posted an article on - Aug 25, 2009, 7:12 pm
Since these Guardian and Sky News articles came out nearly a month ago, several of you have emailed me to mention the Contortionist folding bike by designer Dominic Hargreaves. I saw a link on Twitter...
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Museeuw flax bikes and more

James T. posted an article on - Aug 21, 2009, 4:43 pm

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5 bikes from the future

James T. posted an article on - Aug 19, 2009, 7:05 pm

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Trek World 09

James T. posted an article on - Aug 16, 2009, 11:09 am

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Rest in Peace, Susan

James T. posted an article on - Aug 11, 2009, 8:11 am

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Pulse urban concept bike from Teague

James T. posted an article on - Aug 4, 2009, 7:46 pm

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US Pro Championships meet-up?

James T. posted an article on - Aug 4, 2009, 5:43 am

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Folders, e-bikes, bent-ply and more

James T. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2009, 6:47 pm

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