Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 8:41am
Bike design has seen a lot of refinement over the last twenty years, but a new tweak is only going to be successful if it follows the basic laws of physics. Any structural engineer will tell you that a round...
frame stories
Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 8:16am
Remember those cheesy snow globes you used to get at schlocky tourist shops while on vacation? It really didn't matter whether the scene was The Alps or the Sahara Desert, one quick shake and everything would still be covered in...
Sunday, May 3, 2009 - 8:02am
Fast-growing bamboo seems to be the current material of choice for many green-thinking designs, so it was just a matter of time before someone came up with a bamboo bike frame. While I don't think the world's landfills are getting...
Sunday, March 8, 2009 - 8:03am
Tensegrity is a word coined by Buckminster Fuller to describe structures where strength and integrity are achieved by balancing members under compression, with other that are in tension. In creating a bike frame where most of the members are...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 8:15pm
That digital picture frame on your desk is looking a little bulkier this morning. Kodak just announced a new kind of frame that uses an OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen instead of an LCD. OLEDs, as anyone knows, are...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 7:42am
If you're worried about getting slammed by some distracted driver while riding your bike in the dark, Puma's Glow Rider should put those fears at ease. Part of the shoe company's Urban Mobility line — athletic products and programs...
