I don’t usually blog about fashion. The apparel industry is a whole other can of worms. And while fashion should in my opinion be considered alongside product and architecture as parallel subsets under the modern rubric of industrial design, it is not yet, and so I leave it at that and stay largely away. But [...]
Cycling
May 7, 2012
Citi Bike
By SinclairStreetsblog.org has announced that Citi Band will sponsor New York’s bike share program beginning in July. Those guys are no dopes. It’s a great lifestyle brand extension for them. Good for the city. Good for people and quality of life. Good for business. Ka’ching!!
November 15, 2011
Bicycle sink base
By SinclairLove this. I’d love it even more if the water were piped through the frame. Via re-nest.
July 23, 2011
Lovely tricycle
By SinclairAntique trike. Photo by KR at Renninger’s Antique Market in Kutztown, PA. Totally walked right by it. Blessed is the wife who seeth all.
June 22, 2011
Comparative intersection design
By SinclairBike Delaware News has an interesting follow up to Ron Con Coca Cola’s SVA thesis video which made the rounds last month. In the Zen of Roundabout Engineering they compare Ron’s video to a typical Dutch roundabout. It’s unbearably civilized. Everyone is so careful and courteous… I can’t watch! Via KR
June 17, 2011
On teaching kids to ride a bike
By SinclairHenry Cutler, the Brooklyn transplant industrial designer/owner of Amsterdam based Workcycles has a great piece on the stages of teaching children to ride a bicycle. Read for yourself… (by the way, check out that badass cross frame Opa in the background of the photo above. Gorgeous.)
June 6, 2011
NYC Goes Three Way
By SinclairRon Gabriel’s 2011 design thesis from SVA focuses on the three parties involved in the war that is the streets of NYC: pedestrians, cyclists and automobiles. His work focused on one intersection in particular and in a fascinating video he highlights the turbulence and near misses of how the three parties use and abuse traffic [...]
June 5, 2011
Convert-O Tricycle
By SinclairI totally stopped this kid and his mom on the street today to find out about this tricycle. I did A LOT of research on tricycles before settling on one for my son, but I never came across this. The Convert-O Tricycle from Anthony Bros. does a nice if not awkwardly balanced conversion to a [...]
May 26, 2011
Nitto factory tour
By SinclairOnline bikestore Tokyo Fixed Gear has a great post with excellent photos from their tour of Japanese bike parts and accessories manufacturer, Nitto. Beautiful stuff! See the whole thing here…