The Bike Design Urban Project / Mtb para dos

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Bici Noobs 0 - Ciclistas cometiendo errores por Madrid

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una publicación de OJo ciclista.

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The Bike Design Project – Ultimate Urban Utility Bikes Revealed

The Bike Design Project from Oregon Manifest and Levi's launched earlier this year with five teams competing to create the ultimate utility bike. In five cities, Chicago, New York, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle, design firms and bike builders were paired together and given the task of innovating bikes designed for daily use.
The competition aims to draw attention to a seemingly ignored part of the bicycle industry when it comes to innovation and design, city bikes. With a focus on the latest technologies including 3D printing and the pursuit of attractive yet functional designs, the five resulting utility bikes could provide a glimpse into the future of daily travel.
On Friday, July 25, 2014, the five bicycles were revealed and voting began the following Monday at oregonmanifest.com/vote. The winning design will become a production bicycle from Fuji Bikes with a retail debut in 2015.
From Chicago, MINIMAL and Method Bicycle have created the BLACKLINE – a bike for cruising during the summer months and still able to contend with the rugged Windy City winters. The stealthy design, the only one to feature a step-through frame, features integrated LED headlight and side blinkers that utilize GPS enabled turn-by-turn navigation. The steel frame is able to support a multi-configured cargo system and there is a double leg kickstand for loading groceries and gear.
In New York City, Pensa and Horse Cycles built MERGE – an update on the popular urban bicycle inspired by track racing, yet with an integrated USB phone charging station and a built-in retractable rear rack with advanced lighting.
On the West Coast, from Portland is the INDUSTRY and Ti Cycles SOLID. The frame is tig welded, 3D-printed Titanium and features integrated lighting and a Gates Carbon Drive. The handlebars feature electronic shifters and haptic GPS navigation that works in coordination with a DISCOVER MY CITY smartphone app with a Biologic dynamo supplying power.
EVO, from San Francisco's Huge Design and 4130 Cycle Works, starts with a symmetrical frame that features multiple front and rear quick-connection accessories. There is a front wheel lockout system for loading and unloading and an integrated cable lock in the frame.
DENNY is the fifth and final design from Seattle's TEAGUE and Sizemore Bicycle. The only bike in the competition to include electric-assist also features an onboard computer to smartly shift gears based on the ride conditions. Sensors provide always on lights that vary their brightness intensity based on natural light conditions.
Working prototypes of all five designs were revealed at parties hosted in each of the represented cities and are shown in the slideshow above along with videos explaining the features unique to each design. To vote in The Bike Design Project visit oregonmanifest.com/vote until August 3, 2015 when voting concludes.
http://momentummag.com/gear/bikes/bike-design-project-ultimate-urban-utility-bikes-revealed/#prev



MTB para dos
Hoy aùn con dolor de extremidades, de la sierra helada y de la bici crìtica de ayer habìa quedado con blas para hacer MTB .
El viento venìa de Murcia y decidimos ir en diagonal hacia el interior para que el viento nos azotara por la izquierda en transversal. Pasamos detràs del cementerio donde le entraron los apretones a blas y paramos para que perdiera peso. Luego seguimos al lado de la vaguada, pasando barreras que han colocado para que no pasen los coches ( contamos 4) , mientras avanzamos hasta la zona agrìcola .Luego vinimos en transversal a la zona de la depuradora y cementerio de santa pola , primero avanzamos en tierra y luego en asfalto . Llegamos al carril bici y nos desviamos a la derecha para acercarnos al monte pasamos por un sendero paralelo a la carretera y llegamos al camino ancho de la subida a la depuradora.
A mitad de la subida giramos a la derecha hacia el cementerio y al llegar tomamos un camino a la izquierda que nos dirige al polìgono industrial . Lo rodeamos y llegamos a la trasera del hotel situado a la entrada de santapola y bajamos la trialera de piedra para llegar por asfalto debajo del puente , enfrente de la gasolinera . Giramos en la rotonda de Santa Pola, peleàndonos con los coches y subimos para recorrer el sendero del oleoducto paralelo a la carretera de santa pola al altet .Es una de las zonas favoritas de blas y la suele pasar a toda màquina. Esta vez pude seguirle con la supermàquina cannondale de 29 " , pero me costò. Pasamos al camino que va por detràs del restaurante y vimos a un corredor que iba entrenando a casi 20km/h ( 3 min /km ) que es una velocidad de profesional. Nos pidiò agua y como yo llevaba 2 botellas de 0,75l le ofecì una y se ventilò casi medio litro en 3 tomas. Este agua no era de bucarest sino de aspe donde la recogì el otro dìa con la flaca en la fuente del parque .Ya sòlo tenìamos que bajar por la trialera ceci y llegar al gran alacant . Ya sòlo faltaba volver a casa.
Al final fueron 35 km a una media de 18km/h en algo menos de dos horas.