Comments on: Urban Wonder Bicycle To Be Designed

By: Andy Cline

Andy Cline — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:13:06 +0000

Joost… Hmmmmmm… I’m not optimistic (for rhetorical purposes). I’m reserving my judgment about how great our designers are until I see what they come up with given the criteria. My reservations spring from my belief that sport cycling so rules American bicycle culture that it will be difficult for these designers to think outside that box. I’m quite serious when I say “and I hope I’m wrong.”

By: Climatarians | Joost

Climatarians | Joost — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:38:46 +0000

Hi Andy, this is a great competition. Thanks for informing us through this post. It is a nice challenge to designers to come up with a good solution that would meet their specific requirements. There are so many good designers who do great stuff. This competition may bring them to the forefront and help them get their work recognized. Wonderful idea.

Great post!
Joost Hoogstrate

By: Andy Cline

Andy Cline — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:48:18 +0000

Wanderer… Those are some beauties!

By: WestfieldWanderer

WestfieldWanderer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:32:04 +0000

It will be interesting if they manage to top what’s already available:
http://www.reallyusefulbikes.co.uk/
My local-ish urban bike shop.

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:21:52 +0000

I swear by my Xtracycle. It fits on any hard tail bike. I ride 1 mile to the grocery store, 2 miles to work or 14 miles to Downtown on it. I find it hard for most utility bikes to beat the Xtracycle.

Otherwise, a decent front rack/basket and panniers on the rear make any simple bike transportation worthy.