Not axactly a race bike
inseine
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and not strictly mine, since I don't own it, but I did design it and it's been a big part of my life for the last few months. Hope you like it and are not too hard on me for posting outside the norm.
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looks fantastic
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folding?
Firts question everyone asks, and since the answers 'no' I quess I it's something to work on! :oops:
I went the 20" wheel route to maximize the storage space (the bag contains a 17" lap top) and keep the overall dimensions down.
It's running an 8 speed Nexus with hub brakes and belt drive. The sides are laminated wood.0 -
looks v interesting. Brakes..?0
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Weird - but kinda cool too. What's the story behind it?
It's a Peugeot concept bike (that will lead to a production version, but don't mention i said that
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Love your blog by the way
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inseine wrote:The sides are laminated wood.
Is the laminated wood structural or just to hold the case?0 -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66506150@N ... hotostream
I'm hopeless at posting images......... :oops: :oops:0 -
I'm intrigued. Pardon my curiosity - I can't help it, I'm a journalist - but what is it you do for a living? I am really impressed that you designed that. As I said it's weird, but it's a really cool kind of weird. I like it. How does it ride?0
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Hub brakes.Pseudonym wrote:looks v interesting. Brakes..?"Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
Parktools :?:SheldonBrown0 -
'm intrigued. Pardon my curiosity - I can't help it, I'm a journalist - but what is it you do for a living? I am really impressed that you designed that. As I said it's weird, but it's a really cool kind of weird. I like it. How does it ride?
I'm a designer. I've been designing cars for 20 odd years but I've always been keen (ok, obsessed!) with bikes. I'm now Peugeots bike designer. It's a model at the moment so I haven't ridden it.0 -
Wow.
When you do ride it, I'd love to hear more.
I envy designers - it's a skill I'd love to have...0 -
how much?"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Thanks hoopdriver. As a journalist you'd be able to load the photos better than me!
I'll give you some feedback when I ride the first prototype. Price tba.0 -
I concur with the weird/interesting assessment and I envy your job! One question about the actual geometry of the bike - is there any reason for the level of the handlebars? I guess it's designed to be some sort of commuter/city bike but the bars look incredibly high.0
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PhilPub wrote:I concur with the weird/interesting assessment and I envy your job! One question about the actual geometry of the bike - is there any reason for the level of the handlebars? I guess it's designed to be some sort of commuter/city bike but the bars look incredibly high.
you should see some of the commuters in Oxford... those bars are not high!0 -
Sorry I didn't answer questions.
Yes, hub brakes.
It seems that the frame is stiff enough without the wood, but I think they will add something due to them being spaced apart so they triangulate the head tube. Will know more when we test the prototype.
I wanted a comfortable 'sit up' riding postion, but the bars will be adjustable.0 -
i want one! top job. can't wait too see what this will go for...Coveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
north west of england.0 -
When and where will you be testing it? Do you get to do the testing?
What was the feedback you got from the Geneva Show?
You must be pretty chuffed...0 -
Wouldn't some guards be useful, if it's meant to be a commuter bike? Looks pretty good though. Can you not get some checker boarding on it somewhere. Like on the old Peugeot jerseys on your profile pic!0
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inseine wrote:I'm a designer. I've been designing cars for 20 odd years but I've always been keen (ok, obsessed!) with bikes. I'm now Peugeots bike designer. It's a model at the moment so I haven't ridden it.
Did you have anything to do with this then?
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This is not one of mine. Done by one of my car colleages before we had a dedicated bike design department.Did you have anything to do with this then?Can you not get some checker boarding on it somewhere. Like on the old Peugeot jerseys on your profile pic!
We have a range called Legend where you find plenty of checker!
On or top end race bikes too.What was the feedback you got from the Geneva Show?
A niced review on Car Design News...
http://cdnlive.cardesignnews.com/geneva ... t-edition/0 -
Funnily enough I Googled the Geneva car show and the Peugeot bike last night and found that review.
I must say I prefer your design to the 2010 one!
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why?
no mudguards and huge q-factor, knees scraping the baggage every pedal stroke. what's good about it?0 -
Fair comments tx14. For the show I decided the bike looked better without mudguards. It would need properly speccing for production. Actually I haven't increased the Q factor. I mocked up the luggage area on a standard bike to test out what width would be reasonable. It's 100mm, ample for a lap top bag and I didn't bang my legs on it.
Thanks for your input. Any comments are appreciated.0 -
good, but I still don't see what this bike has over a normal bike with a rack. or is that not the point?0
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If I was to carry a laptop I'd put it in a backpack. The jarring it'd get from being on the bike would soon shake it to death I'd have thought. My totally unscientific basis for this statement: I used to carry my lunch to work in a rack bag and my tub of fruit would always be semi-much even after only 30mins. But then when I started using a backpack my fruit would be almost as it was when I left for work. So backpacks are kinder on fruit and presumably would be much kinder on an expensive piece of electronics.More problems but still living....0
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What else did you have in your rack bag?
I know what you mean though - my Leyzne pump, which i tuck in my Carradice saddlebag, often unscrews its handle by no more than my riding around.
On the other hand I've carried fruit around in a handlebar bag while touring to no ill effect whatever.
It would be nteresting to know how the set up on this bike worked with such a thing as a laptop.0
