Mr.
Matt
Spangler

Thinking of last Summer today. This is a still from a video I shot on my iPhone from August 2011. So much story in one frame.

Having been in LA for the last couple of weeks has gotten be thinking about bikes more than ever…bikes that can hold surf boards.  This is an amazing product design from the fuseproject team. 

This is the kind of thing that should be a big hit down along the coast of California…and hopefully continue what seems to be a growin movement to push bike culture into the traffic plagued areas around the Canyons, West Hollywood/Hollywood, Los Feliz and Echo Park.

via mikehudack: via iwasframed: via bending bike

Design student kevin scott designed this unusual bending bike that not only folds up tightly but can be used to locks itself up. The de montfort university industrial design student designed the bike to make its safer and easier to lock up your bike in the city. His design looks like a normal bike when in riding mode, but a simple level on the frame triggers the frame to go from rigid to pliable. A ratchet system built into the frame enables the bike to simple be bent around a pole fitting one side of the handle bar into a closure under the seat, locking the bike in place. The design just won runner-up for the business design centre new designer of the year award at new designers. Scott will be using his prize money to further develop the bike, building more iterations for a full testing of its viability.

Great city bike share program in Brussels.  We have seen an increase in test programs lately but its still hard to believe that these are not everywhere in American cities already.