bike – Aesthetics of Design

From Fists and Steel to Jungle Bicycle Part 2

April 27, 2016

Final Report Main Project 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

aesthetics, bamboo, bamboo bicycle, bike, bikes, Dan, Daniel Moody, Moody

I initially set out to make a café racer style bicycle, using among other things the Joe Lewis Detroit fist as my inspiration. After spending quite a bit of time in my friend’s shop trying to perfect my welding skills, I bailed on this idea. I did not feel confident enough welding the thin walled…

From Fists and Steel to Jungle Bicycle Part 1

April 20, 2016

Daniel Moody

Final Report Main Project 2016, Student Work

aesthetics, bamboo, bamboo bicycle, bike, bikes

Introduction The project has left me with a beautiful bamboo jungle bicycle I will ride into my next guerrilla warfare endeavor. The following will explain my process and eventually in good time I’ll reveal what it all means. To quickly recap: disappointed in my welding skills I switched from making a steel cafe racer bicycle to…

Bicycle Component Clock

February 3, 2016

Daniel Moody

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report 2016, ZZ 2016

aesthetics, bike, bikes, industrial, Upcycle, upcycling

Original Inspiration Intro Almost a year ago I visited a friend and saw a bicycle disc rotor hung on the wall. I had seen a few pieces of bicycle art before but this caught my eye and I walked over for a closer look. It was a functional and clean looking wall clock. The…

Bicycle Inner Tube Watchband: Project Report

February 2, 2016

Brendan Lee

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report 2016, ZZ 2016

bike, Brendan Lee, Inner Tube, Watch, Watchband

After a satisfying design process and two days of building it, I have finished my inner tube watchband. So far, it’s turned out a lot better than I thought it would. It’s waterproof, comfortable, looks hip, and upholds the bike aesthetic that I love since I am a cyclist myself. I will detail in this blog…

Roadkill: Cycling wall art

January 31, 2016

Andre

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2016, ZZ 2016

Aesthetic Explorations, bike, bikes, combination, Design Flow Chart, modern, rough, upcycling

Bikes are a wonderful component to living in Boulder, as a capstone to the great infrastructure in the community I’d like to build something to hang my bike on. Something I love most about bikes is their simple mechanical design and ability to rebuild them. I think this behavior epitomizes upcycling and not just the…

Old School Stool

January 30, 2016

Albert Como

Student Work, Upcycle Project Report 2016, ZZ 2016

bar, beer, bike, frame, stool

The stool, made from a bike rear triangle. [1]While looking at bike stuff on the internet, I came across these stools. I have some scrap frames and junker bikes, so I filed this away as a project. Realizing that there is so much more that can be done with these, I decided to switch away…

Turning Old Bicycle Parts into a Clock

January 27, 2016

Daniel Moody

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2016, ZZ 2016

aesthetics, Bicycles, bike, bikes, Clock, Dan, Daniel Moody, Moody, Upcycle, upcycling

I have always wanted to make artwork, useful or not, out of old or broken parts from bikes. I’m not quite sure why but I really like the look of rotors, cassettes, hubs, wheels and cranks; probably more than complete bikes or beautiful frames. There seems to be so much effort put into their design (although…

Bicycle Inner Tube Watchband

January 27, 2016

Brendan Lee

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2016, ZZ 2016

bike, Brendan Lee, upcycling, upcycling project

I am an avid cyclist, and since I ride my bike a lot I’ve also inevitably gotten a lot of flat tires. This means I have a lot of old inner tubes lying around my house, so for my upcycling project I’ve decided to use them. This is nothing new as there are many cyclists…

Cruiser Bikes!

January 18, 2016

Albert Como

Aesthetic Explorations 2016, Student Work, ZZ 2016

bike, bikes, cruiser, mountain

After the successful commercialization of the automobile, bicycles became recreational vehicles. These were expensive and occupied a comparable market to the modern road bike. During the depression, demand for an inexpensive and practical bike came into view. This evolved into the cruiser bike, a single speed bike with large tires, stylized after the motorcycle. During their…