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People sure do love to meddle with the traditional tube layouts of the bicycle, in the name of form. Personally, I don’t mind and this Vanhulsteijn looks interesting enough. I like the frame treatment more than anything!
Here’s a synapsis:
“Exclusively for Sotheby’s Dutch designer Herman van Hulsteijn created a very special edition of 9 extraordinary Vanhulsteijn bicycles covered in a dazzling coat of Japanese Urushi lacquer and gold leaf.”
See more here.
Please, tell me this is only a joke. Please. Also, am I crazy to think that it’d be fun to take that bike off-road?
Look, I’m not a huge fan of overly-designed “concept bikes” or folding bikes either, but after spending some time on a Brompton, I’m at least being swayed in the direction of a latter. Maybe that’s why this folding bike by artist / architect Mikuláš Novotný caught my eye. It utilizes 26″ wheels, which effectively breaks it down to about the size of an S&S couplered bike for locking up, shipping or storage inside your apartment. While it’d take a lot to convince me this is the way to go for “urban cycling”, at least it’s a step in the right direction. Or is it?
See more at Dezeen.
