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Finding some time to look through the folder of photos taken at this year’s Taipei Show here’s a corner of the IBDC display area that might be of interest to some readers. The Cycling & Health Tech Industry R&D Center (CHC) conducts the International Bicycle Design Competition each year and had these on public view. A standard
Most cyclists or even discerning buyers would probably not recognize this “brand”. The Fritz Jou booth at Taipei Cycle is, moreover, not a particularly busy one. This company, though, handles production for very prestigious brands. Busyness, or lack of it, is no guide to business volume or potential. Just around the corner are more flawless
Here’s some cycling-relevant material from the Journal of Sports Sciences. You’ll have to subscribe to the journal to be able to read the whole articles and it would be mostly technical details, but the main points are interesting. 1. Being obese is a good deal less of a danger to your health than not being
I was doing some visits to potential suppliers this week. One is to a recent entrant into rim manufacturing. Their core business has been the production of rim manufacturing machines for other rim manufacturers. They have also been producing motor-cycle rims for some time and have now expanded their scope to include bicycle rims. I
Bike Biz has just published an overview of the recent Taipei Cycle. The general idea is that trends are being reflected, not established, in keeping with the conservative nature of these sorts of trade shows. There are a few aspects to this. One very important one is commercial. For example with regards to some new models
Quite some time ago I promised to have a look at the potential of 3D printing in relation to quick production of frame prototypes. It seems that especially when it comes to fast turnaround on prototype parts, 3D printing offers clear advantages. Recently the complete printing of a nylon bicycle has attracted a bit of
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