LETSEVO Design Coletivo / BLOG | » Bicycle Design http://www.lets-evo.net/blog Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:32:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Does the world need another Carbon Fiber bike? http://www.lets-evo.net/blog/2008/06/12/does-the-world-need-another-carbon-fiber-bike/ http://www.lets-evo.net/blog/2008/06/12/does-the-world-need-another-carbon-fiber-bike/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:32:14 +0000 Henrique Monnerat http://www.lets-evo.net/2008/06/12/does-the-world-need-another-carbon-fiber-bike/ BME C-thru Frame - Awesome

If it looks as awesome as the amazingly crafted C-Thru Bike from BME, I am afraid it does.

The C-thru road frame is made from solid carbon rods carefully bonded together into its geometry. BME is the effort of the Slovakian engineer Brano Meres who has been experimenting among other things, with bamboo/carbon fiber constructions.

Now what would happen if we added a little bit of biology’s intelligence to Brano Meres’ construction?
Lets say, some adaptive design strategies regarding the spacing and dimension of the carbon rods….what do you think?

Nature puts material only where its needed… so there is a variation in the density of structures, always. Are the forces equal along the top tube of a Road Bike? If not…There could be some generative design patterns being applied to the construction defining its shape in relationship to the forces acting upon it…

Steffen R? What do you think? Ansys meets Generative Components meets Bike frame?

Give it up for Brano Meres. Amazing work, congratulations!

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