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Video: How hard is it to design a bicycle? Fairlight designer Dom Thomas spills the beans
I've never designed a bicycle before, but I know a man who has. To find out just how hard designing a bicycle is and what the process involves, I sat down with Fairlight Cycles designer Dom Thomas over a coffee to pick his brains on the subject. You can watch the interview in the video above.
Got any questions? Fire them in the comments section below.
If you missed my previous industry tech trend chat with Whyte's Ian Alexander on the subject of wide tyres, you can watch that here.
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
Massed start event that actually gets people to pay extra to be at start to proceed at their own speeds NOW suddenly tells them that won't be...
CX-Ray spoke strength = 1600 MPa Temperature derating is about 60 MPa at 200 degC, which is only a 4% loss in stregth. I'd say heat isn't a factor.
Me neither - the comments are often quite funny though.
Wellgo M142 are very light (236g / pair) and compact. I have a set on my commuter that are 10 years old and still spin beautifully. There's even a...
Me too, even carbon rim brakes seem simplicity itself - and stop well enough for me. Going is my problem, not stopping
the Kidical Mass is fantastic. Well done to all those involved. I wish I'd known about it in advance.
He's asked me on Twitter for the video so he can do a feature on it; I've sent it to him, look forward to seeing his take.
Yes; next question?
Not sorta thing I'd consider because i like to ride outside...but you could just stick a shit front wheel on?
Looks bang on