The Progress Bike, un progetto di Paul Timmer

The Progress Bike è l’ultima creazione del designer olandese Paul Timmer che non è nuovo a stupire con i suoi esclusivi progetti di biciclette artigianali. Qualche anno fa, infatti avevamo avuto modo di apprezzare la sua Wooden Bike, bici urbana in legno di frassino.

” The Progress differs from all other bikes with its unconventional rear: the back wheel is attached to only two tubes – one horizontally and one diagonally – instead of four. This has immediate consequences for the rest of the design. The rear is in itself unstable, so I had to find new ways to secure and strengthen it.  The rear wheel is fixed with a 15mm thru axle – which you’d normally only find on a mountain bike’s front wheel. The back and front wheel are now exactly the same. The cog is attached to the disc mount on the hub, making it a fixed gear. 

The front fork’s tubes run from the axle, alongside the head tube towards the handles. A similar construction can be found in my wooden bike i made a few years ago. To give The Progress an industrial, hand-made feel, the steel is only clear coated, giving it a bit of a rough look.”

Specifiche: ruote, guarnitura, sella, Tune, freni a disco Hope, pedali Crankbrothers, tubazioni Columbus Zona.

La bicicletta può essere pre-oordinata utilizzando questo form.

Fonte: paultimmer.nl