12/06/2013

RUPHUS Woodsman


來自美國的品牌RUPHUS ,打破一般傳統腳踏車的材質,他們使用了加工技術層疊了11層加拿大楓木作成了車身在拼接鋼材的連接組件,使得車子的吸收振動的效果更好! 對了車身的小小製物箱設計你看見了嗎? 我想放件風衣因該沒問題吧!~

You’ve got to give kudos to anyone that tries to break the bicycle out of its traditional double-triangle diamond frame design. It may be considered the optimum layout, but that’s no reason not to explore other options. Leave it to RUPHUS, an interior/product design studio from that epicentre of American bicycle culture, Portland, to create a feasible, eye-pleasing and alternate frame out of wood, no less.
Matt Raphael has been designing and building homes that utilise natural materials in the Portland area for over 20 years. RUPHUS is smaller-scale extension of his ethos, which includes within its catalog a range of wooden iPod docks and bicycle accessories. A complete bicycle was a natural progression, but as thinking outside the box is Matt’s specialty, he had to design something entirely different.
The Woodsman’s frame is half skateboard: 11 layers of Canadian Maple is laminated with carbon fibre, so it’s possible to vary the ‘pop’. A removable glovebox was designed to fit underneath the top spar and a 2-speed, automatically-shifting rear hub and coaster brake was used. The integrated rear fender is made from walnut, resulting in a tasty and tidy urban transport solution.
Read more on the RUPHUS website. Special thanks to Heath Korvola for the photos.

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