Design Behind the Bike - for iPod/iPhone
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 10 years ago -The Design Behind the Bike Series explores the effect of science and technology on cycling and explores how the development in technology has changed bike design and build over the last 100 years. The series of five films explores the development of technology, components, materials and innovation used to build and design new bicycles for the current market. The series includes the history of the bicycle, Materials explores the products available to build bicycles, Frame Design looks at the developments in design techniques, the Wheels film explores the different components and their structure and Aesthetics looks at what influences the designer and the consumer.
The films form part of the Open University Course T317 and T174
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Episodes
History
November 05, 2013 15:16 - 7 minutes - 31.6 MB VideoHistory of the Bike and the Tour de France
Transcript -- History
November 05, 2013 15:16 - 30 KB application/pdfTranscript -- History of the Bike and the Tour de France
Transcript -- Aesthetics
November 05, 2013 15:14 - 53.2 KB application/pdfTranscript -- The significance of aesthetics
Wheels
November 05, 2013 14:36 - 10 minutes - 42.1 MB VideoThe history, design and evolution of the wheel
Transcript -- Wheels
November 05, 2013 14:36 - 34.2 KB application/pdfTranscript -- The history, design and evolution of the wheel
Materials
November 05, 2013 14:28 - 7 minutes - 28.9 MB VideoTitanium , carbon fibre and the resurgence of steel
Transcript -- Materials
November 05, 2013 14:28 - 30.5 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Titanium , carbon fibre and the resurgence of steel
Transcript -- Frame Design
November 05, 2013 14:09 - 55.7 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Design through the Years