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Delicious Design Process: Get Your SKI ON. Charlie Pyott’s Twin Parabolic Skis

12 Mar, 2009 by in DESIGN

twin-parabolic-ski-designYou better have one of those fancy skin-tight ski suits with… ya know, skulls and shiny shapes on it, cause your skin is gonna peel right off your bones with this new ski concept.

Charles Pyott had the idea of doubling the edge surface on a ski to help skiers maintain speed through turns and avoid energy loss when carving those wicked slopes. I got a chance to talk with Charlie about the ski design and the process he went through.

Here’s the brilliance of all he did in the short design cycle driving the development of one of the coolest looking ski concepts to com along. Be sure to check out all the images after the story. Enjoy.

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La Révolution. Lapierre Cycles Goes Off-Road with SolidWorks

21 Oct, 2008 by in DESIGN

solidworks used for lapierre cycle designs“You likka ta ride the bicycles?” There’s nothing quite like zipping down the shoulder of the road or through a rocky crevasse with two-wheels and a handlebar between you and a very ugly and extremely stingy road rash. You are so hardcore, but look here.

Lapierre Cycles will make you look like you’re a pro, even if you are on the ground, more than on the actual bike, a bike that has its frame and peripherals designed in SolidWorks and analysis done with SolidWorks Simulation.

Asphalt, Dirt, Technology
The Lapierre team has been designing bikes since 1946 and moved from drawing board to 3D CAD with SolidWorks in 2004. With a lot of focus on R&D, they’ve developed the new OST (Optimized Suspension Technology) technology that takes the bumps and KILLS on the trails.

the patented OST® technology is based on a virtual pivot point system that fights pedal bob. OST® has:

  • The existence of an equilibrium point when the rider is on the bike
  • A counteraction proportional to any force produced by pedal bob, thus eliminating it”

Video and photos after the break.

lapierre offroad bike in solidworks
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