Bauhaucycle

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By Sean Michael Ragan
Posted 2009/09/24 @ 11:17 am
Category Energy, Fun & Games

This baby was designed by one Michael Ubbesen Jakobsen. From baubike.dk:

The BauBike is inspired by Bauhaus design. It is constructed around the geometric shape of the square and the equilateral triangle. The design is stripped down to clean lines and raw material. The design follows a set of formal rules, limiting the geometry to straight lines in a pattern of 60 and 90 degree angles in proportions following the principle of the golden section.

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5 Responses to Bauhaucycle

Stunmonkey on September 24th, 2009 at 9:42 pm said:

While I think the bike looks very cool, it is pretty much entirely the antithesis of Bauhaus.

In fact, the bike is about as anti-Bauhaus as you can get.

If you don’t understand Bauhaus philosophy, one of the basic fundamental mantras is that of FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.
Square tube and 90 degree joints on a bike frame are inefficient and heavy and simply there for looks, more function following form, what they were fighting against.

If you want to get the Bauhaus look, you have to understand the rules that cause it to have that look in the first place.

Neat looking bike, but the Bauhaus part is just FAIL.

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Stunmonkey on September 24th, 2009 at 9:49 pm said:

While I think the bike looks very cool, it is pretty much entirely the antithesis of Bauhaus.

In fact, the bike is about as anti-Bauhaus as you can get.

If you don’t understand Bauhaus philosophy, one of the basic fundamental mantras is that of FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.
Square tube and 90 degree joints on a bike frame are inefficient and heavy and simply there for looks, more function following form, what they were fighting against.

If you want to get the Bauhaus look, you have to understand the rules that cause it to have that look in the first place.

Neat looking bike, but the Bauhaus part is just FAIL.

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jon on September 24th, 2009 at 10:35 pm said:

Looks a bit more like Art Deco to me.
I like it.

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rbean on September 25th, 2009 at 4:14 am said:

It looks cool, but I hope they got the steering geometry right, otherwise it won’t handle properly (the fork doesn’t have any rake, which is unusual).

But then, maybe it’s not intended to be ridden…

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Tomaradze on September 25th, 2009 at 2:21 pm said:

All these squares and two round wheels? Bah.

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