====== Folding Bike =======

===== Project 1 =====

 [[start:classes:principlesofdesign:foldingbike:start:bike_frame|Bike Frame]]

===== Project 2 =====

 [[start:classes:principlesofdesign:foldingbike:start:transmission_upgrade|Transmission Upgrade]]

=====Contact Information=====
  *Jenny Jung: jung4@cooper.edu 917-301-1103 text/call
  *Jackie Le: le@cooper.edu 443-616-6225 text/call
  *Troy Singletary: single2@cooper.edu 646-315-2385 text/call
  *Jonathan Au: au@cooper.edu  347-628-2699 text/call
  *Andrew Liu: liu8@cooper.edu 646-465-3156 text/call
  *Mike Ahn: ahn6@cooper.edu 718-775-7702 text/call
  *Deanna Kovalcin: deannathx@comcast.net 732-991-7875 text/call
  *Amos Chung: chung9@cooper.edu 917-517-3507 text/call
  *bfold: http://www.bfold.com/Contact.htm  We should schedule a visit.
  *NYCeWheels: http://www.nycewheels.com/contactus.html  We should schedule a visit.
  *Maxwell von Stein: (?) We should contact him.

======Background Research======
Existing Product (shaft-driven folding bicycle): http://shop.dynamicbicycles.com/Sidekick-8-sidekick8.htm

Existing Product (folding bicycle): http://www.consciouscommuter.com/pages/recent-press

Existing Product (Brompton folding bicycle, the cool one in the lab): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWzuhv6RowA&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

Existing Product (full suspension folding bicycle): http://imgur.com/a/yqOWG

Existing Product (elliptical): http://www.elliptigo.com/

**TRANSMISSION Concept/Prototype (gear-shifting shaft-drive)**: http://www.northwindtools.com/variable-speed-drive-shaft-bicycle.html

Concept/Prototype (hubless wheel): http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/Projects/Project.aspx?ID=1305

Concept/Prototype (folding bike with bag incorporated): http://www.coroflot.com/mmadia/BIKOFF

Concept/Prototype : http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2011-05-05/latest-news/engineering-undergrads-design-bike-split-personality  http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/05/02/the-alpha-bike-an-electronically-controlled-fixedfree-concept-bike/

Concept/Prototype (BMW): http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/06/17/bmw-unveils-i-pedelec-foldable-e-bike-concept-charges-in-electric-car/

Concept/Prototype (donut): http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/06/07/mmmmm-donut-folding-bicycle-concept-by-arvind-m/

Concept/Prototype (Maxwell, CU Grad's Flywheel Bike): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOnjtEKArXk

Angry Mike's bicycle bible

Miscellaneous research (about gears, derailleurs, shifters etc.): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B04PQ0RiT5qSaUF0aDBwYWpjS1E/edit
Sorry that it's not that organized. These were the notes that I took during my research. -Jackie

Kickshift: http://road.cc/content/review/33373-sturmey-archer-s2-kickshift-hub http://road.cc/content/review/33373-sturmey-archer-s2-kickshift-hub  http://www.instructables.com/id/Two-speed-bike-without-a-gear-shifter/#step1

**IFmove**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0nymIoO2Zc

**Duomatic and Automatix hubs**: http://all-about-hubs.com/start.php?action=gaenge_schalten2_en http://www.rantwick.com/2011/10/sram-automatix-a2-vs-sturmey-archer-s2c.html

Single fork designs: (enve clad): http://www.pinkbike.com/news/North-American-Handmade-Bicycle-Show-2012.html  http://www.cannondale.com/innovation/lefty_headshok

Cannondale Onbike (with folding)

Leading link swingarm suspension

Sheldon Brown Website: sheldonbrown.com

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_ri-z.html#rotor

http://sheldonbrown.com/elan.html 

http://hettlagedrive.de/ http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31195&start=45

http://books.google.com/books?id=j989VTOlPwMC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=hagen+chainwheel&source=bl&ots=ULL8tcQwfa&sig=YXW_0MBny4oBHhDfxcqNVEgV7v4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dM82UYHEAeuM0QGnu4GQAg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=hagen%20chainwheel&f=false

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