Check out this interesting child carrying bike called Gemini from Riese&Muller. 
The child seat is located on the handle bar.  This allows the parent to see and talk to the child.

I finally got around to editing my video from the Shanghai farmer’s market. This short video clip captures how the farmer’s use the bicycles as mobile storefronts and how they’ve modified the bikes with local materials for their own needs. I hope you enjoy the video. If you’d like to use it for non-commercial use feel free to send me an email.

Live action video of farmer’s bicycles in Shanghai China

I just posted my photos from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show at the San Jose Convention Center. There was a huge number of custom bicycle builders from all over the world attending the show. The variety of bikes ranged from all out velomobiles to rat bikes built with found materials. It was great talking with the builders who went out of their way to be friendly and answer any questions.

Some of the themes I noticed throughout the show:

• Resurgence in bicycles designed for daily riding
• Lots of custom racks for carrying stuff
• Large diameter wheels for smoothing out the road (29″ mountain bike tires vs. standard 26″ wheels)
• Wheels with internal geared hubs for low maintenance
• Long wheelbase bikes designed for hauling stuff & touring
• Castellano Designs Downhill Wheelchair

Some fun stuff I saw at the show:

• Whiskey flask holder
• Coffee jug holder
• Seatpost bottle opener

My photos from the show on Flickr

Just finished a video slideshow of bicycle photos I took during a business trip to Shanghai. There was a Chinese farmer’s market near our hotel and it was cool seeing the bikes used as mobile storefronts. It was even cooler seeing local materials used to modify the bikes.

I got a chuckle trying to imagine how a farmer would MOD a high end carbon fiber road bike. heh heh…

I’ll post some live-action video footage when I finish editing it. For now, here are links to the slideshow and my photos on flickr.

Video slideshow (9.9 Mb streaming video file)

Still photos on my Flickr page