Transcript -- The history, design and evolution of the wheel

Design Behind the Bike - for iPod/iPhone

Transcript -- Wheels

History of the Bike and the Tour de France

History

Transcript -- History of the Bike and the Tour de France

Transcript -- History

Aesthetics

Transcript -- The significance of aesthetics

Transcript -- Aesthetics

The history, design and evolution of the wheel

Wheels

Titanium , carbon fibre and the resurgence of steel

Materials

Transcript -- Titanium , carbon fibre and the resurgence of steel

Transcript -- Materials

Frame Design

Transcript -- Frame Design

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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