19.10.13

My Ride #6

So I seem to have a bicycle addiction, and followed up on my earlier desire to switch to belt drive.
I currently have 4 bikes in 4 countries.


Schindelhauer Siegfried - alu finish, aluminium fenders, fixed gear, with footstraps, then I pulled the Bike Porter from my Koga, and also switched out the saddle with the new Brooks Cambium which I ordered this summer, in anticipation that it would go on my next ride.

15.9.13

PD Design Summit

Toward the end of this past week we went to Munich with the Product Design team from Designit for a summit with the other Product teams from Designit. It was my first time in München, and of course we did some of the typical touristy things while we were there.


Hofbräuhaus - apparently one of the more (most?) well known brewhouses in Munich, with lots of tourists going in just to take pictures, let alone sit down form some food, and grab a LITRE of beer.


Camera fun with big beer glasses


Ein MaßWhat a 1 Litre glass of beer looks like (mind you I do have kinda big hands)


Peering into 1L of beer


Hofbräuhaus Maß


BMW Museum - (and BMW headquarters in the tower)


Rolls Spirit of Ecstasy - The special Rolls Royce exhibit on at the museum


British Green Rolls


A very handsome Rolls Royce Coupé


Classic Rolls wheel detail


Another handsome classic Rolls


Spare wheel detail


Rolls Royce Phantom


Rolls Royce Ghost - The newest model


Front corner 3/4 - Rolls Royce Ghost


Wheel detail - Rolls Royce Ghost


Rear light detail - Rolls Royce Ghost


Exhaust detail - classic BMW Motorrad


Detail - classic BMW Motorrad


Single cylinder (pre war?) - classic BMW Motorrad


Side detail - classic BMW Motorrad


3/15PS - BMW Dixi, 1930


Classic coupé with interesting hood latch detail


BMW racing - looks like a bit of abstract art, or a rorschach


Rear detail - BMW racing


500cc BMW 'kneeler ' - ridden in a kneeling position set a world speed record in 1937 of 279,5km/h


'The predecessor' - to the 2002 and 3 series


Evolution of the 3-series - front ends


Kinetic sculpture - a cool kinetic sculpture


3 Series front corner detail - in clay



Classic roadster - BMW 328 from above, 1936



Bonnet detail - BMW 328 roadster



Front detail - BMW 328 roadster


Flank detail - BMW 507, 1956


Front corner detail - BMW 507, 1956


A classic reinvented - BMW Z8 roadster, 1999 (possibly one of my favourite modern BMW's, still)


Front detail from above - BMW Z8


Flank detail - BMW Z8


Rear 3/4 - BMW Z8, a very handsome car


1937 BMW 328 Mille Miglia - for me, quite possibly one of the most beautiful BMW's ever


Front 3/4 - BMW 328 Mille Miglia


Front Detail - BMW 328 Mille Miglia


A beautifully sculpted form - BMW 328 Mille Miglia


Rear detail - BMW 328 Mille Miglia


Hood detail - BMW 328 Mille Miglia


Front detail - BMW 328 Mille Miglia


Even the wheels have a beautiful simplicity to them - BMW 328 Mille Miglia


Faired rear wheel - BMW 328 Mille Miglia


BMW i8 concept - the future vision of electric cars from BMW


Rear light form detail - BMW i8


An eclectic icon - BMW Isetta, 1955


Front 3/4 - BMW Isetta


BMW Welt (World) - experience centre with the modern current offerings from the BMW Group


Metro 40 street furniture, street advertising - BMW DesignworksUSA


Sculpted forms, tank detail - BMW R1200GS adventure


More sculpted forms detailing - BMW R1200GS adventure


Me growing more and more fond of motorcycles - on the BMW R1200GS adventure (feels about the right size)