4.4.1 Bike Teardown
Tearing Down A Bike Pulling apart multiple bikes allowed me to explore the ways in which they assembled and find marks showing key manufacturing points and lines. The relative simplicity of this ‘PK Ripper’ frame that provides a classic bmx style ride with larger wheels and geometries so that it can be ridden over longer distances. With the bicycle manufacturers large amount of business done in the aluminium and composite frame markets of road and mountain bikes, the new urban bikes being offered to the user are often built using these frame materials to save in manufacturing costs. There is still however a large market for the classic steel frame bicycle in places like the Netherlands where the long lasting, sturdy and reliable steel frame bike has market share.