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Trek's Latest: Lime, Madone

Innovative bicycle manufacturer Trek has given Design News plenty to write about over the years. Peruse our coverage below for news on Trek's latest: the Lime, a bike for the "non-biker," and the Madone, for those who bike like Lance.

Trek Lime Development: No Automatic Coast
Trek shifts gears to the Lime, a back-to-basics-style bike with an automatic coasting system. Yet behind its simplicity is high-tech engineering that put Trek’s R&amp;amp;amp;D group to a creative engineering test. Full Story
2007-08-13 00:00:00
Trek’s Madone Designed for Carbon
Trek’s new Madone road bike pushes the envelope with performance and lower weight by exploiting the unique properties of carbon fiber. Full Story
2007-06-25 09:54:00
Time Trial Win Puts Lance on Top, and Trek Engineers Survive a Time Trial of Their Own
In just four insanely short weeks, Trek’s Advanced Concept Group completely redesigned the time trial bike that Armstrong rode to victory today in the team time trials. Their ultimate goal? A seventh yellow jersey, of course. Full Story
2005-07-06 11:50:00
Fast, Faster, Fastest
Officially, the 2005 Tour de France included three time trial races: Seven-time-winner Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel team won the first team time trial early in the race. Armstrong placed second in the first-day individual competition against the clock. And he cruised over the finish line in the number one spot in the final, 55-km individual time trial in Stage 20 near the end of the tou... Full Story
2005-11-07 00:00:00
Breaking Away
A man, a bike, and six yellow jerseys: one athlete claims that honor. Lance Armstrong, of course, who pedaled to six consecutive wins in the Tour de France, beginning in 1999. And Trek, a company out of Waterloo, Wisconsin that's been building bikes for over 25 years, was along for the ridethanks to its innovative use of carbon fiber composites and manufacturing prowess. Full Story
2005-01-10 00:00:00
Shock Testing With Multi-Tasking Motion Controller
Fox Racing Shox employs a new stress-testing machine, which uses a motion coordinator, servo drives, and linear actuators for motion and data analysis Full Story
2006-02-27 00:00:00
Centistokes for Different Strokes
Hydraulics are messy, noisy, uncontrollable, wasteful and bulky. Bicycles are clean, quiet, manageable, efficient and light. For the first time, last year, hydraulics giant Parker Hannifin set about uniting these disparate traits with its Chainless Challenge, a student engineering contest in which teams built and raced bikes that didn't connect wheels and riders through any direct chain. Full Story
2006-02-27 00:00:00
Emerson Will Build Electric Bike Motors
Appliance motor giant Emerson agreed to produce bike propulsion for diminutive motor developer WaveCrest Laboratories. The motors will propel the company’s line of Tidal Force electric bikes. Full Story
2005-06-22 10:55:00
Lock that shock, but make it painless
Mountain bikes with microchips and mini-motors may seem like overkill, but this shock lockout mechanism is hitting the racing circuit. Full Story
2001-02-05 00:00:00
Caterpillar Uses New Tool to Reduce Steel Costs
Soaring costs are putting a new emphasis on cost reduction at major OEMs such as Caterpillar in Peoria, IL, which is recording savings of 5-7 percent with new software. Full Story
2008-08-25 07:06:28
Flexible Delivery Model Makes AutoCAD Updates More Accessible
Autodesk rolls out a new Flexible Software Delivery model for AutoCAD, making product updates, new feature subsets and bug fixes more readily available to subscription customers. Full Story
2008-08-22 08:14:34
787 Wheels Up (and Down)

As a sign that the first flight just may be on track for the fourth quarter, Boeing is now testing the landing wheel assembly of the 787 (see photo). Full Story
2008-08-12 09:33:45
Lego, NI Team up on Robotic Toy
Lego Education and National Instruments teamed up to create WeDo, a toy that teaches software programming to kids aged 7-11. Full Story
2008-08-06 07:48:11
Prefabricated Architecture: Engineering the Modern Home
An exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art shows how prefab houses increasingly make use of design and manufacturing technologies from the industrial world. Full Story
2008-08-05 13:46:03
National Instruments Prepares for 'Green Engineering' Era
Dr. James Truchard, founder of National Instruments, told attendees at NIWeek new graphical programming software will serve as the foundation for the next generation of green engineering projects. Full Story
2008-08-05 13:12:09
Graphical Software Adds More Multi-Core Capabilities
National Instruments rolled out LabView 8.6 at NIWeek 2008, adding a better math engine and optimized software algorithms to deal with complex multi-processor problems. Full Story
2008-08-04 14:47:11
Flooring Company Takes Innovation Cues From Mother Nature
As part of a decades-long sustainability push, Interface overhauls its R&D practices, using biomimicry to innovate new flooring solutions that borrow concepts from Mother Nature. Full Story
2008-07-30 09:35:36

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