Project history
06.05.2013
The Wheeler Stage I was made into an instructable.
08.03.2013
A pedelec concept called The Indi-e was submitted to the eBikeTec competition.
05.03.2013
The Fixer Stage II was posted in Fixed Gear Gallery.
02.01.2013
The Fixer was posted in Fixed Gear Gallery.
31.10.2012
The Aalto Bike project presented at Viherfoorumi (The Green Forum).
25.8.2012
The Fixer published in Soveltaja magazine.
12.6.2012
The Racer - Stage V and The mAd Bike unveiled at the Fiilari exhibition in Helsinki.
7.5.2012
The Jig gets featured on the front page of instructables.
20.4.2012
A concept by ideas2cycles placed first in a design contest organised by the Finnish Rapid Prototyping Association. Also mentioned in Kotimikro, Zeeland, 3T: Teknologia,Talous,Työelämä and in Soveltaja 2/2012
1.4.2012
ideas2cycles featured on national TV in a program called Närbild (Close-up).
6.10.2011
The Racer and Aalto Bike seen on national TV.
29.10.2011
The Aalto Bike was a part of the Aalto University stand at the Book fair in Helsinki.
30.9.2011
Team ideas2cycles finished third in a Human Powered Vehicle contest organized at the Aalto University campus. The second development stage of “the racer” was crashed and some carbon fibre parts were damaged beyond repair.
1.9.2011
ideas2cycles participated in the Aalto Climate Fair and was mentioned in an article by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
14.05.2011
The drifter unveiled at StadiBike. Video from the event here
5.5.2011
The Aalto bike featured in an article by Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland - TEK. It was also mentioned in the paper version of Tekniikka & Talous (Technology & Economy) 13.5.2011.
20.04.2011
The Aalto bike unveiled at Venture Garage.
15.04.2011
ideas2cycles featured in the press release for StadiBike.
07.04.2011
A picture of the unfinished, second stage of “the racer” featured in a story by The Finnish Broadcasting Company.
08.12.2010
First sheet metal prototype unveiled at the Design Factory.
23.08.2010
Funding from Aalto Centre for Entrepreneurship to sponsor a team in the Product Development Project-course.
10.02.2010
Funding from Otaniemi International Innovation Centre to conduct preliminary investigations on forming sheet metal structures. J-P joins the project.
Early 2010
The cold and dark Finnish winter gives birth to a project called ideas2cycles. Kimi had something to do with it, too.