‘full circle’ by sanghyun jeong and jun-tae park

‘full circle’ by sanghyun jeong and jun-tae park from korea is one of the shortlisted design entries from more than 3000 participants in our recent designboom competition, ‘seoul cycle design competition 2010‘, organized in collaboration with seoul design foundation.

designer’s own words: ‘full circle’ is a compact-sized city bike that has a large wheel size (508mm, 20”) like a sprinter minivelo. this specification makes this bike easy to navigate through a big city like seoul, while most compact bikes that have small wheels have difficulty. in short, this is a small bike with big wheels. ‘full circle’ does not have chains, but free wheel gear directly connected to its pedals. it just looks like a fixed gear, but it isn’t. ‘full circle’ has a very simple folding structure, so the ride can easily and quickly fold and unfold the body in a busy downtown, even on the subway. most of its parts can be folded, including the saddle and handle bars. 

'full circle' by sanghyun jeong + jun tae park   'seoul cycle design' competition shortlist revealed folded ‘full circle’

'full circle' by sanghyun jeong + jun tae park   'seoul cycle design' competition shortlist revealed profile and cross section of the wheel

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