Hey Ridemonkey people
Had a free sneaky moment a Nicolai today as the in house show is running at the moment. So i thought i would post some pictures of my internship and the In house show for your enjoyment.
Well firstly I better start off with what I do. I study Industrial design At Queen Mary University London and am just about to start my 3rd year of study (GREAT
)
And well thats all you need to know about me because there is not that much other interesting stuff to know. But Im sure you guessed that Im huge into the old bikes, and cant basically get enough of it. (Except for when it come to lady's they come first, of course
)
So my course and interest in bikes naturally led me to the dream of wanting to be part of the bike industry. Nicolai has allowed me this opportunity! After a few emails and many times trying to load my stupidly large portfolio on to an email, I got the placement as the only industrial design intern. Now they usually have about 2 to 4 interns working in the office for them at any given time. This many consist of engineers, but when the need some sexy style (I try) they get in the old industrial designers like me!! There are other interns in the company working on CNC machines and other more hands on engineering jobs as well. But at Nicolai you never know what you may be given to :-D
I have now been working here for 2 months and my time is nearly up!! Its crap i know! Some people stay for 4 weeks, some stay for a year.. I only had 2months. BUT in the those 2 months I have leant so much its actually a joke! Sometimes I wonder why I pay for university!! The responsibility at first is quite overwhelming but then at the end when you look back it just seems like you have grown so much!
During my time I have been on a project that Im not allowed to talk about.. LOL so thats mega interesting for you.. Im sorry about that, but you will see it next year some time, it will defo be up there on the forum boards! My other main job that i was employed for was to create and design the EuroBike stand. Which I have just finished! Its pretty incredible, Kalle gave me such a challenge on it, just to keep it simple, sexy! Its so rewarding to see one of you own designs been manufactured as it is now!
Also during this time is the In house show. This means you can come to the factory look around, have a personal tour with Kalle Nicolai and see everthing is made in house with, ride all the bikes around the factory or up on the local trails and have a few beers and a BBQ full on German style! What more could you want!!!
So there is my short story for you about my internship at Nicolai. Loads of pics underneath with little bits of info for you to peruse at your own leisure! :-D
Take it easy, maybe see you at Euro bike.. (I will be the tall on the Nicolai stand trying to pretend I know what Im doing)
Luke
Nicolai Factory in Sleepy Lubbrechtsen
Jonas and Yens Working on the Jigs
Some serious Bad boy precision welding getting down!!
Bike prep room.. Again Everything is done to perfection!
Jan, formally a Ninja Turtle, is the king of making your frame perfect.. some times i just go and watch..
Bit of dancing by Steph..Look everyone is happy at work here..LOL
This guy loves the photos look at that grin!! Pimp hand at the Lathe
The intern desks.. Right behind Kalle, so at all times he can keep an eye on us!! LOL (only joking)
Matthias doing some crazy shizzle neaxt to chirssy!! she seems to like..:-D She can build a G boxx a bit good to!
The design office.. Nice place to work.. good vibe
The draws of every riders dream.. These draws hold stuff that us normal folk would rob a grandma to have.. Not really i don't encourage that btw (legal notice)
Paint Paint Paint.. They will do anything.. or nothing what ever you want..
All the New Anno colours available to you
Nicolai Ion, Gates Team colours, with G boxx..VERY NICE :-D
Helius AM.. Man this bike is fast.. Been riding it up on the local single track and it is sweet!! I want one
LOL like i said any colour.. Pink with gold glitter........
One of my favorites.. Argon fixie with carbon drive..
Close up of the carbon Drive
Another Argon... I know its not a free ride or dh rig, but for pure speed its what you need!
Some of my work been manufactured... Can you guess what it is yet?? :-D
I really really really love this room..
In house show, you can really see everything is made in house, noting is made outside the factory gates
The Main man himself Kalle Nicolai, doing personal tours all weekend
Hope you enjoyed the pics, i will have some more to come at some point.
Any questions feel free to ask me or pm me..
If you want pics of certain bikes please ask
2010 catalog is up: http://whyexfiles.dbap.de/Public/NICOLAI/Katalog_2010/NICOLAI-2010-web.pdf
luke
Had a free sneaky moment a Nicolai today as the in house show is running at the moment. So i thought i would post some pictures of my internship and the In house show for your enjoyment.
Well firstly I better start off with what I do. I study Industrial design At Queen Mary University London and am just about to start my 3rd year of study (GREAT
)And well thats all you need to know about me because there is not that much other interesting stuff to know. But Im sure you guessed that Im huge into the old bikes, and cant basically get enough of it. (Except for when it come to lady's they come first, of course
)So my course and interest in bikes naturally led me to the dream of wanting to be part of the bike industry. Nicolai has allowed me this opportunity! After a few emails and many times trying to load my stupidly large portfolio on to an email, I got the placement as the only industrial design intern. Now they usually have about 2 to 4 interns working in the office for them at any given time. This many consist of engineers, but when the need some sexy style (I try) they get in the old industrial designers like me!! There are other interns in the company working on CNC machines and other more hands on engineering jobs as well. But at Nicolai you never know what you may be given to :-D
I have now been working here for 2 months and my time is nearly up!! Its crap i know! Some people stay for 4 weeks, some stay for a year.. I only had 2months. BUT in the those 2 months I have leant so much its actually a joke! Sometimes I wonder why I pay for university!! The responsibility at first is quite overwhelming but then at the end when you look back it just seems like you have grown so much!
During my time I have been on a project that Im not allowed to talk about.. LOL so thats mega interesting for you.. Im sorry about that, but you will see it next year some time, it will defo be up there on the forum boards! My other main job that i was employed for was to create and design the EuroBike stand. Which I have just finished! Its pretty incredible, Kalle gave me such a challenge on it, just to keep it simple, sexy! Its so rewarding to see one of you own designs been manufactured as it is now!
Also during this time is the In house show. This means you can come to the factory look around, have a personal tour with Kalle Nicolai and see everthing is made in house with, ride all the bikes around the factory or up on the local trails and have a few beers and a BBQ full on German style! What more could you want!!!
So there is my short story for you about my internship at Nicolai. Loads of pics underneath with little bits of info for you to peruse at your own leisure! :-D
Take it easy, maybe see you at Euro bike.. (I will be the tall on the Nicolai stand trying to pretend I know what Im doing)
Luke
Nicolai Factory in Sleepy Lubbrechtsen
Jonas and Yens Working on the Jigs
Some serious Bad boy precision welding getting down!!
Bike prep room.. Again Everything is done to perfection!
Jan, formally a Ninja Turtle, is the king of making your frame perfect.. some times i just go and watch..
Bit of dancing by Steph..Look everyone is happy at work here..LOL
This guy loves the photos look at that grin!! Pimp hand at the Lathe
The intern desks.. Right behind Kalle, so at all times he can keep an eye on us!! LOL (only joking)
Matthias doing some crazy shizzle neaxt to chirssy!! she seems to like..:-D She can build a G boxx a bit good to!
The design office.. Nice place to work.. good vibe
The draws of every riders dream.. These draws hold stuff that us normal folk would rob a grandma to have.. Not really i don't encourage that btw (legal notice)
Paint Paint Paint.. They will do anything.. or nothing what ever you want..
All the New Anno colours available to you
Nicolai Ion, Gates Team colours, with G boxx..VERY NICE :-D
Helius AM.. Man this bike is fast.. Been riding it up on the local single track and it is sweet!! I want one
LOL like i said any colour.. Pink with gold glitter........
One of my favorites.. Argon fixie with carbon drive..
Close up of the carbon Drive
Another Argon... I know its not a free ride or dh rig, but for pure speed its what you need!
Some of my work been manufactured... Can you guess what it is yet?? :-D
I really really really love this room..
In house show, you can really see everything is made in house, noting is made outside the factory gates
The Main man himself Kalle Nicolai, doing personal tours all weekend
Hope you enjoyed the pics, i will have some more to come at some point.
Any questions feel free to ask me or pm me..
If you want pics of certain bikes please ask
2010 catalog is up: http://whyexfiles.dbap.de/Public/NICOLAI/Katalog_2010/NICOLAI-2010-web.pdf
luke
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