{"id":7814,"date":"2016-04-26T14:31:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=7814"},"modified":"2016-04-26T14:31:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:31:47","slug":"solidworks-entrepreneur-tailfin-launches-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2016\/04\/solidworks-entrepreneur-tailfin-launches-today.html","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur Tailfin Launches Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7816\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image002-615x411.jpg\" alt=\"image002\" width=\"615\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image002-615x411.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image002.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For <strong>Nick Broadbent<\/strong>, Bristol, UK, \u201ca journey is more than getting to your destination, it\u2019s about enjoying the ride\u201d <em>Tailfin<\/em> is a rack that complements your bike &#8211; brilliantly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7815\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image001-615x411.jpg\" alt=\"image001\" width=\"615\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image001-615x411.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/image001.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nick and team re-designed and re-engineered the bike rack and pannier, which has remained unchanged for nearly half a century, to a modern, light, and simple design.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/tailfin\/tailfin-ultra-light-carbon-bike-rack-and-panniers\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><br \/>\nAs part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/communities\/SOLIDWORKS-for-Entrepreneurs.htm\">SOLIDWORKS Entrepreneur program<\/a>, Nick is able to achieve the product of his dreams and today launch Tailfin through Kickstarter.\u00a0 You can find out more about Tailfin at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tailfin.cc\">www.tailfin.cc<\/a> and through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/tailfin\/tailfin-ultra-light-carbon-bike-rack-and-panniers\">Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nick learned SOLIDWORKS as student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/\">University of Cambridge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/\">University of Glasgow<\/a>. \u00a0As a SOLIDWORKS user for over 15 years, Nick certainly had experience in product design.\u00a0 Now his passion will take him down a new road.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Nick for sharing with the SOLIDWORKS community.\u00a0 We have many cyclists here and wish you the best with Tailfin.\u00a0 Marie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Nick Broadbent, Bristol, UK, \u201ca journey is more than getting to your destination, it\u2019s about enjoying the ride\u201d Tailfin is a rack that complements your bike &#8211; brilliantly. 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