My name is Martin Schuttert. Active as mountainbiker since early nineties and mechanical engineer by heart and education. After ten years as a Mechanical Engineer at Neopost I decided to move to the bike business in 2007 and switched job to Koga which was sponsor of our mountainbiketeam at that moment. At Koga I started as Product Manager and one year later I became responsible for R&D as well. In 2015 I founded TrueDNE which is active in Development & Engineering with focus on the Bike business.

KMC mountainbiketeamMountain biking is a dynamic, honest, and environmentally friendly sport. The strongest wins the race. The sport is also colourful, has flair, and appeals to the imagination. It stands for freedom and adventure. Mountainbiketeam.com participates in this sport at top level in marathon, stage races, cross country and beach races, both at home and abroad.Product developmentOur team members train nearly every day, which makes them perfect test riders for our sponsors. Cycling clears the mind, which allows new ideas to come to fruition. In the past years the team has been the origin of several new Koga models and Zaes's Beach Race Suit which is aerodynamic, thermoregulatory and water-repellent

Bimas bikes asked me to support them with their complete product development process. We started with an analyse what kind of brand they were and where they wanted to be positioned in the future. With this base we choose the components and determined the look and feel of the bikes and contacted several suppliers. We analysed these suppliers on several key topics and made our choice. With the choosen suppliers we started to develop our frames and carriers taking the valid norms for E-bikes into account. Part of complying to these norms was also updating the bike manuals and E-bike manuals for the current models.

Due to vacancies Babboe asked me to support them temporary with their Product Management, Product Development and Product testing/approving process. The market for Cargo bikes is rapidly growing and changing. Standardisation processes are under construction. This means in future Cargo bikes will be categorised in weight classes and depending on weight class they will have to comply to standards.Besides standards Cargo bikes also have to comply to country specific trafic rules for vehicles. Due to the wish to have trafic free city centers in the future these rules are subject to change and need extensive attention. Vehicles will be categorised in families based on maximum speed, maximum width and maximum vehicle weight. For each vehicle will be determined in which ‘area’ they are allowed. An area can be shared by vehicles from different categories.

In charge of the coordination between KMC Taiwan and KMC Europe about their projects.

Development of a new mountainbike line up:1 Make a proposal for the line up2 Determine the geometry3 Specification of the parts (BOM)4 Work on and approve the technical drawings5 Work on the colors and artwork with the grafic department6 Build the first protobikes7 Make changes to the BOM and drawings when needed8 Finalize the final BOM

Koga/KNWU & Rio Olympic Games 2016For Koga I made a list with all kind of improvements on their frames and KNWU complete bikes towards the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in summer 2016. On some of the topics I worked and some were done by KNWU and Koga. Some topics appeared to be not feasible or allowed by the rules.Adapt an existing road TT frame to a Track frame like we did for the Hour record attempt of Thomas Dekker in 2015.Develop an aerodynamic cap between frame and stemRolling resistance measurements with different tiresAero seatpostAero seatpost clamp which fills the holes in the frameLook for the most effcient BBLook for the most effcient chainFaster coating on the framesRide with a bottle if allowed on the track

Freelance - Product Management

With our R&D team we gradually started to turn Koga into a more distinguishable and unique brand. Unique in the way we design and engineer the separate components for our bikes which together form a perfect, complete, lightweight and clean looking bike. With more than 20 award winning bikes and parts in the last 8 years this approach proves to be very successful.http://www.koga.com/nl/over-koga/awardsFor our sponsored teams and athletes I functioned as contact concerning development and technical issues. Together with our teams and athletes we did the following developments in the past years:Thomas Dekker:TeeTeeTrack Hour Record bikeMountainbiketeam.comKoga BeachRacerKoga X29-team  origin for the Koga WT29 and first generation of SupermetroKoga X29-RunnerKoga cycling team and Rachel KlamerKimera Road 2.0, a road frame with focus on aerodynamicsKNWU (Dutch Cycling federation)Koga TeeTeeTrack, frame for team and individual pursuitSkil-Shimano (till 2011)Koga TeeTee Time Trial bikeKimera roadbikeCobbleCrosser, a frame developed specific for Paris Roubaix

Because Neopost develops but also produces their parts and mounts and packs their machines in house you are very close to the product you develop as an engineer. Direct discussion between production, assembly and service departments guarantee a functional and feasible product for the right price with a lot of attention for ergonomics and design.In several projects I was responsible to choose the right production technics to make the ideas of our Product Designer feasible. Challenge was to find the right technics and to keep cost within the budget. With one of our products, SI-68, we won an IF Design Award.