Comments on: 5 bikes from the future http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-bikes-from-the-future The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Mon, 20 May 2013 12:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: soriano_design http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3595 soriano_design Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:05:01 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3595 You should check out imperial cycles. They are a custom motorized bicycle company building custom motorized bicycles and selling parts. They are pushing the envelope of bicycles, with a stylings and concepts taken from the past. Getting around 150 mpg, no license and registration (in california), it makes them green, and affordable.

You can check them out at – http://www.imperialcycles.blogspot.com

]]> By: Jean http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3576 Jean Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:33:02 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3576 Promising! I hope to see them, ride with them!

]]> By: moratmarit http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3324 moratmarit Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:58:17 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3324 Woow..beautiful bicyle. I hope this realistic in future.
moratmarit

]]> By: Hitchhiker http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3308 Hitchhiker Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:19:09 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3308 More and more families are turning to bicycles as a form of healthy entertainment for family outings. Also, with the prevalence of quality bicycle hire in popular tourist spots families are using this mode of transport to discover their holiday destinations and, there´s nothing that excites a child more than the breeze in their hair and the security of mum or dad at the helm of a bicycle forging lasting memories for your kids while showing them the importance of exercise.

Hitchhiker bicycle accessories, including our revolutionary fold away child seat, have been created to make the most of the revival of cycling as a family pastime. Gone are the days when your bicycle was fitted with an awkward and extremely unwieldy Child seat. Your bike will retain its factory stance when the child seat is folded away but, also turn into one of the safest child carriers in the world, when taking the kids along for the ride is essential.

The Hitchhiker is not only a ground-breaking child seat though. With our accessory system, in just seconds, the same integral support can carry fishing tackle – including rod holders, hold alls, ice boxes and much more.
Fabricated from high grade materials, including stainless steel, your Hitchhiker integral support system will last a lifetime under normal use

• Supports up to 30 Kilos in complete safety
• Perfect for kids from 2 to 11 years old
• No need to change your fitted seat as your kid gets older
• UK Invention
• Comes with a carrying case to take away on holiday
• Fits to any bike in minutes
“Giving kids real excitement in total safety – Hitchhiker”

Contact Hitchhiker now to find out more about our pioneering system or visit our website at http://thehitchhiker.co.uk/
*Hitchhiker is a British invention and we welcome your help in supporting world renowned British inventiveness. Contact us for investor related information.

]]> By: Duncan Watson http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3307 Duncan Watson Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:17:52 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3307 The Zockra can easily be ridden in urban environments. I commute daily on my raptobike, which is a similarly low recumbent bike – photo of me commuting .

The Cruzbike Silvio is FWD where the Zockra rapid is not and the Zockra rapid is also lower than the Silvio. Here is a picture of me on the left and a cruzbike Silvio on the right – http://www.flickr.com/photos/watson_house/3565169224/in/set-72157618612562069/ . You can see the difference.

]]> By: matula http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3306 matula Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:45:28 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3306 none of the above, buy a cheap bike, expensive lock, and put it on the street below where it belongs. that is, for people who complain about lack of space.
if you are a cyclist you will have spare space for your sport bikes. you'll just get rid of the dog. or wife…. or the refrigerator.

]]> By: cycle coaching UK http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 cycle coaching UK Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:25:46 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3305 Where can I get one of those Locusts. That's awesome. No good for racing but you'll cause a few car crashes with rubberneckers! :-)

]]> By: David Hembrow http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 David Hembrow Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:22:05 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3304 There are of course already plenty of practical bikes out there which people are using every day. I ride to work and back (30 km from home) in a velomobile and can average just short of 40km/h door to door for the journey.

A customer at the shop I work in brought in a bike a couple of weeks ago very similar in riding position to the zockra wanting to have new handlebars fitted to give more room as she's pregnant.

The future is already here (I live in Assen and work in Groningen in the Netherlands – the city with the highest cycling rate in the world).

It's a different world once you have cycle paths which support fast cycling in all directions. Suddenly bikes which would seem unusable elsewhere become entirely practical.

]]> By: Anonymous http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 Anonymous Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:56:31 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3303 @Andreas
"Some people will have the excuse of…"

Some people will always have excuses for not doing things. Since you can't ever please those people, you have to deal with the realities of the bikes that people will use, and the reality is that no plastic bike of any kind has taken off in the adult market. Folding becomes even more of a challenge, so I'm not holding my breath for a 2010 production of the Locust.

@Ron
"Should public bike racks be tolled/charged? "

An interesting parallel can be drawn with the accommodations that cars get compared to bicycles. Businesses seem perfectly willing to pave huge amounts of land to provide free parking for cars, but good luck finding even a junky rack for bikes. The way I see it, I'm already paying for more than what I'm using.

]]> By: Ron http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-3302 Ron Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:54:45 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2009/08/5-bikes-from-the-future/#comment-3302 I agree completely with your first point, more bicycle parking is essential to encourage more people to cycle and to make the experience better for us existing cyclists. Out of interest would you be prepared to pay to use such bicycle parking if it was secure?

Andreas : Should public bike racks be tolled/charged? Think about it. A cyclist wants to do some grocery shopping or something of that sort but arrives at a big superstore and finds out to his dismay that there are no bike racks anywhere around the building. What is he to do? If I were him, I'd feel pretty discouraged because my other options are tying the bike to fences, sign posts and what not which I don't want to do for the safety of my property. The facility should bear the brunt of costs for putting some bike racks around. The business interest they get from customers as a result of this can pay for the bike racks over time.

Now in a big city like Tokyo where those underground bike parking facilities are popping up, I understand that to use them, it costs around 95 cents for a single use or 17 dollars for a monthly pass card. The single use figure is much cheaper than what parking meters for cars cost here for an hour or little more (Also remember if you overstay your time limit, you get charged several dollars more) Certainly, I'd pay for a bicycle parking facility like that out of admiration for the technology and personal commitments towards public projects.

]]>