Best City Bikes of 2014 - There have been a lot of good bikes, but only a few can be the best city bikes of 2014. Cycling trends change very quickly and with demand growing, it seems like a new niche bike brand is around the corner every week. And if a few years ago, well-known brands dominated the market and dictated trends, 2014 is proof that the baton of innovation was taken over by smaller and (yet) unknown ones. In 2014, we devoted quite a few lines to such people at City Magazine.
Are you interested in what came under the smrečica (read label) best city bikes of 2014 this year? A few years ago they were fixies, appeared in between wooden bikes, then they came electric bikes, and fat bikes, somehow joined the group this year smart bikes, but they also seriously pawned foldable bikes. And we could go on and on.
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But rather than enumerating, we will introduce you review of city bikes, which, in our opinion, left their mark in 2014 and are one or more of the above at the same time.
Gi Bikes
You can folding bike Gi Bikes is written on the skin of city driving and you, if you decide to electric model, also leads to 64 kilometers far without a single twist of the pedal. We mentioned that it's also super-intelligent and locks itself when you're over 3 meters away?
The Impossible
How do we get the bike in backpack is a similar question to how to get four elephants into Fička. Only the answer is not "two in front, two behind" but a bicycle The Impossible, pen can and the smallest folding electric bike in the world, which weighs only five kilograms thanks to the carbon frame. It doesn't quite have classic dimensions, but rules are meant to be broken, aren't they.
Arvak
Wooden wheel Arvak is the fruit of the French design studio Keim and the workshop Breitfuss. It boasts a wooden shell frame from bio resin and a layer of glued ash, which, like the shell of an egg, provides it with an exceptional load-bearing capacity of the outer surface.
Tratar Bikes
City wooden bike Tratar Bikes is the work of a Slovenian maker and made from Slovenian wood. It comes in two versions, Kick shift and Single-speed, depending on whether you want to have gears or not. Its big advantage over this kind of competition is that it is assembled from all three wooden pieces, which ensures his durability in the rank aluminum frame, but much better vibration absorption.
Markolo
Markolo brings us back to those good old days, when gentlemen on the streets still raised their hats to greet each other. Designer Marko Marovt used in the production old steel frames (mostly Italian and German made), but he returned them to the living. A case of personalized bikes with a sense of detail, such as handmade lamps, special wooden rings,…
nCycle
If you are looking for futuristic bike, with nCycle you can't miss the machine as they act like something from the future. A case of folding electric bike, which is suitable for city driving or for more serious cycling activities. Because it would quickly tempt a thief, it has an innovative security system nLock system, which ensures that it does not get legs. Oh, well laptop pocket also has.
Kit Bike
Folding bike Kit Bike is another in a series of means of transport that can be taken on the road just like any other traveler. Namely, it folds into a disc bag, for assembling or dismantling 21 parts but we don't need it no tools, just some logic. Great for travel.
The Yerka Project
Strong locks they are a mandatory part of the bike's equipment and this is what the Chilean engineering students, the authors of the bike, did The Yerka Project, realized, so they made the lock just like an inalienable part of the bicycle. In fact, the wheel is also a lock, or rather it becomes one in less than 20 seconds, when we make it from bicycle parts.
Miila
Miila is a wheel that grows with the child. They grow like hemp, while the seats can only be raised so high. A bicycle is an expense, but there is no real childhood without a bicycle. That's why the wooden Miilo ideal financial solution and the most suitable solution for a small child, as it grows from a "toothless" bicycle without pedals to one with gears and everything necessary for propulsion. But it can also be unicycle.
Pininfarina Fuoriserie Bike
Pininfarina we usually first associate with Ferrari, so it's no surprise that it's their bike Fuoriserie Bike a bicycle version of Ferrari cars from the 1930s. It is the mixture of tradition and innovation that it embodies handcrafted steel construction with walnut tree tassel cover and accessories from Bridge leather (steering wheel, seat), which we already found in the interior of the Lancia Astura Bocca from 1936.
AnalogueOne.One
AnalogueOne.One it is wooden wheel, which leans on minimalism and contemporary art and custom made in the workshop of the American Mike Pecsok, which resembles an art gallery more than a workshop. It is created on the principle that form follows function, and Mike found inspiration for him in infrastructure projects, such as bridges. It will be yours for a calculated 4,000 euros plus postage.
