This season's trends range from classic bikes with a modern twist to cute Dutch, sophisticated British, comfortable Californian and cool "fixie" styles. We also looked for slightly more unusual trendy bikes, such as a modern rickshaw, a tricycle, a "halfbike", a wooden DIY and a bicycle recycled from waste.
Cycling
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.
Wondering what kind of spring? Maybe not really on the calendar, but if you looked out the window or went for a walk in the last few days, you could have noticed that the (too) high January temperatures have awakened nature more than we are used to. And, of course, we were looking forward to spring, or we probably started preparing for it. And these are the best city bikes with which we will ride in the first days of spring.
Renting electric mountain bikes is definitely an interesting option for everyone who would like to try all the advantages of this type of visit to the mountains and become addicted to a new type of sport - mountain e-biking. We tested the mountain e-bikes rented from Elpec eBikes and rode them on one of the most interesting tours in the Dolomites.
RedBull once again served an adrenaline treat. At their RedBull Rampage event, Cam Zink wowed the crowd.
Electric cars are becoming more and more popular and are slowly but steadily displacing conventionally powered vehicles. A meeting of owners of alternative drive vehicles was recently organized in the Netherlands and so many gathered that they entered the Guinness Book of Records.
The modern design of the nCycle folding bike, characterized by uncompromising functionality, acts as a means of transport from the future.
Bicycles have come a long way in recent years. Many things have changed, but what remains the star constant is the shape of the frame, which has been practically unchanged since the very beginning. You don't trade a winning horse, but that hasn't stopped some from trying something different. In 2016, there were quite a few such attempts. Let's take a look at them.
Bridgestone rocked the rubber scene in 2011 when it introduced the Air Free tire, which it has now prepared for bicycles. It is rubber that cannot be punctured and you do not need a presser for it. The innovative design also reduces rolling resistance.
Vittorio Brumotti is a 10x Guinness World Record holder and a complete artist in what he does. Its fusion with the bike is at the limit of the possible. His tricks are so bold and perfect that you can't help but start the video again. Ladies and gentlemen, this is freestyle artist Brumotti.
Modern mobility trends show that in the future the city bike will become even more important! Especially if they are helped by electricity. The first and only specialist for city bikes - including electric city bikes is the new bike dealer NewBike, whose offer you can check online and in their new store in Ljubljana's BTC, in the immediate vicinity of the Ikea Ljubljana store.
Have you never heard of artistic cycling? Neither do we. But Nicole Frýbortová, the master of this sport, proved that it is a real sports discipline, and above all, what it means to master the bike. Because if you thought your hands-free ride was anything special, you're about to think differently.