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.
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That Fabio Wibmer, a professional downhill cyclist, hopes for many things, is evidenced by his many previous ventures, not least the last one, when he went down a downhill track with an old "crip". But this is bordering on madness. Watch him defy fate at the dam as he cycled along the narrow edge of the fence. A sidewalk on one side, a 200-meter cliff on the other! You'll be on your toes for three minutes!
There are a wide range of bike storage solutions on the market, but none have convinced as much as the Parkis upright bike rack, which boasts a simple hanging patent, making it suitable for use by children, the elderly and pregnant women, as hanging from us is not does not require any physical effort. Did we mention that it saves you 40 percent of space compared to classic storage?
Bike rental systems like Bicikelj are mushrooming around the world. Unfortunately, the system has one bug. It doesn't allow you to rent helmets, so most cyclists get around without one. Fed up of carrying around her bulky helmet, 28-year-old industrial designer Isis Shiffer created a folding cardboard cycling helmet, the EcoHelmet, that closes like a book and folds down to the size of a banana.
Bike lanes are commonplace in the Western world. Not in Pakistan. The capital Islamabad just got its first bike lane! This is the first step towards a cleaner city, which, like many other capitals around the world, is drowning in smog.
All electric bikes have a battery. The Slovenian electric bicycle Noordung Angel Edition has a battery that is also a portable Bluetooth speaker in the form of a fuel tank with two USB inputs. Start-up company Noordung will build a total of 15 examples of this carbon fiber urban electric bike prototype for music lovers. All will be made by hand.
Are punctured tubes just another thing to tell our grandchildren about? Get to know the innovative Nexo Tires and Ever Tires bicycle tire, for which you do not need an inner tube, so the fear of tire defects is unnecessary.
Huck Norris is an innovative bicycle tire tape that prevents 'rubber defects' and the destruction of rims. The idea seems so simple that many people are probably wondering why he didn't come up with it himself. It is a strip made of plastic foam that adapts to the rim, does not hinder the rolling resistance, the tire maintains its characteristics and does not add weight, as it weighs less than the inner tube.
The Viks GT Lamborghini bike, a new product from Velonie, is an extremely beautiful and high-quality combination of the Italian Lamborghini car and an ordinary city bike. The frame of the bicycle is entirely made of aluminum alloy, which in practice means that the Viks GT is as much as 40 % lighter than the average city bicycle. The Viks Gt Lamborghini wheel takes its design inspiration from the Italian supercar Lamborghini, while at the same time maintaining a highly pragmatic design and providing a safe and reinforced frame.
Italian architect Luca Agnelli is fascinated by the past, and his workshop specializes in custom-made bicycles. Among other things, he also makes them out of tanks, but most recently he made it out of a Citroën 2CV or spačka (1949-1990), as we affectionately called this popular Citroën model with two horses, which mobilized many Slovenians and was also produced in Cimos in Koper, or even earlier in Tomos. His mask was combined with the rear of the equally famous cargo tricycle Doniselli Duomo, and the 2CV Paris electric tricycle was created, which will delight all die-hard retro fans.
Are you afraid your bike will be stolen? Do you feel like even a really good lock won't stop thieves from stealing it? Thieves are becoming more and more daring and are not stopped by even the strongest locks. But now, finally, there is a lock that will successfully fit around their edge. It goes by the name SkunkLock, and as its name suggests, it stinks like a ferret, but only when someone tries to forcibly remove it and injures it in the process. The bicycle is protected both mechanically and chemically, and the smelly gas will make the thief vomit at the scene of the crime.
Electric bikes are growing like mushrooms after the rain and we have a feeling that there is something on the market for every pocket and taste. But that won't quite hold. While compact and city electric bikes are plentiful, you will be hard pressed to find an electric mountain bike. Which is nothing tragic, because there is Bultaco Brinco, a superb electric mountain bike, which will make you not feel the need to have a wide choice. The bike of the comeback brand on the scene is a hybrid between a bicycle and a motocross bike.