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How to help women conveniently and safely carry their handbags when they’re cycling? British designer Ian Mahaffy thought that the Victoria Saddle Bag is probably a good method. Created for cycling brand Brooks, these new bags seem more integrated with your bicycle, and they can stay firmly on your bike seat so that you can easily bring them around. How do you like it, to create a saddle cover that doubles as a bag? In my opinion it’s truly nice, as the Victoria Saddle Bag is not only convenient to use, but also features bright colors and stylish patterns that make them fashionable.

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It’s really hard for us to associate a carbon fiber body, an optional roof and four wheels with an ordinary bike. But the FlooW Bike here is not ordinary at all, and all those three elements have ensured it an extraordinarily fantastic appearance and functionality. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Although we’ve used to looking for petrol stations for our cars along the roadside, we seldom imagined that we can find an air station especially designed for bicycles one day. But we should have thought of such a perfect idea! Built inside the pavements, the station provides an air pump for the cyclists to easily refill their tires so that they can always enjoy a nice travel. [Read the rest of this entry...]

From Christophe Machete, here comes the Camioncyclette Transportation Bike, which features several large baskets to carry loads up to 150kg at one time. So next time you come out of a shopping mall with various bags in the hand, you’ll no longer need a taxi but simply a Transportation Bike. [Read the rest of this entry...]

When seeing Andrea, Regina and Mathilde, I just couldn’t wait to see what the bike would be like with my signature “saya”… So how do you like such bikes? [Read the rest of this entry...]

It is true that the big-wheeled bicycle seems quite odd at the first sight, but you may find it a genius design if you spend a few more seconds. Compared with most folding bikes, the Full Circle uses big wheels to achieve easier navigation but features no chain to make folding the bike an easier task. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Bicycles play an important role in our daily life: they offer an eco way for transportation, our body benefits from exercises of pedaling, and according to designer Eungi Kim, the bikes can also become lovely pets. Having that in mind, Kim created “Horsey”, an attachable bicycle ornament, to make your bikes look horsey. So next time you’d like a riding on the horseback, you can simply start a travel with your bike. [Read the rest of this entry...]

With more and more people wishing to journey round the world on bikes, it was only a matter of time to see the Robotic Bicycle Partner accompany you guys on the travel. The robot “Joules” can push pedals like a person and creates enough power to have the electric tandem bicycle move forward. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Since we can produce some energy while riding a bike, why don’t we utilize that to do more things? An Instructables.com user asked that question before making the USB Bike Generator and now the designer wants to share the interesting experience with you guys. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Since the automobile tail light helps a lot to prevent car accidents, why don’t we equip lights onto the bicycles? I bet most people already had that idea but Lazer beat us all with a real product you might have seen in stores. It is a new urban-centric helmet with built-in lights, which not only illuminates the road in the dark, but functions as a tail light to remind the drivers behind. Apart from the stylish look and outstanding function, its price is also competitive, suitable for urban bicycle riders. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Look! This new electric bike seems like a slab. It generates the power from a Lithium-ion Battery, which is always used by electric cars, to make the bike work much longer. When driven by electricity, the bike sets both of the pedals at the low position, which is a suitable position for riders. Moreover, it holds a compartment for the rider to store his/her portable gadgets, such as laptop, cellphone, iPod and more. The most interesting point is that, when connected to your laptop (stored in the compartment), the bike would access to the internet and show you the route through the integrated upfront screen. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Possibly nobody could figure out why the Yale mechanical engineering students designed the weird bike with a spokeless rear wheel, as that didn’t help to improve the bikes. Actually, the answer is quite simple: they designed it just because ‘it looks cool’. It changed the regular structure and mechanical properties of the conventional bikes, employing a drive cog that meshes with a planetary gear on the rim to drive the bike forward. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Perhaps even the fattest man would be in a good shape if he/she keeps riding a bike everyday. Then I’d like to suggest using the mini-sized bicycle for better efficacy! But obviously it’s not designed for those being excessively fat…

Just for fun!

You love the bicycle, right? Sadly it is only an interesting concept issued by Peugeot. Anyhow, it still attracts everyone, due to its simple and elegant design. Not only that, the “B1K” bicycle will also change the way you ride a bike as it doesn’t have the handlebar. So if you’re to ride “B1K”, you’ll have to be in an upside position. The bike is made from carbon fiber and features a chainless drivetrain. Using a tension cable to connect the seat and the head tube, the designer also ensures the bike not to be easily broken when it is on the move. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Can you imagine a bike could draw a lane on the road automatically as you ride it? With the help of a laser beam projector, this bike by Evan Gant and Alex Tee could form a highlighting laser lane so that car drivers will notice your existence and therefore avoid possible accidents. Apart from working effectively, isn’t that also a cool design? I mean, it seems as if you’re riding on your exclusive lane! [Read the rest of this entry...]