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You need an electrical bicycle? You need a lightweight bicycle? You still need an eco-friendly bicycle? Well, what you want is rightly the Carbon Fiber Electric Bike by Ralf Kittmann. The concept bike adopts the carbon fiber—which is highly conductive—to take the place of wires as a power distribution network. So when the electricity is generated from the special electric installation built inside the frame, it will be transferred to power the motors between the rims and the lights. That energy will also be used to drive the system to turn the wheel, by using a counter-turning axel in lieu of gears and chains. [Read the rest of this entry...]

“Made of plastic” is not the only characteristic of the Izzy Plastic Urban Bike, a collaborative project between Omer Sagiv and Uri Sadeh. One would expect a fragile vehicle but the bike is actually quite firm to bear the weight of two adults. Best of all, its frame is recyclable, which means that you can have the damaged frame replaced at the store. To top off the cool concept, the bike also incorporates 2 free standing locking systems, three-dimensional illumination, and the integrated rear suspension. [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...]

The ‘Wirebike’  is an interesting bike from Polish designer Michal Gorzynski. It works in a similar way as the rowing boat, asking the bikers to keep pushing their legs to move the bike forward. To ensure you a comfortable riding, the adjustable bike also features a sliding seat that continuously moves as the rider pushes and pulls his/her legs. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The ‘Marguerite Bike Parking’ designed by Yoann Henry Yvon Lopez may be the most poetic bike stand we’ve ever come across. It consists of several white movable parts that are described as “an array of petals swaying along with the breeze” when used to stabilize the bike. Moreover, the innovative form also means little space occupying and an elegant parking. [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...]

I’m sure some of you already had this idea but designer Martin Angelov beat you all to it with a detailed and seemingly practical concept. It is an elevated bike lane hailed as ‘Kolelinia’. Apart from the track to support your tires, there’s also a guy wire to attach your bicycle at the handlebar level, so as to ensure you a safer riding.

But there’s no more information about how many bikes the lane could bear at one time or how the user could get on to the track. So it is an exciting concept still needing to be further tested and improved. [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...]

Created by Young-Min Kim, Hyeon-Jeong Woo and Kyung-Goo Lee, the P+ Bicycle System is a multi-purpose bike rack that not only ensures bike riders to keep their bikes in a safe and convenient way, but allows people to rest in the public area. It includes three parts, a signpost that shows information about the racks, several racks for locking bikes, as well as some benches for people to sit on.

See how the system works after the jump. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Copenhagen Wheel—an advanced wheel unveiled by MIT at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change in Denmark—is designed to work with your power to make your trip on the bike easier. In the scientists’ opinion, whenever you brake, certain power is created, which could be used to charge the internal battery inside the wheel. And when you’re faced with some difficulty, for example, in peddling up a hill, the internal battery will then power the internal motor to help you.

Moreover, with your iPhone app connected to the wheel’s sensors, you will get detailed information of your speed, direction and other data on your phone. Isn’t that amazing? If possible, I’d like a bike with wheels like this. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Although bicycles are environmentally friendly, and riding bicycles helps us a lot to keep healthy, it’s no longer that safe to ride a bike these days, due to the decreasing cycle paths. Yes, bicycle drivers have to cut cars and buses off to keep on the main road. Is that easy? So you’ll need the Laser Lamp. When you ride the bike, the lamp will form a ring around you so as to remind the car drivers of your existence. Especially, when there’re cars coming near to you, the laser ring will automatically turn into red from green, to call for your attention. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Missed your childhood again? So did Ben Wilson and that’s why he has invented the Artikcar, seemingly the same as a child’s wooden toy car. Far more than that, Ben Wilson also adopted an innovative technology to illuminate the pedal-powered vehicle. So if you’re living near to Ben Wilson, you’ll see a glowing circle moving on the road, especially brilliant in the dark! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well, bike thief is surely a problem and the Anti-Theft Collapsible Bike Wheel here seems kind of useful in guarding your bikes against theft. But I still doubt if that truly works because you know thieves could pick the bike on their shoulders…All that aside though, it’s a great and nice idea. When parking it, you need to lock the wheel into the “broken” position by collapsing the internal dial with a key. Reverse that process if you’d like to ride it. Love it. [Read the rest of this entry...]