Lightweight and durable, the Lift bike strap is a clever design that allows you to take your bike upstairs much more conveniently. It’s easy to take around and washable too, so that you won’t waste too much money or energy on it.
The further the world steps forward, the farther we’re kept away from the nature. But fortunately there’re still many designers who are devoted to come up with natural, eco-friendly things, like Jarbas Lopes’ “Natural Fiber Bicycle”. It’s an organic-seeming mode of transportation, with woven fiber coating around the body of a bike. Named as “Cicloviaérea”, the series includes bicycles of different shapes, which are both enjoyable and usable as well.
RydeSafe Reflective Bike Decals is a project launched by Anthony Clune via the funding website Kickstarter recently. Similar to other common bike stickers, the RydeSafe Decals will give out attractive light in the night to alert passengers, car drivers or other bike riders of the existence of your bike. Besides, the decals also come as a DIY kit and hence it would let you personalize your bike and accessories based on your own interest and desire.
With no wind, no road, or speed, to ride on the Biker Chair may seem bit of boring to someone, but who cares? At least, it’s the safest and the greatest laborsaving way to ride on a bike… That’s enough to me!
Love music, love sport, the stylish Feats Per Minute bike from Merel Sloother, Liat Azulay and Pieter Frank de Jong is rightly something brings us the fun of both rhythm and cycling. It’s equipped with turntable inspired wheels that play vinyl records, thus beautiful tones will come out of the megaphone like speaker on the back of your bike as you ride it in the streets.
Quite frequently shopping is a real sweat, as you’ll need to push a trolley to walk all through the market or mall. So why not let the Trolley Bike designed by Fang-Chun Tsai to save us from that horrible shopping time? It takes only three steps to convert from a traditional trolley into a bike, thus you could ride on it to some shopping. Well, just imagine how easy it would become when you’re hurry for your favorite things on the upcoming Black Friday!
Possibly no one will appreciate the design of PowerWheel, except for road cyclists who want to make their training harder. Once it is fitted, the wheel would then slow your bike down and therefore make it much harder to move the vehicle forward. It comes with seven difficulty levels, and the users can adjust the mystery-meat resistance mechanism inside the hub to set their needed level. However, the PowerWheel won’t work until your speed hits 10mph while below 45mph.
Everybody knows what common vending machines can offer, but they seldom recognize that these machines can also provide some surprising things except for drinks and snacks. Actually, with weird vending machines collected from the world, people would easily get Marijuana, panty, gold, or even alive lobsters too. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Especially designed for people who ride a bicycle all the year, this new Heated Ergo Tri grip features micro process technology and internal sensors to offer warmth to riders in cold days. The gadget comes with six temperature settings, which can be easily adjusted with a push of a button. Except for keeping your hands warm, the grips can reduce fatigue and maintain finger dexterity as well. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Do you often ride a bicycle? If so, you would feel glad to know this Pump Tire, a new kind of tire that self-inflates. It is the first self-pressurizing bicycle tire, and it can let in some air or stop inflating if the tire is with too little air or too much air. To change your tire pressure, you simply need to adjust the bike’s handlebars. [Read the rest of this entry...]
With elaborate design, a bike’s wheel frames now present really beautiful shapes of flowers. These unique wheels make the bike quite different, as it seems more like an artwork instead of a functional vehicle. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Many popular bikes have come with an attractive appearance, with refined leather seat/grips, delicate frame inserts, or other elements. Yaps, we frequently met with those features, but what about double-wheel? I never saw that, until I met this Epitaph Bike. Available in limited edition of 12 bikes, each one is built with custom-crafted double wheels to make it much safer to ride in rainy or snowy days. Of course the price is quite impressive too, coz you’ll need to pay 2950 dollars for such a bike. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Ian Gilley’s Bike Seat seems just like an insect’s head but it indeed performs quite well to effectively reduce cyclists’ discomfort and tiredness. Still, its spilt-type design also allows air to go through easily so that it can ensure the riders a more comfortable using in summer. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Nordisk Cryobank is one of Europe’s leading sperm banks, and recently they’ve caught more attention than before for their CO2-friendly way to deliver their sperm samples using a bike- a custom designed bike that looks like a huge sperm! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Bike inner tubes usually have excellent flexibility and toughness, however we seldom get a chance to reuse them… Until we have these IT Clips. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Humans seldom want to be too different from others, however they do love to own something quite unique. Such as these creative bikes. Each of these bikes features a new appearance and shows us how pleasant it would be to cycle on so interesting bikes. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Flying white snow has created us a fantastic world that seemingly almost the same as the one in a fairy story, and everybody feels excited to see that scenery especially on the Christmas Eve. But when the snow covers the road, the situation will be completely different and we may have to fight against any risks of slipping on the snow and ice. So today we’d like to share a simple but practical tip to keep your bikes from slipping and falling. That is, to fasten some plastic bands onto them. Easy as that! [Read the rest of this entry...]
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...]
Though simply removing the front wheel and mounting two wheels under the handlebars, design graduate Berk Asal has succeeded in having the three wheeler work in a totally different way. That is: Triblean’s wheels would tilt into corners for a quick conversion when running on the roads. As a result, riding a bike will be more exciting, right? [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...]
An entry of a recent Designboom competition ‘Seoul Cycle Design 2010′, the bicycle rack collaborated by Leon Zhu and Yong Su Kim features various energetic sculptures, in order to create a dynamic Seoul. And that’s also where the design got its name ‘Dynamic Seoul’. [Read the rest of this entry...]
It is always good to preview what the bicycles would be like in the next few years, even though the designs may be quite surprising, just like the Dreamslide Bike created by French enthusiast Jean‐Marc Gobillard. Having no seat, Dreamslide features a single-speed drive train propelled by pedals that work independently and therefore constant power will be generated as the two pedals keep spinning. And to make a stroke, the riders simply need to move the back foot forward and lift slightly when moving the front foot back. So to sum up, if you don’t mind a standing ride, Dreamslide will surely be the best bike you can ever have. [Read the rest of this entry...]
What do you think is the most attractive means of expressing or spreading your love? Among various answers we’ve collected from the world, the one offered by Hamed Kohan seems quite unique: cycling. With the new tire designed for ‘Seoul Cycle Design 2010′, Hamed Kohan and other people will leave heart-shaped tracks on the roads as they travel around the city on bikes, and therefore to spread their love to the world. Really a cool idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]
For years turn signals have been protecting cars and car drivers, but now Lee Myung Su is making headway in creating a clever solution for cyclists’ safety. The SEIL (Safe Enjoy Interact Light) bag concept features an LED-equipped backpack that is controlled by a detachable wireless remote to let others on the road know when you’d like to make a turn or brakes, so as to reduce the possibility of crashes. Really a nice idea and I just wonder if the concept can also be used for pedestrians so that more and more people can be kept from the accidents. [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...]
When there were no wires or chains, humans used to bind things together or hold something in position with ivy. But when the same ivy is used today, it is deemed as a decorative accessory rather than a tool. Designed by Sono Mocci for ‘Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010′, the new lock for bikes comes with a green and fresh look, and it appears the same as real ivy you’ll find in the nature. Hopefully ducks and chicks wouldn’t mistake that as their meals… Just for kidding. [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...]
Though flax fiber is widely used for suits, have you ever thought of making a bike with the same material? Actually, the world’s first bike has already won EuroBike Gold Award. Built from biodegradable flax fibers, the bike is durable and lightweight, and it performs well at absorbing and dampening road vibrations. It’s also built with a battery-free lighting system that is powered by a dynamo in the front hub, making it a stylish and eco ride. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Among over 3000 bicycles designed for the ‘Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010′, the Sideways Bike by Ireland based Michael Killian has successfully left everybody a deep impression, as the design has pointed out a totally different way to ride a bike. Built with two independently steerable wheels, the bicycle would travel sideways on the road just like a snowboard do, therefore to offer you more fun and excitement. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Stylish and compact, this electronic vehicle can easily shift between a bike and a tricycle via simple folding, so as to ensure you much more convenience. As a result, you can not only guide your vehicle through the crowded streets with ease but create enough space for your items whenever you go on a huge shopping spree. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Honestly, we haven’t seen any fantastic bicycle designs for quite a long time. And now it’s the right time to show you what the US-based artist Sergio Garcia has created for kids. One is a frame-bending tricycle, which uses a round metal to connect the seat and the handlebar. And the othertricycle has two handlebars! Really interesting work, but how could a kid safely ride such weird tricycles? Maybe only the young riders know. [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...]
Are you seeing two wheels that differ in size or are you seeing an integrated storage sit rightly beside the back wheel? Possibly you couldn’t accept such a weird bicycle, but Nick Foley has proved that the Etta urban commuter will ensure you a more comfort and safety riding—its integrated storage has created a low center-of-gravity and the integrated lights promises you a safety riding in the nights. Stylish, compact and lightweight, what could be better than Etta? You need it now! [Read the rest of this entry...]
We’re on the same earth and we’re facing the same unpleasant issue of population explosion, which has forced us to make the utmost possible use of the limited space. To solve that problem, Hyuk-Jae Chang puts forward the Ville Urban Folding Bicycle Concept. The vehicle, though named as a bike, can also be transformed into a shopping cart via simple folding. As a result, you can directly take the Ville into the grocery after you get there on the bicycle. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Has the ONEYBIKE designed by Peter Varga put you in mind of the old days when people were riding a high wheeler or a recumbent bike? Coming as a perfect combination of those two classical bikes in the past, the ONEYBIKE has become an important window for people nowadays to learn about the history. And of course ONEYBIKE still features some modern designs, like the folding mechanism that allows for easy storage. [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...]
Treadmill is a normal machine helping us to reduce the weight, but the drawbacks? Wow, you’ve lost the close communion with the nature! But the Treadmill Bike, a combination of the treadmill and a bicycle, is something that ensures you both a good figure and the fresh air. Most importantly, you won’t have to pay for the expensive gym membership fees any more. Really good news! [Read the rest of this entry...]
