On busy city streets, riding a bike seems like a great transportation option to reach our destination faster, however, carrying your bike on a subway can be a problem especially during peak hours. That’s why we love Full Circle, a compact-sized foldable city bike that features large wheels. This bike doesn’t use a chain, it utilizes free wheel gear that directly connects to the pedals, it might look like a fixed gear, but it’s not.
We love the folding mechanism, it allows user to quickly fold and unfold Full Circle bike when needed (including the saddle and the handle bars as well), especially when the user has to quickly jump into a bus.
Designer : Sanghyun Jeong
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Crossbow motorcycle, an all electric motorcycle that doesn’t require its rider to wear a helmet. Yes, no helmet, no itchy hair. This is an extreme all weather electric motorbike that features a canopy cover like a shield to protect its rider from any danger, it offers the next level of safety for motorcyclists. This automatic canopy has been beautifully designed based on the riding position, in this way, the rider’s legs are still free to maintain stability and have full control at low speeds, and at the same time, maximizing aerodynamics for high speed engagement.
The sporty look of Crossbow motorcycle makes it perfect for the racetrack or country roads or even cruising the urban city areas. The canopy also comes with a windscreen wiper for better riding vision in rainy days.
Designer : Phil Pauley
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Folding Helmet Overade was born out of the collaboration between an engineer Philippe Arrourart and Patrick Jouffret from 360, a design agency based in France. The problem with wearing bicycle helmets is that the helmet becomes cumbersome after use, I don’t want to leave it on the bike because someone might steal it, yet I hate to carry it with me. This innovative folding helmet design is like the answer to my prayers (all cyclists’ prayers) for good looking, stylish and easy to carry helmet.
Folding Helmet Overade can easily be stored in your backpack without having to take much space due to its compact size when folded. It provides you not only a good protection just like any standard bicycle helmet but also offers convenient carrying size.
Designer : Agency360
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Ortovox Mountainskyver Trail provides the ultimate comfort for mountain bikers. The thrill downhill on a mountain bike is priceless, however, getting your bike up there is quite challenging and exhausting. Using Mountainskyver Trail from Ortovox, a German gear company, it would be easier to carry the bike as it’s a folding downhill bike that you can carry in a custom backpack. When you get to the top, you can quickly assemble and ride it back down.
From : Ortovox
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Sorena foldable urban street bicycle has been designed for both men and women. The sporty design encourages young people to use it, especially for urban street since this bike can be easily folded by unlocking 2 levers using simple mechanism. User can easily carry it while in a train, a bus, or public places to prevent bicycle theft.
The unique feature of this bike is the ability to adjust its length and the distance between handlebar to saddle. Since this bike is meant for men and women, it’s essential to have the ability to adjust the Sorena bicycle proportion to meet women or men physical variations.
Designer : Mahdi Momeni
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An innovative Fusion Model has been unveiled by the Christchurch Company that already developed the electric folding YikeBike. This new model is slightly heavy than the innate carbon fibre bike, however it is slightly lighter on the pocket. While the archetype is made out of carbon fibre, the Fusion frame as well as the structural parts are made out of alloy and strengthened polymer composite, which clearly marks the differentiation between the two. Weight approximately 14kg in comparison to the 10.8kg carbon fibre bike, the Fusion bile costs just US$2000, much cheaper than the carbon fiber bike which sells for US$3000. People always wanted to buy a bike via a distributor so that they could test the same. This was the main reason for why the company unveiled the Fusion model at a much lower price point. Nevertheless, the fusion model would certainly meet the demands of the people. The YikeBike was groundbreaking at a concept and at execution level, with sound programs to drive mass market adoption, said the judges.
Designers : Peter Higgins and Lincoln Sell
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No, functionally, this is not one of those tiny wooden toys that you frequently see kids playing around. However, you can still consider Kart bike concept as a fun toy, while roaming around on it with style and convenience.
Folding bikes are quite common these days but the way it folds show the creativity of the designer. Kart bike features a four frame construction that folds and stacks on each other, making the transformation procedure easy and efficient. The shrinkable handle and the foldable pedals assist the folding process and the inclusion of a LED light enables the bike to be used in dark nights too. Once folded, you can carry this lightweight and ultra-portable bike to anywhere or drag it like a cart.
Designer : Heesang Ahn (Parsons the New school, major in product design)
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ReCycle Me is an eco friendly plastic city bike by Omer Sagiv. It is made of recyclable moulded plastic to reduce its negative impact to the environment. It is equipped with a dynamo to power the lights. It has integrated seat suspension. You can easily fold this bike for easy storage. This bicycle is one of shortlisted designs of Cycle Design Competition 2010.
Designer : Omer Sagiv
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Volkswagen Bik.e is a very stylish electric-micro mobility unveiled at the China Auto Show. This cool looking mobility art looks like an electronic foldable bike, but we don’t see any pedals. Unfortunately there’s no press release from VW regarding Bik.e concept. Hopefully this is not just a design study, we would love to ride one, it’s perfect for urban area.
Designer : Volkswagen via [ZerCustoms]
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The YikeBike is a smart urban personal transportation bike, designed to sustain in the increasing congested and busy city roads by employing state-of-the-art technology combined with superior industrial design and engineering. This electric bike costs only a few cents to charge per day supported by the latest nano lithium phosphate battery technology that is not only highly functional, but also aids the environment by featuring zero carbon emission. Aside from being powerful enough with its custom 1kW motor, the safety measure is ensured through anti-skid brakes, built-in lights and indicators, fast acceleration with a speed limit of 25 kph. The carbon fiber made super-strong bike weights only a bit over 10 kg with its 20 inch front wheel provides smooth and stable ride. To make it space efficient, the bike can be folded to a compact size in less than 15 seconds to fit almost anywhere.
From : YikeBike
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The city cruiser scooter concept is powered by an eco-friendly electric engine and has been designed to be a perfect means of transportation in overcrowded urban areas by being easy and fast foldable to fit even a car boot. It features 550 W NiMH nickel-hydride accumulators in the rear wheel tub to empower the engine that can be charged via 90 to 260 V electric current. Moreover, the battery is performing as an additional energy source that can recuperate during breaking and ride down which allows the bike to go up to 30km on flat ground with a maximum speed of 50 km/h. A functional combination of carbon fiber composite and polymer epoxide resin base has been used to make the backbone frame and metallic components are made of steel. Another eco-friendly aspect of the bike is its eco leather made steering handles and seating coverage.
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The compactable bicycle concept was driven from the need of boosting urban space efficiency when it is not in use or being transported. The wheel is made of six modules, each with double pivot in their joints, allowing the wheel to be folded and become smaller. The spokes of the wheel are contained in the internal structure when you fold the bicycle and the spokes rotate to the system’s center where they attach with the center wheel. This bicycle is designed in a double triangle structure made of expandable modules with foldable ability. To keep the structure in position, the system has utilized a special X shaped component that aligns the modules to the exact position.
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The TFL Bikeshare network concept outlines an efficient and healthy way to realize the ultimate solution for commuters. This concept comprises a foldable e-bike that can be rode from the home and deposited to modular mobile hub, and board a bus. Upon arrival at destination, another hub will be there to rent another bike through using the unique Oystercard which can be availed by leasing the service on a per trip or monthly basis.
The E-bike has been designed with airless tires, robust tubular construction and shaft drive, ensuring durability, while the luminated front bar and dazzling graphics increase the visibility and safety for the rider. E-bikes have designed to be folded quickly and intuitively by the user and deposit it into the storage modules after arriving to a transit hub. RFID technology has been utilized to charge the users on their Oystercard according to the amount of E-bike rental time. When docked, E-bikes act as hub seating and get charged for the next renter.
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London Garden is a concept car free zone in downtown London allowing bicycles and busses only as transportation means. In this connection, the designers have created an innovative transportation system combining a bike and a bus including the supporting infrastructure.
The bicycle is designed to generate energy when riding and this energy can be used as currency to pay for your bus rides. The bike electronically folds into the bus seat storage mode for space and weight efficiency and to fit on the bike stand. Bike stands can be found at the bus stops where the bikes will be stored securely in order to collect energy from the sun and wind. Moreover, it contributes energy to the bus system that was generated during riding and stored in inner batteries. Finally, the energy will be accumulated from all the bus stops into the London Garden network system, which is the Universal Electricity Network of this concept.
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The clean and prominent design of MODE, a foldable bicycle, has aimed to those travelers who never consider cycles as an option or transportation for various hectic reasons. This superb bicycle avoids complex tubes with unseen dirt traps, oily chains and the other messes of traditional bikes that deprive users from riding a bicycle. MODE from Pacific Cycles features integrated folding (IF) technology that features an automatic, single action fold without the help of any other tools. The IF technology is mainly based on a 4-Bar, 3-dimensional linkage that guides the wheels together automatically when you are trying to fold the bike. Once folded, MODE takes a shape of a convenient wheeled package that you can easily push around.
Designer : Ryan Carroll, Mark Sanders, and Michael Lin
