The YikeBike / an electric bicycle that folds up [Made in NZ]
What makes this invention that much cooler is the fact that the entrepreneurs responsible [“for re-inventing the wheel”] are New Zealanders! The ‘Yike Bike‘ is said to revolutionise urban transport and was Designed and constructed in Christchurch:
The Yike Bike is a 10kg electric bicycle that folds up, tops out at 12.5 mph and can run for 10km after a 30 minute charge.
Inventor Grant Ryan said he hoped its European debut would spark interest ahead of a major trade fair later this week.
The Yike Bike has today been wooing Europeans on German streets as its developers try to sell their new mini-farthing cycle to the European market.
Watch this cheesy promo:
Cool, but isn’t it going to have the same problem that the Segway had – It’s too slow to be on the road and too fast to be on the pavement so it will be illegal either way to be considered a practical vehicle in the first place? Like the Segway it will be just another toy for the rich.
Not a revolutionary product, but its concept makes sense.
Comment off the 3News website:
Riding a normal bike is one thing but looking like a complete TWAT is another, If you rode one of these through one of the estates in say …Leeds – you’d be lucky to come away without having to remove the bike pump from rectum. No thanks …keep your stupid bike. – Dave
Would you ride one?
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