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I spy a soon-to-be urban phenomenon

  • 18-06-2009 2:31pm
    #1
    unionman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭


    Call me crazy, but this looks like an electric bike with mass appeal

    Easy to use, accesible price (under the UK cycle to work scheme) and a sort of ipod-ish chic to the design, which is where I think they've got it right.

    What do you think?

    I can see Londoners going for it in a big way.

    Well? 10 votes

    Yes, it is the next ipod like must-have gadget
    0% 0 votes
    Don't be ridiculous! Get back to work
    100% 10 votes


Comments

  • #2
    Caroline_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭Caroline_ie


    could i beart raam up a hill with that?


  • #3
    unionman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭unionman


    Caroline_ie wrote: »
    could i beart raam up a hill with that?

    Easily.


  • #4
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Caroline_ie wrote: »
    could i beat raam up a hill with that?

    I think we'd need something like this:

    Kawasaki_Ninja_250R_2008_st3pz.jpg


  • #5
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    It's 16kg, which is pretty light for a city bike.

    NiMH battery though, which seems a old tech.


  • #6
    p
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,120 ✭✭✭p


    Not very good for ladies with skirts - that's a bad thing.


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  • #7
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Caroline_ie wrote: »
    could i beart raam up a hill with that?

    No


  • #8
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,572 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    pfffffffffft £1198 unless its £70 from asda i'm not interested

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #9
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    Not UCI legal as the frame is not a twin-triangle design. It will never sell unless triathletes latch on to it.

    Helen-Pidd-tests-the-new--001.jpg


  • #10
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    unionman wrote: »
    Call me crazy, but this looks like an electric bike with mass appeal

    Easy to use, accesible price (under the UK cycle to work scheme) and a sort of ipod-ish chic to the design, which is where I think they've got it right.

    What do you think?

    I can see Londoners going for it in a big way.

    I'm not so sure - she says the cons are

    "Too heavy for carrying up or down stairs very often. Could do with higher gears – I was permanently in the highest of the three, and my legs were going like the clappers at times. If it breaks, your local bike mechanic is unlikely to be able to fix it."

    Also, anyone around here old enough to remember the Sinclair C5?? (didn't he do a bike too?)

    Not exactly suitable for apartment living. Nice bike and very stylish - it could do well being hired out around town.


  • #11
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    p wrote: »
    Not very good for ladies with skirts - that's a bad thing.

    It's only compatible with short skirts. This is a very good thing.


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  • #12
    eightyfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭eightyfish


    The whole process is easy – unless, like me, you live in a second floor flat and have to lug this weighty beast up several flights of stairs to the nearest plug point.

    Aw crap. Why can't it be a detachable battery pack?

    (I still want one)


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