YikeBike: the world’s first super light electric folding bike
A result of five years of research and development, the YikeBike mini-farthing is billed as the answer to our increasingly congested, polluted, stressful cities.
Designed by a group of New Zealand entrepreneurs, engineers and dreamers, the YikeBike is the first commercial expression of the mini-farthing concept, and is the smallest and lightest (less than 10kg) electric folding bicycle available in the world. It has a radically different riding position, steering mechanism and wheel configuration, giving a safe smooth ride while folding up to a super small size, enabling people to take it on buses, trains, cars and store it easily under a desk or in a cupboard.
“We were intrigued by creating something that could dramatically change urban transport, enabling city dwellers a fast, safe and easy way to navigate their environment.
The result was the mini-farthing concept and its first expression, the YikeBike. It employs state-of-the-art technology, engineering and industrial design to create a new class of personal transport.”
How Green is the YikeBike? Being electric, the YikeBike is very energy efficient and is as clean as the electricity you charge it with. Further, the YikeBike encourages the use of public transport use because it works so seamlessly with it. If you look at a YikeBikes environmental footprint versus a car’s then there just is no comparison.
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