Space is an issue and taking one’s bike to work or storing it in an apartment when it’s not in use can be a total pain.

Victor M. Aleman’s concept for a bike that breaks down, including the wheels is indeed interesting and very enticing. The idea could be just the thing to get more people to ride to work, if at their destination they, or their employer’s, do not have to worry about where to store the bikes (though I don’t like the chances of that ‘headtube’ doing anything useful).

[Victor M. Aleman]

If you ride to work, think panniers suck, then Porterbike from Germany might be the thing for you.

Basically, they have designed a bike around the idea of integrating a carry case withing the frame. Not the first to use this idea but Porterbike seems to be taking the idea all the way through.

Interesting….

Not much of a site right now though [Porterbike]

This morning and we were greeted with this concept being touted as the bike of the future….. available in the next 20 years!

Unveiled by Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman, the bike, supposed to be a vision of commuter bikes to come, boasts carbon fibre just about everything, enclosed braks that stop hubless wheels and punctureless tyres. To top it off, the onboard computer does all the usual as well as handle a fingerprint recognition, ‘unbreakable’, locking system.

Hmmmm…..

From the UK’s Daily Mail [here]:

“Boardman, who led a research team for British Cycling in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, said the bike would not be ‘financially feasible’ for 20 years.

However, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist for the four-kilometre pursuit added: ‘It could be built now if there was a will. All the technologies are already there, it’s just that nobody’s put them all together before.’

He told the MailOnline: ‘What will happen is elements of the design (such as solar powered lighting and integrating components into the frame) will be
feed into near future bike designs.

‘Boardman bikes will be doing some of this in the next one to two years.’

Tom Bogdanowicz, campaign manager at London Cycling Campaign, said: ‘Some of the ideas behind this bike are clearly things cyclists want. But it really needs to be affordable.’ “

Hmmmmmm……….

Not at all sure what to think about this one.

Specialized has released a new brand called ‘Globe Bicycle‘. Looking through the site it’s hard not to think that the ‘other’ Big S is trying to cash in on the hip of the moment urban SS and urban cruiser market. While Trek has released their own version of the urban cool, one has to give them the thumbs up for not trying to hide it as something other than a Trek.

The Globe bilkes are interesting but I am feeling the whole point of the whole attraction of building a urban SS yourself seems to have been lost here. As for the cruisers, meh!

If you’ve ever had you bike receive a five finger discount, you’ll know just how crappy the experience is. At the same time, it does not prevent us from buying cheaper bikes, just because some scum might steal them. How to mag – Make, has a great article about how to ‘ugly’ your bike to prevent potential thieves from noticing it all that bit too much.

Check out the article here