Modern Urban Folding Bike

Genius is a modern urban folding bike, ideal for commuters who need to travel short distances of 10 to 20 minutes between underground stations, the workplace and the home. It still rolls when folded and can therefore be comfortably used even in large congested cities. The compact design of the Genius ensures unlimited mobility. It can be carried, rolled or ridden, and with its well-thought-out functional and ergonomic design and release mechanism it is easy to handle. The aerodynamic look of the Genius makes it clear that this is not a child?s bike. Its three gears provide the necessary speed, and the bike can be unfolded and refolded within three seconds thanks to a convenient kick-bar and push-down / pull-up handle system. Made of aluminum (80 per cent) and stainless steel (10 per cent) it is lightweight, stable and 90 per cent recyclable.

Collapsible Bicycle by Kevin Scott

It’s not often that I could see such a revolutionary design yet it is not just a concept. This bike design from Kevin Scott is a bendable bicycle that you can literally wrap around a lamp post or a pole. It certainly will stop thieves from targeting your bike. The young Industrial Designer used a ratchet system built into the frame of the bike to make it possible to wrap the bike around a pole. The bike bends to lock onto itself, there’s no need for a chain, a regular bike lock will be able to secure the frame and both wheels. His main objective was not just to secure all bike’s components within the lock, but also to allow the bike to be stored in small spaces. A very cool bike design, indeed!

Ville Folding Bike Doubles As A Shopping Cart

Bicycle Friendly Communities are growing. There are great reasons for this trend, bicycle is the most energy efficient form of transportation known to man, it’s eco friendly, and it provides a great form of exercise. Ville is an urban folding bicycle that answers the urban commuter needs. It incorporates a folding design that allows for easy storage while not in use. But, there’s one cool thing about this bike compared to other folding bikes. When folded, Ville also doubles as a cart. Very cool, huh? You can go grocery shopping and let this bike be your cart. This allows the bicycle to stay with you and avoiding the need to leave the bike unattended, reducing the risk for theft.

Folding bike Design ReCycle Me

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 seatsuspension. You can easily fold this bike for easy storage. This bicycle is one of shortlisted designs of Cycle Design Competition 2010.

Folding bike Design

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)