Comments on: Factor001: The World’s Most Advanced Bicycle

By: nar99

nar99 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:05:11 +0000

Throw in a small electric motor, solar panel wheel fairings and regenerative braking and there you have it – an electric motorbike – not a bicycle.

By: cool user name

cool user name — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:47:32 +0000

Most advanced upright bike it should say, make them as light as you want you can’t sustain faster speeds under pedal power without a more aerodynamic frame and rider geometry. And the most practical ( for open roads) and aerodynamic geometry for a bike is recumbent. It’s more comfortable on long trips and you can actually carry cargo while still being aerodynamic. This looks like a material engineer’s solution putting better materials into an old design instead of changing the design from the ground up. I’d be hesitant to call any bike design “most advanced” if it’s anything short of a design that can change geometry from upright ( for city and hill cycling) to a recumbent for highways and highest possible speeds on low resistance terrain. Throw in a small electric motor, solar panel wheel fairings and regenerative braking and there you have it.
Still a cool conceptual project.

By: Wuddel

Wuddel — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:50:58 +0000

No offense, but you can get most of that already for much much less money and with even lower weight. For example the top of the line Canyon roadbike at 5500 EUR. Throw in a Polar RS800CX with some options (800EUR or something) and you are all set. Just missing the carbon brakes.

By: crackgerbal

crackgerbal — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:50:03 +0000

They need to lower the price if they want the average person to be able to use this bike.