Very cool bike

[Draftee]

The Yikebike

http://www.yikebike.com/site/gallery/video/yikebike-discovery-channel

The Yikebike goes 12mph, battery lasts for roughly 6 miles, recharges in 30 minutes, weighs about 20 lb. ABS on a bike! Cost is about $4,500. Quite the awesome package.

 

[MiniDoom]

lazy fuckers. since when did it become too hard to pedal your bike. reminds me of the dipshits i see on segways.

 

[Homerboy]

The Yikebike

http://www.yikebike.com/site/gallery/video/yikebike-discovery-channel

The Yikebike goes 12mph, battery lasts for roughly 6 miles, recharges in 30 minutes, weighs about 20 lb. ABS on a bike! Cost is about $4,500. Quite the awesome package.

Neat. Not $4500 neat. Not even close.

 

[PottedMeat]

$4500 - hell no.

I don't like the way you ride it - it looks/feels unstable.

I think I'd rather have a Segway.

 

[Draftee]

$4500 - hell no.

I don't like the way you ride it - it looks/feels unstable.

I think I'd rather have a Segway.

Very expensive, but it'll have its market where this cost is justified.
Look at the videos, it appears very stable and safe.
Segway? Now you're being rediculous.

 

[MiniDoom]

cost less, goes twice as fast. weighs 15lbs, doesn't need a charge and make you fit.

 

[Jodell88]

Its expensive because of carbon fiber

 

[Red Squirrel]

That is cool, and while physical activity is good, it's not something you want to do before yoiu get to work, then you smell bad. I would prefer something that you still pedal to charge though. That way on the ride back home you could turn off the motor and just pedal + charge at the same time so it would be charged up for the next morning. I would totally ride something like this to work every day, at least in the winter. In the summer it rains too much.

 

[Draftee]

I ride about 80 m/week, but this thing still interests me. Often you can't take a bicycle on a train, definately not a bus. Try riding 5 miles to a meeting and still look presentable.

 

[MiniDoom]

I ride about 80 m/week, but this thing still interests me. Often you can't take a bicycle on a train, definately not a bus. Try riding 5 miles to a meeting and still look presentable.

it's not easy but doable. just for kicks i did one year without a car here in dc. 15 miles each way to work on a cyclocross bike with panniers. took a shower and dressed at work. cant do it now everyday now with a kid, but will all spring/summer/fall. good riding.

 

[Matthiasa]

How they are seated looks so unstable.

 

[Homerboy]

it's not easy but doable. just for kicks i did one year without a car here in dc. 15 miles each way to work on a cyclocross bike with panniers. took a shower and dressed at work. cant do it now everyday now with a kid, but will all spring/summer/fall. good riding.

That's the problem. I would have rode my bike to work every day for years, but no shower to wash up with. So riding was never an option.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Wow, all the exposure to traffic and the elements that a real bike provides, but none of the exercise. What a coup!!

 

[Red Squirrel]

How they are seated looks so unstable.

I was thinking the same too. That's grounds for quite an epic fail bike crash.

 

[MiniDoom]

maybe other country's do need this to "catch up to us". sick of america being stereotyped as the worlds fat asses.

 

[TridenT]

cost less, goes twice as fast. weighs 15lbs, doesn't need a charge and make you fit.

Pretty bike, but still prohibitively expensive motha fuckah! :thumbsdown:

Get a bike for $200 on craigslist... Or some shit...

 

[MiniDoom]

Pretty bike, but still prohibitively expensive motha fuckah! :thumbsdown:

Get a bike for $200 on craigslist... Or some shit...

yep, less than $4500. have one of those too.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Looks awkward as hell.

Hey, it still beats what you have to go through at the airport.

 

[TallBill]

it's not easy but doable. just for kicks i did one year without a car here in dc. 15 miles each way to work on a cyclocross bike with panniers. took a shower and dressed at work. cant do it now everyday now with a kid, but will all spring/summer/fall. good riding.

A small percentage of people have the opportunity to shower at work. I'd love to ride to work, but no way I'm gonna work up a sweat getting there.

 

[MiniDoom]

A small percentage of people have the opportunity to shower at work. I'd love to ride to work, but no way I'm gonna work up a sweat getting there.

i haven't always had access either. if you don't ride with a backpack you stay relatively dry. a change of cloths and some deodorant can go a long way.

 

[HappyPuppy]

I like it!