Meet the Bisickle, a Commuter Bike Concept

This appears to be a bike designed by someone who has never ridden a bike, and who never got a handful of bits of wood and mocked the thing up. For example:<p>1) The handle bars have two hand positions, yet no brakes. Dual brakes are possible, but expensive, fiddly and don't work with hydro disk brakes.<p>2) No mud guards.<p>3) Why solid spoke carbon fiber wheels when stressed steel spokes work so well?<p>4) Riding a bike with a 8 inch wide cross bar: a 10 minute mockup of this by sellotaping a lunchbox to to crossbar of a normal bike would reveal why this doesn't work<p>5) The saddlebag briefcase will interfere with your heel while pedaling: panniers need to much further back.<p>6) No lights

Low maintenance, water resistance and ride quality is everything in commuter bike design. Electric assist pessimises the first two aspects. Plastic construction seems nice but how does it ride on less than perfect roads?<p>Traditional bike design is refined through the ages, changing it without a good usability reason will be a tough sell. I'd like to try a prototype on cobbled streets in the rain.

I don't understand how this is a step forward; ease of manufacture, maybe? It doesn't strike me as being any more reliable, comfortable or efficient than any other electric-assist bicycle. I do like the thought that's gone into the various luggage compartments, though.<p>And I really don't get the CF wheels. They're about the last thing I'd want on a commuter bike.

Imagine this with a heavy blow of sidewind...

love the idea, but after trying to ride a 'wide bike' before (with extra large distance between the pedals) I can tell you it's a real pain. it might be an ok position for sitting on a Harley, but not for peddling with any efficiency.<p>some nice features though, would love to see a prototype made.

According to the video, the bike weighs 27kg, which seems a bit heavy for easy pedaling. Add in all your daily luggage and you're pedaling around with something like 35-50kg of extra weight. Except in really flat areas, that seems like a lot to ask of someone.

Movie about the bike by the creator: <a href="http://s640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/karlmcintyredesign/?action=view&#38;current=Bisickle.mp4" rel="nofollow">http://s640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/karlmcintyredesign/...</a>

I would like to know why the designer thinks this is better than a normal bike that is properly outfitted for commuting purposes.