Fliz Bike by Tom Hambrock and Juri Spetter

As novel as this concept looks, it is actually based on the original idea of the running machine by Karl Freiherr von Drais from the early 1800's. The Fliz concept by Tom Hambrock and Juri Spetter though uses up-to-date materials and technologies to give a (actually not completely) new driving/riding experience.

Thonet Bike by Andy Martin

We've probably all seen a couple of Thonet Bentwood chairs in our life. But I'd never thought of a Thonet Bentwood bicycle! The German company has partnered with London based designer Andy Martin who designed a bike that can be made by their traditional steam bending process – a bike as classic and iconic as Thonet's chairs. Hope to see this get on the road in the future.

Cardboard Bike

Israeli inventor and entrepreneur Izhar Gafni has developed a bicycle made nearly entirely from cardboard. Amazingly the bike can hold upto 140 kg of weight and can survive the rain without desintegrating. As the base materials are very cheap, this bike could be mass produced for about $12 with a consumer price of about $60. Fantastic!

Cherubim bikes at NAHBS

Cherubim bikes from Japan won best of show at the NAHBS – North American Handmade Bike Show – with this highly unusual bike. I'm not a fan of fixies, but this bike looks tempting…
Fantastic craftmanship and unusual details.
Other bikes from the NAHBS can be found on the urban velo website.

Vanhulsteijn Bicycles

If these are not some of the most elegant bicycles I've ever seen…

Vanhulsteijn make all their stainless steel frames by hand in Holland.

The weight of the bike is only 9,5 kg. The steel frame probably makes this bike quite comfortable to ride too. Find more infos on the Vanhulsteijn website.

PumpTire

Once again a simple, brilliant idea has caught my eye.

The PumpTire is best explained by watching this video.

Basically it's a tire that pumps itself up when it rolls. Voilà!

Danny Macaskill is at it again

How much control can you have over your bike and gravity?

Danny shows us…