https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/204802053/ohbike-the-smartest-and-lightest-urban-e-bike?
Simple and sophisticated, the oh!bike comes with a level of sensitivity, scalability, and planning that one expects from a bike that’s objective is to turn our cities electric and eco-friendly. With a design that looks great no matter the age or gender of the rider, and a performance that allows the oh!bike to be used in any urban or suburban setting, the oh!bike is smart, and coincidentally also the world’s lightest e-bike.
Weighing at just 15kg, the oh!bike sports a clever two-wheel drive. The pedals, operated by the rider, rotate the back wheel, while motion sensors on the pedal pick up your movements and assist them with a motorized drive on the front wheel. To balance the bike out, the battery (with a range of up to 50km) sits right in the middle, above the pedal, snapping on and off when you need, and powering the 250W motor. Ride in eco-mode, and the bike gives you a light assist, making you go further with each pedal, or switch to power-mode for a boost of up to 40%, helping you on tougher terrain, or when traveling uphill.
Designed in Barcelona and currently being turned into reality on Kickstarter, the bike meets not just environmental needs and engineering standards, it boasts of a home-friendly design too. The black-and-white design detail fits perfectly in any color setting, and the bike comes with foldable pedals and a rotating handlebar that lets you slide it into the thinnest of spaces, storing it for another day. The battery is detachable too, and charges via USB, allowing you to juice up at home or even on the road… and at a mere 15kgs, the world’s lightest e-bike makes a strong, ambitious attempt to wean the city off its dependence on fossil fuels and the unreliability/inefficiency of public transport and usher in an age of smart, assisted, electric riding!
Designer: oh!bike
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An e-bike that puts technology and innovation at the cyclist’s service. You can pedal and enjoy the city to go further in an easier way.
They have incorporated a movement sensor in the pedal which measures the speed and force that you are exerting in the axis of the bottom bracket. With this information the oh!bike adjusts the power supplied by the engine and provides the assistance you need at all times.
Going up a heavy slope? oh!bike perceives your effort, and gives you that push you need.
With the 250 W engine in the front wheel and the battery in the center the weight distribution is ideal creating a two-wheel-drive bicycle (2WD): the rear wheel through muscle energy and the front wheel with electric power. In their own test bench, they have simulated thousands of routes and conditions to ensure maximum efficiency in the motor system and a smooth response in all situations.
They kept the bicycle in its purest state. Making it easy and simple, like a conventional bicycle, giving up unnecessary complexities, but with the best available technology. The oh!bike is above all intuitive, with an extremely simple interface. There is a button to start, and a boost button that increases the assistance when you need it at will.
Oh!bike offers you two levels of assistance.
Eco Mode: assistance adjusted to your muscular input and maximum range with electrical support.
Power mode: the bicycle will give you its maximum assistance. More power input to strengthen your pedaling action.
The boost button: allows the electric support to increase on demand of the cyclist for temporary situations in which you require maximum force.
Do you want to know the status of the battery? It’s very simple you just have to check the power button. It has 8 green LEDs that go off as the battery is consumed.
Oh!bike is one of the lightest electric bikes on the market. With a 24 “wheel much more stable than any small wheel (20”) and much more maneuverable than those with a large wheel (26 “or 28”).
With hydraulic disc brakes, clean and silent belt transmission and internal – hub gear, all oriented to the Design performance and low maintenance. The oh!bike is more comfortable, more stable, safer and more practical.
For more than 3 years, a group of engineers and designers from Barcelona has been working on the creation of a new concept of urban electric bicycle. They wanted to give as much importance to the form as to the function. That’s why the bicycle oh!bike has a unique style. An accurate design and special care to the last detail.
Oh!bike is comfortable for all types of people due to its ergonomics and dimensions. 2D folding system of handlebars and pedals allowing flat storage and transportation.
Charge and go! Battery perfectly integrated with two USB ports. You can easily extract it for your charging with less than 4 hours and a range of up 50 km.
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