If you ride your bike everywhere, even during bad weather, the Veltop is for you. It allows you to cycle sheltered from the rain, cold, wind and sun. It only weighs 2kg and it can be packed or

unfolded easily.From the site:

VELTOP is composed of a windscreen and a waterproof hood, which is supported by two arches.

On both sides an additional protection can be unfolded when needed in the event of rain and cold.

The device is fixed on the saddle-shaft and the handlebar of your bicycle with two universal fixations.

The whole device can be dismantled. The windscreen is pushed down.The arches and the hood as well as the removable side protections are stored in two bags.

Designer Torkel Dohmer knows how bicycling can be made more comfortable and weatherproof, which he has shown in a bike dubbed the “ThisWay”. The ThisWay bike has been designed for regular bikers who need something to prevent them from harsh weather conditions and nighttime traffic. With a solar roof, which functions both as an energy provider and shelter from rain, The bike has been designed with built-in LED lights at the front and the rear which offer avid protection from oncoming traffic. A low

center of gravity is ensured via a height-adjustable seat. Along with a luggage compartment, the bike is designed to weigh less than 12kg, thanks to its carbon fiber

body.The disadvantage of the product : The carbon fiber body makes the bike lightweight, but it will definitely show its effect on the price tag of the bike. The price of the bike will surely be

much more than any traditional bike available on the market today, however, but with all those features in place, it might be a little price to pay

Intended toward white-collar workers living in cities, the “Co2” by Taiwan-based designer Tang Ming-deng is an electric bicycle concept to allow

safe and sustainable commutation in urban environments.

Based in the natural process of photosynthesis, the new electric bicycle opens or spreads its leaf windows, exposing inside chloroplast to the

sunlight, to accomplish the photosynthesis process to move the bike on sustainable energy.

The conversion of chemical energy to kinetic energy is a brand new form to transmit the environmental consciousness. The bike concept not only cuts the fuel cost but also reduces the carbon emissions, making cities a

better place to live.

Featuring a utility steering wheel to monitor the amount of power and control the speed, the sustainable bike also includes a suspension fork

system and rear shock absorber system, while the treadle assists the rider to get on the bike with ease and offers motor energy to produce electricity in cloudy weather. The Co2 also include transmission motors on the left and right wheels to power the bike. Here Is The Amazing Co2 Electric

Bicycle by Designer : Tang Ming-deng .

Link for the Eco-Bicycle: http://chrocodiles.blogspot.com/2010/1

0/amazing-co2-electric-bicycle-produces.html

The latest covered design that has come to my attention is the

semi-recumbent Rain Bike for the Belgian Post Group, designed

by Frederic Boonen. Similar to the “This Way” concept, the designer describes the Rain Bike as “a gap

between bike and car.” Unlike Torkel’s concept, this one is a trike with an electric engine to

assist commuters (or mail carriers) with a cargo load up to 60 kg.  Even though it is a trike,

Frederic points out that the overall width of 120cm makes it usable

on bike paths and roads. Link:

http://bicycledesign.net/2011/02/rain-bike-by-frederic-boonen/

Rain Bike by Frederic Boonen

Link : http://bicycledesign.net/2011/02/rain-bike-by-frederic-boonen/ Mike says

1. I’m a little unclear on why it needs the red fairing inside the clear fairing (I put a fairing in your fairing so you can fairing while you fairing).

2. A curved steering column may look nice but can’t really have a brace halfway up as shown here (the red fairing). It also doesn’t work very well on a rack and pinion style steering system — you get a weird tiller effect as the center point of the handlebar describes a curve as you try

to steer That would get sussed out in prototyping, but it’s still kind of an obvious gaffe.3. The people who design these rain fairings certainly believe some interesting things about the

wettability of polycarbonate and other thermoplastics. Translation: rain won’t run off of it and you won’t be able to see for beans. Kind of defeats the purpose of a rain bike, though I suppose

this one is narrow enough that you could just stick your head out the side  See this link for the results of a practical experiment with plastic rain fairings:

http://www.cb1.com/~john/Exercise/recumbent.htmlFebruary 1, 2011, 2:15 pm

T saysI hope we could see more into the research and user studies in the project. Indeed it is very difficult to convince people about the advantages when all you show is one

static rendering without the user.As I see it, in rain the canopy will have water on it – you won’t see through. Looking straight back seems very difficult as you’d need to twist your torso out of the cockpit. Protection from rain is minimal – your shoulders and sides are bound to get wet. The canopy keeps your stomach and inner legs dry while keeping you from seeing out.

Please convince us!February 3, 2011, 8:02 am

Impossibly Stupid saysSure, if you’re talking about the whole package. You could probably find a good

enough market at $2k, since that is what some people seem to be willing to pay for an unfaired recumbent or a higher-end standard bike. Much above that, though, and

you’re getting into the territory of scooter/motorcycle prices, and people are inherently lazy, so they’ll just buy something they can sit on instead of pedal. But the farther it is away from the “do anything” utility that people see in their cars, they less they’re willing to spend on it. The thing pictured/described here, though, I don’t see

costing less than $10k.

February 3, 2011, 6:20 pm

Link : http://bicycledesign.net/2011/02/rain-bike-by-frederic-boonen/

Veltop

http://bicycledesign.net/2011/02/rain-bike-by-frederic-boonen/

http://chrocodiles.blogspot.com/2010/10/amazing-co2-electric-bicycle-produces.html

http://jz88.com/jz88-blog/2007/12/smrt-replies-on-bikes-and-dirty-buses/

http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/eco-bikes-thisway-bicycle-makes-biking-comfortable-and-

weatherproof/