http://btawa.org.au/2010/02/03/gocycle/ Commuting and bike riding for pleasure in Western Australia Wed, 16 May 2012 02:33:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://btawa.org.au/2010/02/03/gocycle/#comment-502 CycleSnail Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:19:47 +0000 http://btawa.org.au/?p=787#comment-502 Quite neat as an electric bicycle. I found the website a bit hard to navigate, I could not find the technical details (such as weight, battery life, range, speed). It seems the battery must be in the frame, with the drive somewhere at the crank. For a diverse range of electric cycles I looked up a <a href="http://www.citycycles.ch/web/citycycles/produkte/velos/elektrovelo.html" rel="nofollow">dealer in my hometown</a>, and found out that the Gocycle is designed by the McLaren team chief constructor. Quite neat as an electric bicycle. I found the website a bit hard to navigate, I could not find the technical details (such as weight, battery life, range, speed). It seems the battery must be in the frame, with the drive somewhere at the crank.
For a diverse range of electric cycles I looked up a dealer in my hometown, and found out that the Gocycle is designed by the McLaren team chief constructor.

]]> http://btawa.org.au/2010/02/03/gocycle/#comment-498 objectman Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:18:56 +0000 http://btawa.org.au/?p=787#comment-498 Cool looking bicycle. This surely is the decade for cool thing-a-ma-jigs (perhaps thanks to the iPhone, Nintendo Wii etc.). But I'm not sure if it's promoting or even fully encouraging cycling as a viable commute. Ultimately this is a part solution. It's a bike that's transported (presumably) in the boot of a petrol-guzzling vehicle. I guess you could get the bus with it (is it light enough?). I reckon we need facility-based government / city solutions like "showers", "lockers" and secure and visible parking racks rather than easy-to-transport bicycles. I guess it's not a fast bike, so one might sweat a little less and you could probably wear a suit on it. Dunno. Feels a bit design over content to me. Maybe I'm over-thinking it. Cool looking bicycle. This surely is the decade for cool thing-a-ma-jigs (perhaps thanks to the iPhone, Nintendo Wii etc.). But I’m not sure if it’s promoting or even fully encouraging cycling as a viable commute. Ultimately this is a part solution. It’s a bike that’s transported (presumably) in the boot of a petrol-guzzling vehicle. I guess you could get the bus with it (is it light enough?). I reckon we need facility-based government / city solutions like “showers”, “lockers” and secure and visible parking racks rather than easy-to-transport bicycles. I guess it’s not a fast bike, so one might sweat a little less and you could probably wear a suit on it. Dunno. Feels a bit design over content to me. Maybe I’m over-thinking it.

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