Hi-Tech Bicycle Glows At Night

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Designer Niklas Galler has come up with a unique bicycle called the TONG City Bike that makes the rider visible while riding his bike at night. The lights are cool and the design is pretty damn good too.
 
Very nice design and idea. There are TOO MANY bike riders around my town getting cremed at night because they are not wearing anything reflective and their bikes have no lights/reflectors.
 
As an avid cyclist, I have to say, that's the dumbest looking bike I've seen in a long time. As others have said, lights on bikes is nothing new. And anyone riding at night without lights (not reflectors - actual shining lights) is just asking for it (not that they deserve to get hit, just saying, it's common sense).

Looking at the website looks like those guys make a lot of white and neon things for big name companies. Meh, I say.
 
DemonDiablo said:
That is one ugly looking bike. Seriously, who would pay to ride that thing?
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If it came in black, had real handlebars, and supported my fat ass, I'd consider it. It's sure as hell better than the pathetic thing I have now for a bike.
 
I like it. Needs integrated head and tail lights though. Is that a hard tail or soft tail?
 
A bike that glows at night. Makes targeting all that much easier, especially those who ride on the wrong side of the road.;)
 
Fooshnik said:
Composite frames tend to develop cracks over time.
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Eh, but so can many aluminum and most of the high tech materials used on bikes now. This is a city bike so it will not be subjected to the torture a mountain bike will for example. The gearbox design looks interesting. Looks like a planetary gearbox between the cranks with a drive shaft rather than a chain. The only problem with a bike like that is it looks like candy to a thief. Most people I know who use their city bikes usually use beaters built out of old cheap parts. Basically minimize the loss if it's stolen and just make it generally unatractive to a thief.
 
Fooshnik said:
Composite frames tend to develop cracks over time.
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That’s a pretty generalized statement. How well composites hold up is directly dependant on the quality of materials used and the expertise used by the builders.

You do realize that composites are and have been used in high performance automobile engine crankshafts?:)
 
RamboZZo said:
The only problem with a bike like that is it looks like candy to a thief. Most people I know who use their city bikes usually use beaters built out of old cheap parts. Basically minimize the loss if it's stolen and just make it generally unatractive to a thief.
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Ding Ding Ding.
I lived in Atlanta for 2 years. Bought a bike and lock and it was gone in less than 24 hours. The only deterrent you could have was one of those steel u-bolt locks, which would deter all but the most determined theives who could pick locks or would hacksaw through it. It seemed like even the bums all owned decent bolt cutters.
Without a closed loop frame like your average bike, you can't even get one of those u-bolt locks on that bike. If it was actually designed for the city, it would have a decent way of securing it. I don't see either.
 
Plain and simple...VERY COOL!!! It's different, and it's functional...bring it on!
 
1. ugly
2. where's the real lights?
3. gonna be way over priced
4. how do you secure it?
5. probably really expensive to repair

And why does "high tech" stuff keep getting uglier and uglier?

I would be embarrased to ride a bike that looked like that.

If I was given one, I wouldn't ride it.. I would try to sell it.
 
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