The future for bikers.... I hope not!

[dean15]

I don't like this at all - no gears, no sound, top speed 60 mph - what's the point?

https://www.envbike.com/

[map]

FWIW was on the BBC breakfast show this morning.
Has been on BCF years before that too (like here)

The BBC report stated top speed 50mph and plans are to have it into production by December 2007.

However, don't hold your breath. Report also pointed out the problems of getting the fuel (hydrogen). Not likely to be at your local petrol station until the big guns in the car industry make something similar on 4 wheels.

More info from the BBC click here and here.

HTH
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[instigator]

Looks friggin' ace.

Its got two wheels, where's the problem? I'd have one instead of a wee diddly scotter if I had to commute. So, it's got not sound...means you'll just have to ride that bit more cautiously (which I think would benefit everyone)

[nick606]

its got to be the shittiest thing i have ever seen its like being stuck on a rs50 without the noise it look like a push bike and not a very good looking one at that.... gears, sound, speed are most of the fun of a motorbike

[Zimbo]

[Reppyboyo]

Would make for an awsome commuter.

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[map]

[Kram]

[Andy levitt]

yes ideal for cummting and replaces all the scooters then i give it a thumbs up but as for hardcore bikers with gsxrs etc then its just nowt tbh lol

[TheShaggyDA]

You need a GSXR to be "hardcore"?
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[CR]

looks like a mountain bike attached with a hairdryer at the front. The practicality looks but the design needs more consideration in my view.

How much is hydrogen gona cost?
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[TomR6]

[XR125]

Well, considering you can get a brand new CG125 for under 2k why would you buy this bike?

A fiver of petrol would keep you going for over a week and if you were using it soley for commuting it would take you 10 years to clock up the price of one of those bikes.

What a stupidly priced machine.

No one will buy one, except maybe Richard Branson who uses 100 quid notes to wipe his ass.

[Finglonga]

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[Phil_C]

I'm a tree-hugger, so I would get one of these for my commute, only if it went up to at least 70mph, with decent acceleration. I'd welcome the silent running (I have tinitus) and the environmental impact (lack of) is great. The thing is there is no indication of fuel cost or the carbon footprint required to make the thing in the first place.

Also, those wheels look a little too skinny for my liking..

[spike_Alike]

Slow, and no noise?

It goes against everything I love about bikes!

Maybe good for getting to work, but wheres the fun in it?

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[mattsprattuk]

if i had to ride one of them, id have to be going AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH the whole time just so there was some noise!
i hope they never take off... looks like something out of irobot, and only 60mph?
im hardly captain hardcore biker, but i prefer to go at the speed limit at least

[Nicky-Jano]

looks like something out of a space/alien film
No noise? sucks ass, I love the sound of a bike.

[stevo as b4]

The noise thing is not a problem though! Im sure some clever fucker has come up with a switchable sound generating bit of kit for it, that would allow you to have a V-twin on Monday, an howling 600 with a race can on Tuesday, a Speed Triple for the rest of the week etc. It's probably got a TPS to fit the throttle/speed controler, so that it can sound like it's in any one of 6gears and at any rpm, even though it will be going much slower than it sounds.

Why worry about it anyway? I can't see any of this new emissions free vehicles being around for more than 20years yet in the mainstream at least. It's all bullshit and you can't stop people using petrol engines, they just won't accept it! Anyways even if the future was that all new bikes were 50mph fuel cell powered things, then there are enough really decent old and secondhand bikes out there to keep us all going for a very long time!

[TheShaggyDA]

As Map has said, it's not going to be viable until the refilling problem is sorted. I see a return to autocycles happening before this will be on the road. Once people can see that there is a place for powered bicycles that can do 200+ MPG, it will pave the way on the acceptance front for lighter, cheaper, more economical transport.

This won't replace motorycles, just as the Smart car hasn't replaced cars - it's an alternative method of transport.
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