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Anti-routine bikes and motorcycles
From Bamboo to the electricity fairy
oo is fail-proof, even for a bike: the Bamboo
Bee. Just slightly less original: the Mobiky
foldable bike that takes and follows you or
motorizes you in electric version. Finally a
hybrid electric bike and motorcycle: the
etriks...
The most honourable AhSun Chuah, inventor you. A means of transport adap-
of the bamboo bike tested it during the course ted to all the others, it travels on buses, in the
of a 6103 km cycling trip : the “Circle of Life trunk of a car …everywhere. Available with
Expedition”. It proved so conclusive that it led or without electric assistance, if with – a choice
to the birth of the Bamboobee Company, in between two batteries 5,5 Ah (20-25 km range)
which a bicycle requires 38 working hours of or 11Ah (40 à 50 km). Another option : the 3 or
fine-tuned crafting. Its qualities? Its frame is 8 Shimano® Nexus speeds.
more rigid than carbon, smooth riding, beauty,
and a green philosophy. Your bike will turn Even more ambitious, the etriks, a new motor-
heads and you’ll go out of fashion before it does. bike concept - 2500 W, with 45 to 60 km/h, to
40 à 80 km ranges. For fun and work, mobility
Another remarkable contraption: the Mobiky is turning into a silent game, so bamboo, fol-
- the key to triple mobility. It trans- ding or lightweight motorbike ? Take all three!
ports and propels you. You fold it
in 3 seconds; then it travels with Claude Marpaud
Skeye Sàrl
Av. de la Plage 3 - 1028 Préverenges
Tel : +41 (0)21 802 62 10
www.skeye.ch
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