Eurobike 2009
Hello! Welcome to my first post here. When I told Henrique that I was going to this event, he suggested I write a post for the site and share some of what I had experienced. So here it is….
I had the pleasure of going to Friedrichshafen this year to attend three days of the Eurobike international bicycle trade show. It was absolutely mind-boggling the size of this thing. Tens of thousands of bikes in about 12 football field sized exhibition halls. It took me three days of seven hours per day to see every booth, and I’m sure I missed a lot of what the show had to offer. The big story this time was the rise of electric bikes. There were two different test tracks where you could try any of the models from several dozen manufacturers. This part of the industry is huge, and growing. Fixed gear bikes are also all the rage, and everyone seems to have one. There were a few notable bikes and accessories that I thought would be appropriate for Letsevo, so check out the pictures (and don’t forget to read the descriptions below the pictures) in the gallery to get a feel of where we’ve gotten to in this crazy cycling world.
Hey Tomas! super nice story! amazing to get to know trough you, a bunch off new developments in this industry! It was great to read your comments too. Good vibes.
Interesting story… easy to see the evolution of this sector with the rise of electric bikes, but i am still skeptic in particular because of the lack of connection between bikes and the other means within the intermodal network…
Hi Ricardo!
Do you mean the lack of connection between ebikes and other modes of transportation in cities or the electric charging grid? Interesting point, If it is the later, I guess we will have to wait the move of Better Place, and propose them to implement a solution also for electric bikes and motorcycles. We would easily try to push this on our e.Moped project, making them fit to a common charging standard.