Ever wanted a bike that could take you climb mountain trails to the top of the Alps, handle the descent, then quickly fold up for easy transport on a bus, subway, or plane with no oversized charges? Swiss Bike’s lineup folds down in seconds – just remove the front wheels, flip a quick release on the top tube of the frame, and fold it down.
According to Swiss Bike this extra versatility comes without the compromise found in most folding bikes. From Swiss Bikes:
The patented F.I.T.™ system developed by Montague engineers, and found on all our bikes, uses a system that does not cut any tubes in half. In fact, when looking at our bikes, it is not immediately clear how they fold, or even that they fold at all. We use our patented Concentrus™ system, which is a tube within a tube design that actually strengthens the frame by incorporating technology found on some high performance, dual suspension mountain bikes.
Designer and silkscreen printer Diego Garcia has a different approach to a utilitarian bicycle. He’s resurrecting the “triporteur” concept, big with French couriers in the early 20th century. His designed and handbuilt his version of the triporteur in his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Simple, elegant and beautiful. Garcia is looking to build a geared model for those in hillier locales and hopes to “inspire people out of their metal cages and onto bikes.”
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