When I was child,I remember that to be able to ride a bicycle without supported wheels was around entering elementary school.
How about your childhood?
I wonder you have already seen the two-wheels mobility at present ridden by children for their first time.That is the bicycle without cranks & pedals called Kickbike, one of famous brand is STRIDER(Brand name).They ,which made by carbon and held world competition and so on, have been established.
Origin of bicycles made in the past 200 years was similar to Kickbikes! as unraveling bicycle history.The form of it gets various evolution with any of progresses to the present appearance.Let us think how bicycles will be from now on.
Kickbike for Adult
The Source of bicycle was developed by German Count Draisine about 200 years ago.Most popular mobility was a coach in those days with wheels of coach arranged parallel exchanged for columns and set a handle for control.It could express KICKBIKES for Adults.
It made some evolution with pedals and cranks on the front wheel in the mid-19th century, then people were able to separate their feets over the ground. Bicycles looked like the present shape driven by a chain on the rear wheel was developed in England about 100 years ago in the end-19th century.
And then, various type of the bicycle was manufactured such as military use and for leisure.During bicycles was entertained for sports, the Liege-Bastogne-Liege was held in Belgium since 1892 still continues and the first competition of Tour de France was opened since 1903.The bicycles were evolved with competition. Recently MTB(Mountain Bike) was developed in the 1970s.
As a conclusion, the processes of bicycle evolution is in order of Kickbike, City cycle, Road bike, Mountain bike and to be continued.
How Hot Electricity and Indoor Cycling
Growing market in the bicycle industry in particular is e-Bike(a bicycle with electricity assist) and indoor cycling.
The beginning of e-Bike launched in 1993 by YAMAHA was city-cycle models named PAS.And now e-bikes are in trend for road bikes ,mtbs and folding-bikes.It has been convenient not only daily use but also for leisure.That’s the power of electricity bicycles.
The e-bike markets in Japan have been growing for pick-up bicycles to go to kindergarten for families. In Europe, that makes new markets as people are entertained for trail riding with e-MTB and people become less physically active going mountain climb.That need is to eliminate any pains such as anything physical, heavy weight or climbing.
On the other hand,the trend has come to INDOOR CYCLING in spite of it being common practice to ride a bicycle outside as cycling and commuting.
Roadies(road bike enthusiast) have intended to ride their bicycle in the house due to increasing demands of Smart Trainer(indoor bicycle trainer), well-known application for virtual ride and outing restrictions by novel coronavirus infections.I consider it will deploy while affected by not only COVID-19 but also global warming.
There are popularizations for users who haven’t been interested in sports bicycles from before.Spread of cycle exercises like FEEL CYCLE and Peloton which is stationary bike service in the USA.I notice they have acquired many users, especially females, workout with any other participants and trainers with sense of unity.
Direction of Bicycle Evolution
I am so interested in cultivating new axes such as electrification and indoor cycling.As we saw the history of bicycles, it is so important to cooperate with entertainment based on practical uses.It seems not spreading and continuing without fun.
I worry about how we get conventional light characteristic back as electricity sports bicycles in a familiar way.As Audio had gone through,evolved to Walkman, that is correct to become smaller in size of a battery and motor ,and then more productively in proportion with evolution.It will happen more evolutions for bicycle accessories such as cycle-computers, anything to wears like cycle jerseys as proceeding electrification.
Virtual cycling is focusing on workouts as is, I think it is so exciting to be experienced with virtual cycle touring with VR(Virtual Reality).While we would be in house, we are able to climb the Mt.Alps or Mt.Pyrenees.Of course I want to ride that on real world!
I state that it is an issue to improve safety performances as one of mobilities.I wonder how bicycle links with CASE during spreading autonomous mobility society?I have come up with some imagination on how bicycles cope with autonomous cars on the roads.
Can’t stop interested in the future of creating new worlds with bicycles.
Next, I would like to think about the bicycle industry/market.
A reference:Cyclingood Vol.20
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