The Biomega OKO bike design by KiBiSi

[LockH]

ES Search found 6 matches: +Biomega. (Before this post.)
Now "Will A Better-Designed Electric Bike Change Commuting Habits? Biomega Thinks So" article on the Fast Company Design site:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3052807...ike-change-commuting-habits-biomega-thinks-so

"A 250-watt motor propels the bike and, depending on how you ride, has a range of about 25 miles per charge."

Last sentence:

The OKO by Biomega is available for pre-order from Austere. Shipping is slated for December. Prices start at $2,295.

http://www.austere.co/

 

[Jonathan in Hiram]

The integrated fenders look neat but if you bend one what the hell do you do, get out the hacksaw?

 

[LockH]

Hehe... and now the KiBiSi design picked up in Architectural Digest magazine. "A Big Design Firm Creates An Electric Bike":
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/bjarke-ingels-biomega-oko-electric-bike

Subtitle "Bjarke Ingels’s lightweight carbon-fiber bicycle uses a small electric motor to make pedaling easier"

Ebikes as art.

 

[LockH]

Now picked up by Bloomberg. (Oh oh. The "perfect" bike for City Commuting.)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...a-oko-review-the-best-bike-for-city-commuting

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[LockH]

... and now on the Treehugger site. "Biomega OKO ebike offers a light and streamlined electric commuting option":
http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/biomega-oko-electric-bike.html

(Apparently ebike designs go in "generations"? This is a "3rd" generation?)