5 Unconventional Bikes - Taipei Cycle Show 2019
As you've probably noticed from our coverage this year, the Taipei Cycle Show isn't your usual bike expo. It attracts exhibitors from all corners of the bike industry and there's a fair helping of strange products in the mix. Here are five of the most out-there bikes we've seen in the Nangang halls.
XZone X Man 26
There were a fair few low riders on display in Taipei but this one takes the crown as the most ridiculous. It must be at least two and a half meters long and can go even longer thanks to an adjustable head tube angle.
The headtube is fully adjustable, how slack do you want to go?
The saddle can be slid forwards and back on the top tube rails.
Accord Enterprise Corp Suitcase Bike
No, this isn't a real life rendering of the 3D pipes screensaver but a folding bike that packs down into a carry-on suitcase size.
Front wheel goes here
And the back wheel goes here
The final form
KHS' Wooden bike
Wood you believe it?
Pacific Cycles Birdy
This seems like a fairly conventional commuter folding bike, until you notice the linkage fork up front.
Cycling and Health Tech Industry Concept Bike
Shortlisted for the International Bike Design Competition last year, this bike takes a totally unique approach to driving the rear wheel.
A closer look at the unique drivetrain.
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Interestingly the wooden thing it the only one I didn't feel and urge to burn.
Dear Pinkbike team, could you please release a $9k bike review for rinsing my cornea?
Curious though. The last bike seems to have a hose or outer cable going down the fork leg but it already has a rim brake. Any idea what the hose/outer is for?
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The others are eyesores, and that last one is the classic example of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
(Actually, I saw it on last year's cycleshow. haha~)
Pinkbike, how about covering some new catalog frame options, affordable carbon components, consumer-direct factory carbon saddle offerings, or something that would be beneficial to average riders in the real-world? This show is wildly successful for a reason, show us the goods!
Better yet, how about a few live interviews on YouTube with these factories that do Original Equipment Manufacturing for big brands?