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I love riding my bike the joy of being outside breeze in my face gliding under my own human power even though I have a very busy life welcome to my family's little bike factory in Oregon I'm Hanna Shoals the second generation and bike Friday presidents it is my mission to give people freedom and a healthier life with high quality bikes that are convenient to take with you anywhere you go so I have something really special to show you it's a big breakthrough the packet the first folding backpack bike under 20 pounds actually it starts under 15 in the 120 years of folding bike history no one has ever developed a folding bike under 15 pounds that's actually production-ready until now and there's more it fits in a backpack and it folds in under 25 seconds we've found that the limitations of common folding bikes are that they are heavy to carry have few gear options have greasy chains and only come in one size the packet is a game changer it's the world's lightest folding bike it's available in gears up to 11 speeds it can be belt driven so you never have to worry about getting grease on your hands or on your clothes it's more compact than all other major brands it fits in a backpack and the best part it comes in multiple sizes with a lot of room for adjustability this opens up a world of possibilities for you to have a bike you actually want to ride and it easily fits into your busy life it fits in a teeny house under your desk in an RV in the overhead compartment of a train and into a checkable suitcase for airline travel you really can take it with you anywhere and everywhere with many sizing and component choices you can write it for cruising commuting or adventuring my family has had a mission to improve people's lives for 24 years bike Friday has been building bicycles for people to travel all over the with our team of 27 people we hand build each person's bike to fit their size and personal choice from a wide array of options the bike ready community has grown to over 30,000 all from our little factory using our experience fueled by our mission we've created the packet as the ultimate bicycle companion great for city riding hi I'm Colin and this is Eddy the smallest and lightest add-on kit for bicycles that converts any bicycle into a powerfully bike within seconds you simply mount the drive unit to your existing bike attach the battery switch it on and off you go yikes our fast eco-friendly and they take you to work without sweating but conventional ebikes are quite heavy embarking they're not meant to be used as normal bikes that's why we created Eddy it offers a super efficient drive while keeping your bike pure Eagle and absolutely smooth running Eddy consists of three parts the mounting plate the drive unit and the battery all made of high quality materials as you can see Eddie is almost invisible and it's a true lightweight champion while most other systems have between five and ten kilograms Eddy with only two kilograms including the battery and Eddie is smart in off mode you don't feel it since there's no friction or conduit in all mode you can select various support levels once your pedal Eddie starts within half a second if you stop pedaling Eddy stops automatically therefore Eddy a safe flight and a great companion for your trips this is the OI it's a black bell it doesn't look like a black bow because we don't want it to be just like any other backbone to explain why it looks like this let's go back a bit nog is an Australian company that believes former function of friends friends of benefits so once we don't always like to fit in we love things that fit together which is why we don't like these so we asked what if it could be different so we sketched catted printed sanded painted drilled to get the perfect form I mean tested volume test a pitch tested patience so we had the perfect function small size works with twenty two point two millimeter diameter bars and the large size for anything up to an including thirty one pointing and with five finishes to choose from brushed aluminium brass copper black and titanium was sure to find an oil to suit you and your work wait Kickstarter where the founders of no I'm Hugo and I'm Mel and back in 1877 John Richard dedicate patented the first black belt until then nothing much has changed with bike bells so knob developed the oil we wanted to reinvent what the Hubble bike bell was we wanted to design a product which was sympathetic to all bikes look great on vintage bikes and it really good all the way through the road bikes and with your backing we can bring this bill to life much faster than we normally would so please pledge your support for the mark boy getting quick get one for yourself please share the campaign in your bike loving friends boy you a journey is more than just getting to your destination it's about enjoying the right what if you could cycle taking everything you wanted with you but without compromise introducing Tilton here in the UK I've worked with some brilliant designers and manufacturing specialists we've completely reimagined both a humble bike rack and the pannier bike I wanted to create a rack that complements your road bike beautifully and is so light you don't even know it's there a rack that can attach to any road bike without tools in seconds the pannier bag needed to be equally light robust and waterproof a pioneer that can take it all and connect effortlessly to the rack historically bike racks are made from welded metal tubes the tailfin rack is manufactured from carbon fiber we've shaped two aerodynamically to seamlessly blend with your road bike tailfins been designed with some breakthrough features it ships with a custom skewer which permanently replaces your existing one and allows tail frame to attach to almost any road bike the tailfin rockin pannier worked perfectly together you could also attach existing panniers the pannier contains a rigid backbone which extends tailfins strength right into the bike keeping your belongings secure in transit it was critical that the rack was engineered to be ultralight without any challenge to its strength or agility and went beyond industry standards hi Kickstarter I'm Emily and I dreamed up blaze blaze is a damn good LED front light but it also projects the symbol of a bike then onto the road ahead it tackles one of the biggest causes of cyclists fatalities being caught in a blind spot or vehicles turning across an unseen bike it warns drivers in front of the cyclist of its presence and prevents them turning across its path imagine being a bus driver with a bike down in a blind spot you can't see even let up like a Christmas tree the bike can be invisible but with blaze you see its image on the road in front before you decide to turn I could see that green light first it tells me selfie example then I'll see the cyclist so that when he's in my blind spot will point him out two or three seconds before I actually see he's a good possibility 50% the same in his life another common scenario sees drivers pulling out of a side Junction into the path of a bike here the cycles can be right up close but overlooked deuter's position lasers flashing symbol ahead of the bike increases its visibility and gives it a presence away from its normal footprint finally pedestrians i've often at the jam on the brakes to avoid hitting someone who stepped out through stationary traffic be one of the first to get a blaze on your bike and blaze a trail both in the UK and assembled by hand with beautiful machined aluminium casings the internals comprised leading optical engineering with the chargeable lithium battery super-bright white LEDs and a green laser module the lens that disperses the lasers highly focused light to create an image also spreads its energy and make it safe to human eyes but like a laser pointer it needs to be handled with care it has a magnetic safety sensor meaning it cannot be used off the bike but the LEDs can still be used on low power as a torch this feature also prevents it draining the batteries in Iraq Zac it's durable it's compact and it's waterproof so go on change the way we ride and blazed a trail