Design student Kevin Scott designed this unusual bending bike that not only folds up tightly but can be used to locks itself up. The De Montfort University industrial design student designed the bike to make its safer and easier to lock up your bike in the city.
His design looks like a normal bike when in riding mode, but a simple level on the frame triggers the frame to go from rigid to pliable. A ratchet system built into the frame enables the bike to simple be bent around a pole fitting one side of the handle bar into a closure under the seat, locking the bike in place.
The final-year BSc Industrial Design student is Runner-up in the Business Design Centre New Designer of the Year Award at New Designers for his collapsible bicycle.
The judges awarded the £500 prize to “encourage the further development of this unique and striking idea.”
Kevin said: “This has validated how I feel about the product. It’s a justification of the uniqueness of the design and the possibilities for taking it further. I intend to use the prize money to outsource production of some of the key components to allow for full testing.”
“I am now going to take this forward to produce a fully resolved solution and hopefully this will be a stepping stone into a career in the bike designing industry.”
Kevin Scott plans to develop his bicycle design to allow for full product testing.
What a brilliant idea I hope Kevin gets the chance to take his design further.