BMW has been developing motorised scooters and electric bicycles as part of its sponsorship of the 2012 London Olympics. The little electric two-wheeler is called the BMW Pedelec and has a powered top speed of 18 mph, which can be increased by pedalling. It’s a fold-up model much like a traditional pushed scooter so that it can be easily carried on transport.

While BMW has been developing its Concept C as a large, touring electric scooter, the Pedelec will actually go into production. BMW marketing boss, Ian Robertson says:

“We see this as a growing market, and as well as having 200 in use at the Games, we will take them to market.”

Source | Autocar

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Generally on TwoWheels we don’t deal with bicycles, but this McLaren racing bike is something a bit different. Unlike the road bike produced by off-road specialist Range Rover for its new ‘lifestyle’ SUV, the Evoque, we can’t see anyone clipping this onto the back of their McLaren MP4-12C supercar. Still, it looks fast, and that’s what we like about it.

The McLaren bike was built jointly by Specialized and the British supercar company which brought its lightweight materials to the party. The frame weighs only about 1kg which is about 10-15 percent lighter than other carbon-fibre bikes. The bike (known as the S-Specialized McLaren Venge) debuted at the Milan to Sanremo bicycle race where it came in 52nd place ridden by Mark Cavendish.

Continue reading: McLaren makes racing bicycle

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Getting your purse snatched is always a bad experience, but when chicken livered lowlifes grab it while riding a scooter or a motorcycle it also becomes dangerous, because you can fall or even get dragged, but in this case these two thieves got their divine justice from a bicycle riding man.

Check out this surveillance video from Wenzhou, China and learn the new way to stop scooter riding thieves.

This guy is my hero!

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In some weird statistics on motorcycling in the Netherlands, we find that the Dutch have about 650,000 motorcycles registered in their country, apparently doing 18.1 billion kilometres a year. In good news for the girls, a third of Dutch motorcycle licenses are held by women, up from a quarter about ten years ago.

But the most astonishing statistic is that in a country of just 16 million people, there are a total of 18 million bicycles. Now there I would really like to see the total number of kilometres clocked by bicycles. I know there are a lot, but seriously - two million more than the number of people?!

Source | Motorbiker.org

Photo | Flickr

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My first reaction was: “this is weird!” But then I thought about the advantages this helmet has for summer riding, and I just might be converted. If a helmet is just tortuous for you in the heat, try the Canedo Gladiat8r design.

This cross between a pair of sunglasses and a bicycle helmet needs no explanation, so we won’t bore you with descriptions of its air intakes and washable lining (it doesn’t have one, for that matter). While we’re doubtful it will ever be approved as suitable bike wear, but at least the idea is there. If we ever have to gad about on bicycles due to worldwide recession and climate change, this helmet could come into its own.

Source | Bike in the fast lane

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I’ve decided this 48v Electric Flat Tracker bicycle with Briggs Stratton Etek motor could be just for me. Pedalling for me was always too much like hard work and cycling was not exactly my favourite sport (dowhilling on the other hand…).

While this EV-12 is nothing extraordinary stylistically speaking, it has 14Kw, about 19hp of power, and even disc brakes. That means you’ve got a bicycle that can be transformed into an 80km/hr torpedo. That’s my kind of bike…

Source | Moto22

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