The Copenhagen Wheel replaces your existing rear bicycle wheel to give your bike power assist and regenerative braking. It’s got built-in wifi, making it all tunable via a real time iPhone app. There’s even an SDK for developers.
I love great bike tech. This is a little pricy at $799, but I can see the value for commuters who face a lot of hills on their rides. You can preorder the Copenhagen Wheel from superpedestrian.com at $699 for a limited time. Watch the video to get the whole concept.
Wasn’t this on Weeds yrs ago? Is this legit?
“regenerative braking” not “breaking” — unless you mean it’s like the Terminator and can repair itself.
It took a long time to get to market, but as far as I know, it’s been tested and will ship Q1 2014. There are enough reports from testers out there that I do believe this is legit. This originally came from MIT I believe.
Heh. Thanks BillG. Fixed.
They don’t mention battery capacity…
5.9kg for a rear wheel, that’s HEAVY. My whole bike weighs 7kg, I don’t really see the point in this… Especially since it looks like a single speed system.
Yes it was. Pretty sure it was the same look & name too.