Eurobike Concept bikes: Recycled plastic, hydrogen & hubless

Eurobike has a little bit of every part, however these wild prototype idea bike tasks from Muzzi Cycles, HeFlow & Komo Bike caught our eyes. Muzzi is a one-piece molded plastic body that may be recycled and even created from recycled materials. HeFlow is an adaptable 4-wheeled cargo bike powered by a hydrogen engine. And Komo’s undertaking is a mini-wheeled metropolis ebike with no hubs…

They’re all fairly wild.

Muzzi Cycles eco-friendly recycled plastic bike

Muzzi Cycles sustainable modular recycled plastic bike, all-plastic headtube

Surprisingly sufficient, the fully one-piece plastic Muzzi Cycles body undertaking has truly been round for greater than 20 years, with purposeful manufacturing as early as 2008.

But within the time since, this made-in-Brazill idea bike has developed the body design itself, and even the fabric that it’s created from.

Muzzi Cycles sustainable modular recycled plastic bike, plastic frame

Environmental sustainability has been been a key focus because the begin. And these newest fashions are created from a mix of varied recycled post-consumer plastics, and now even “photosynthesis-based” frames that incorporate biomass fibers within the injection-molded composite mix.

Muzzi Cycles sustainable modular recycled plastic bike, new disc brakes

Thanks to the modular design – and the thick ensuing body sections – the Muzzi Cycles has been capable of be tailored to numerous newer requirements in recent times.

Muzzi Cycles sustainable modular recycled plastic bike, modular rear end

The newest Muzzi undertaking bikes have tailored to disc brakes (however nonetheless QR axles, thus far) with bolt-on metallic dropout plates.

Muzzi Cycles sustainable modular recycled plastic bike, ebike version

Muzzi have even managed to show the sustainable modular recycled plastic undertaking bike into an e-bike now, screwing a battery below the plastic downtube and including a front-drive hub motor that allowed them to maintain the common disc brake / derailleur-geared rear finish.

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HeFlow H2 hydrogen-powered cargo ebike

HeFlow 4-wheel H2 hydrogen-powered cargo ebike, side

A bit additional away from one thing you should buy immediately, the HeFlow 4 H2 is a 4-wheeled cargo ebike platform, powered by a hydrogen gas cell.

The Alpha Neo Hydrogen AXH gas cell packs a 480W PEM gas cell that’s used to ship energy to the 250W electrical drive system for the rear wheels. Output torque is rated at 120Nm to propel this beast, and the gas cell shops an enormous 1300Wh of vitality to offer it a protracted 150km vary.

HeFlow 4-wheel H2 hydrogen-powered cargo ebike, front end

This quad cargo e-bike appears fairly superior… and perhaps even trail-ready.

But the actual trick although is that the gas cell could be refilled and recharged to its 300bar (4350psi) max strain in simply 2 minutes making it ultimate for repeated service the place you received’t have to attend for a battery to slowly recharge.

HeFlow 4-wheel H2 hydrogen-powered cargo ebike, angled

The customary 4-wheeled HeFlow cargo ebike weighs 75kg, and may haul a 200kg load.

With 27.5/650b wheels it may be constructed up with city slick or knobby mountain bike tires. The customary utility mannequin has this inbuilt field, however there are additionally a few totally different supply trailer add-ons potential together with one that may haul a full-size pallet, plus a household mannequin with a youngsters seat within the again or a MTB mannequin with a low-profile baggage platform.

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Komo Bike hubless ebike

Komo Bike hubless ebike, complete

This final one is one other e-mobility engineering train out of South Korea. The Korea Mobilty improvement firm of the hubless Komo Bike appears to simply wish to show the viability of the “futuristic design” idea.

Komo Bike hubless ebike, front wheel

The hubless entrance wheel spins round rollers on the quick sprung fork, and involves a cease with a traditional V-brake on the aluminum rim, then wrapped with stable airless Tannus tires.

Komo Bike hubless ebike, rear wheel

The hubless rear wheel is pushed by an enormous rim-sized cog with a direct drive to the motor that acts a regenerative rear wheel brake, as properly for a claimed 15% increase in vary.

Komo Bike hubless ebike, hub drive motor inside

Tucked in between the 2 wheels, the Komo idea bike truly makes use of a traditional hub motor, at the least on this working prototype. For now all of it sits in a cumbersome, bolted-together aluminum body that makes use of many 3D-printed elements to complete off the futuristic appears.

 

Komo Bike hubless ebike, view

While the absolutely hubless Komo Bike idea continues to be a methods off… look via that hole rear wheel to see the Komo Smart, a extra present ebike that swaps in a traditional derailleur drivetrain, spokes, and rear hub motor for purposeful simplicity. The Komo Smart nonetheless will get the hubless entrance wheel and is serving as a proof of idea and test-bed for the additional improvement of the fully-hubless mannequin.

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