It’s OK to say that smart bikes are no longer concept bikes but in production and in store now.
Smart bike technology is being incorporated into production models and being placed into the globe’s cycle retailers.
The Speed Sensor: Not only does it measure speed, distance and calories but also carbon emissions saved but the sensor automatically notes the bike with a spin of the wheel, connecting not just the bike with the smartphone, but also the brand with the user.
The smart bike sector took another big leap forward this year with Greyp’s 100% digital G6 trail bike. Having built-in wide angle cameras, a smartphone activated kill switch for security and GPS, Greyp is not a be all concept bike but has been on the trails and in the hands of the press at Eurobike Media Days in South Tyrol.
Halfords announced it would retail the world’s firstAmazon Alexa enabled bike, the Cybic Legend.
It seems reasonable to assume that smart bikes, or connected bikes, are no longer in the concept bike stage but well and truly with us – and creeping into bicycles from the globe’s big bike brands. It’s difficult to argue that the smart bike has yet peaked.
