I take issue with it being called the Antic Bike. It has no pedals. It’s not a bike, it’s an electric scooter. Understandably it’s inspired by minibikes of yesteryear, but how far are we going to stretch the word bike.
Thirty seconds in on their feature breakdown video and the in house design is portrayed as a bonus because everything is custom. What I hear is that everything is proprietary and repair would be a costly endeavour, assuming they even sell components at some point.
It’s revealed further in that any adjustments to braking, power profile, etc, are made using a mobile app. Couldn’t just put the settings in a head unit?
Looks cool though. Makes me wonder if it would do well on the beach with a cooler in the frame.
I take issue with it being called the Antic Bike. It has no pedals. It’s not a bike, it’s an electric scooter. Understandably it’s inspired by minibikes of yesteryear, but how far are we going to stretch the word bike.
Thirty seconds in on their feature breakdown video and the in house design is portrayed as a bonus because everything is custom. What I hear is that everything is proprietary and repair would be a costly endeavour, assuming they even sell components at some point.
It’s revealed further in that any adjustments to braking, power profile, etc, are made using a mobile app. Couldn’t just put the settings in a head unit?
Looks cool though. Makes me wonder if it would do well on the beach with a cooler in the frame.
Pedals are not a requirement. The first bicycles were what you’d call push bikes today, with no pedals.
Yeah, but on the other hand, ICE motorcycles have also been referred to as bikes, so it’s been a longstanding ambiguity with the term.
That means there’s only one word for it.