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Featherweight Balance Bikes

The Bellcycle's Reduced Weight Helps Children Enjoy A Breezy Ride

— October 6, 2017 — Autos
The Bellcycle is an elegantly engineered and thoughtfully designed balance bike, designed by New York City-based cycling innovator Alex Bell, that is designed to combine the joy of building your own bike with the advantages of lightweight riding.

Sold in the form of a DIY kit, the Bellcycle must be assembled before it can be enjoyed in its light, 9-kilogram completed form. One of the unique features of this balance bike is the fact that it doesn't have one axis of rotation for steering like most bikes, but instead features a pair of rotation points, allowing for increased stability. What's more, it can also be used in the form of a tricycle.

Rewarding to assemble and even more pleasing to ride, the Bellcycle takes the age-old balance bike segment to a more interactive level than ever before.
Trend Themes
1. Elegantly Engineered DIY Bikes - Opportunity for businesses to develop and market lightweight, customizable DIY bikes that provide a rewarding experience for both kids and adults.
2. Enhanced Stability in Balance Bikes - Opportunity for companies to create balance bikes with multiple rotation points, improving stability and safety for young riders.
3. Interactive Balance Bike Experience - Opportunity for brands to design balance bikes that not only provide a fun and enjoyable riding experience, but also encourage user engagement through assembly and customization.
Industry Implications
1. Cycling - Disruptive innovation opportunity for bike manufacturers to create unique, lightweight balance bikes that offer improved stability and interactivity.
2. DIY Kits - Opportunity for companies specializing in DIY kits to expand into the bicycle market, offering customizable balance bikes that can be assembled and personalized by consumers.
3. Children's Toys - Opportunity for toy companies to enter the balance bike market, creating interactive, customizable bikes that provide kids with a fun and engaging play experience.
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