Super fast bike could revolutionize transportation

STORY:
It's certainly a head-turner. Whizzing around the streets of Berlin - this is the "ErockIT". Half-bicycle, half-motorbike, Stefan Gulas has been working on his invention for the past four years:

[Stefan Gulas, ErockIT Inventor]:
"It's a motorbike and in a certain sense it's also a bicycle, because the motorbike works as a bicycle. So you have to pedal in order to travel forwards. The pedals act as a type of accelerator. So you don't have an accelerator on the handlebars but you have to pedal. And the quicker you pedal the faster the motor goes."

And this pedaling also charges up the bike's battery. Gulas is convinced the ErockIT - which can travel up to 80 kilometers, or almost 50 miles an hour, is a transport revolution.

[Stefan Gulas, ErockIT Inventor]:
"The thing I'm most proud of is that we've managed to make a cool electric vehicle. There are lots of vehicles with petrol engines that are cool - you just need to go and take a look at them, Ducatis or cars like Porsches and Ferraris. They're cool vehicles, but they all have petrol engines."

The bike may have the looks. But it seems people don't quite know what to make of it.

[Martin Alridge, Likes ErockIT]:
"From the speed, I'd say it's a motorbike, but he pedals it, so it's a push bike. So it's a bicycle. But an amazing thing, absolutely amazing. I want one."

The others who want one should be prepared to dig deep into their pockets.

An "ErockIT" costs 30-thousand euros - or around 44-thousand U.S. dollars - and customers have to put down 25 000 euros when they place an order.

For his part - Gulas says he expects the bike will appeal to creative, successful, people.

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[NeoTranshuman]

Prepare for butthurt harley fags to scream "Baww, it's too quiet, loud pipes save lives"..

Attention whores.

[FrumpyShakes]

@everthinka

Fascist Germany lost the war because of hairy armpitted liberals? That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

[peepeevagi]

Yeah, that 70,000 dollar bike will revolutionze transportation, for rich fags that can afford it.

[carcano38]

This was posted 3yrs ago so all I can say is if it sounds to good to be true then it is. Where are those bikes at ? This is the first I've heard of it. Could this video make it out to be a whole lot more then it is ? So this may also be the last it's heard from.

[peopleofthecircle]

ok, fast electric moped.

[pinkmonsterist]

This person has an great idea for our future but is a freaking asshole about it you know respect pays more than what your asking price is like a healthy future!!! Oh yeah money can't buy that only time!!!

[scrappy452]

Cool but fuck that price. Good luck on those sells

[savigy1301]

Seems great - but damn, really expensive!

[MrOffshore]

It will never take off at that price...NEVER. If you can't put it at a pricepoint of a scooter, you might as well give up. You will certainly sell a handful, but even the rich and famous don't want to bother with something like this for anything more than the novelty of it. Best of luck though, it is cool...I give it a 11 out of 10 on design and function and I give it a 3 out of 10 on economic viability.

[EGGtart12]

Y not just buy an electric motor bike

[RagingBubuli]

Why not make a Flintstone Car out of this?

[darby594]

I have a motorised push bike and I'm scared that I'll loose it due to the laws that have been introduced that is a great invention which probably isnt worth 44 grand but it's amazing