Dear commuter,

our passion for urban mobility lead us to creating the new urban mobility weekly feed on our blog. Posts will present a collection of interesting news and trends focused on urban mobility, bike lanes, improvements in cities, ebikes trends, newest research outcomes, cycling trends … In case you have any other interests that you would love to hear about, do not hesitate to reach out and contact us at [email protected].

So, what was going on in urban mobility world last week?

Paris, city of lights unveiled a bold, $164 million plan to make itself “the cycling capital of the world” by 2020. This way they also want to solve French capital’s pollution problem. Read more on Wired and here.

Ontario, the area around Toronto in Canada, is investing $25 million in cycling infrastructure. Read more here.

According to Boston Bikes, the city has seen the number of estimated daily bike trips double since 2007, to about 80,000 people on bikes in 2014. They are currently dealing with their bike roads safety. A study of 30 miles of protected bike lanes in New York City credits them with reducing serious injuries to cyclists by 75 percent. Read more here.

In 2005, Los Angeles had 245 miles of bike infrastructure. Now, this has doubled to 562,25 miles of bike lanes, paths and routes. Read more here.

Check out solar bicycle lane in South Korea. Covered by solar panels, generating electricity and shading cyclists as they ride, it covers 20 km running down in the middle of six-lane highway. Read more here.

Read the story of Mike Brown from United States, who got back on his bike with the help of ebike after surviving cancer. More here.

Dear KS backers,

New year is in full motion for us at FlyKly and February was a very exciting month, since we‘ve received amazing feedback from you, our community. So many photos of smarter bikes and comments came in from your first rides. And believe us, each and everyone is priceless motivation for our team.

This is a quick update of the past months: we’ve established several test locations worldwide, where you can try out the Smart Wheel. We’ve launched crowd investing campaign on Circleup, received first reviews and journeys from our customers and built a new community page. We’ve shipped almost all EU and US orders and Smart Lights orders. We are now sending Smart Lights together with the Smart Wheel and we’ve published the Smart Light installation video.

Our community has a new home

Find customer reviews, customer photos, media reviews and all other FlyKly news in one place: http://community.flykly.com/

Can’t find your smarter bike on our community page? Don’t hesitate and email us with a picture of your smarter bike at [email protected].

Journey’s from all around the world

We are eager to hear stories about your journeys with your smarter bikes. Here are two journeys from our backers, Marcin from Poland and Marcel from Netherlands.

Marcel from Netherlands: “I like the Smart Wheel’s performance, it really impressed me and installation wasn’t so hard. Moreover, wheel holds up very well in hard weather.” Read more about Marcel’s journey here.

Marcin from Poland: "SmartWheel is amazing, all of my friends want to have this wheel. My mother (75years old) is interested to ride, a family friend (92 years old) wants to ride using the FlyKly’s Smart Wheel. And my old bike is finally trendy again.” Read Marcin’s story here.

Win a prize while riding your bike

Do you want a free Smart Light? Do you bike to work? Do you have a favorite view while you ride your bike? Yes? Get involved in the #smartview competition.

Its as easy as riding a bike;) Send us a picture of your favorite view from your bike ride to work and tag it with ‪#‎smartview‬‬‬‬‬. The best picture we receive till the end of March gets a free Smart Light. You can post the picture on Facebook or Twitter, tag FlyKly and mark it with #smartview or send it to [email protected]. It would be really cool if you add the location of your favorite view.

Example of #smartview picture and text:

I love riding to work, my favorite view is from Roznik hill, that offers a great view of Ljubljana, my hometown. #smartview

Test locations all around the world

We established first test locations in Europe and US. You can test the Smart Wheel for free (just drop by in any of the shops) in Europe: Oslo, Brussels, Ljubljana, Copenhagen or in US: San Francisco. Coming soon: Berlin, New York and Los Angeles. Check test locations here.

FlyKly on Berlin bicycle week

We’re so excited to be a part of Berlin bicycle week, a place, where people gather to celebrate bikes. We had so much fun every time we were there, so don’t hesitate to drop by our stand. We are sharing it with our dear friends, Musguard, from 20th to 22nd of March.

Find you name among our backers

We owed you something for a while and here it is. List of backers, that made all this possible. Find you name on our website: http://flykly.com/backers-list. Thank you again for your support, we couldn’t do it without you.

Smart Light installation video

Most of you received the Smart Light by now. In case you still need to install it, don’t miss our support page with installation video.

Shipping to US

First batch of the Smart Wheels will be on their way to US and Canada in few days. Everything is ready, all the boxes are packed. All we are waiting now is transportation of the boxes to the port and for the ship to leave the port. You can expect an email with tracking numbers soon. Smart Wheels with Smart Lights included will be on ship to New York and from there they will go all around US and to Canada. We apologize that it took us a bit longer and the reason is delay in our production. We are doing things step by step, since we are here for the long run. We are all about lean startup are we are focusing on smaller quantities to keep the quality. Note, that there are two shipping batches to US and this is the first one, second one will go out in July/August. Thank you for your patience, your bikes will be smarter soon.

International shipping orders update

We have a new estimate for international orders, which is July/August. We have a new order coming up and since international orders are a part of our second big order, it will take a bit longer to deliver you the wheel. We again apologize for the delay and we hope you will survive riding your bike some time longer as it is.

European shipping update

We shipped most of the Smart Wheels by now and we expect to finish everything by the end of March. When we send your wheel, you can expect an email with tracking number.

Eco Ninja, Captain Planet, Heavy Weight or Green Master?

Our vision is to make cities more bicycle friendly. With Smart App, all that is possible. Currently FlyKly app is available for IOS only and Android is coming soon. Anyone that is cycling can use the Smart App – Smart Wheel is not required at all to track your routes, collect badges and carbon footprint points. Join to movement and become a part of FlyKly community, which is creating the future of urban cycling. Download the FlyKly App.

Thank you for your support by now on this journey.

Let’s make bicycles friendly cities together. Our plans for the future are exciting and we are already getting invited to urban mobility conferences and events around the world. This is our way of impacting the society and we are proud to have you on board.

Stay Fly,

Beaucoup de nouveaux acteurs dans le bike game; des constructeurs auto, des équipementiers et des champions système... avant l'arrivée probable du titan Google, qui n'est qu'une question de mois.

Vous trouverez ci dessous différents modèles, en fonction des besoins (sport ou urbain), du principe choisi (assistance, full motorisation) et type de produit (système à intégrer ou vélo complet)

Un petit focus sur le Baidu Bike, chinois, qui risque de damer le pion à bien des modèles

Pour ma part, un petit faible pour le DIY et l'adaptation au vélo classique existant avec le FlyKly.

A vous de juger.

  Smart E bike

  Specialzed Turbo

  Giant Full E bike

   Audi E bike

   Bosch eBike Systems

  FlyKly E Bike System

We have good news. It took us a bit longer to source the best possible wheel components and make sure the assembly line works flawlessly, but now the very first FlyKly Smart Wheels are ready to ship. We are excited to let you know that all the waiting and hard work was worth your while. The first Smart Wheels are on their way and expedited shipping backers all around the world together with first EU backers will be the very first to get it. After that, North American and International shipments will follow.

The interest for expedited shipping was huge and we are shipping those orders first. The estimated delivery time for expedited shipment is 4 - 7 days. If you are interested in expedited shipping, please contact us at [email protected].

WHEEL COMPONENTS

We are proud to let you know that the Smart Wheel comes with top of the line components.

Sprocket: 18 teeth chrome plated steel sprocket.

Spokes: 2 mm stainless steel silver spokes.

Rim: Double walled alloy silver rim.

Rim tape: Textile rim tape.

Inner tube: Inner tube with french valve.

Tire: A high quality puncture-resistant rigid tyre for everyday reliability. Size 37 x 622 (700 x 35C), 47 x 559 (26" x 1.75) and 47 x 406 (20" x 1.75).

Each FlyKly Smart Wheel is assembled, tested and packed in a ready to ship box, including a charger and a manual. All the components can be easily found in most bicycle shops in case of repair.

COLOR OPTIONS 

In order to optimize the production, we can only offer two of our most popular colors – pure white and silver grey at this time. We took this step because we wanted to deliver our first Smart Wheels as soon as possible and limiting our production to only two colors enabled us to produce our products faster and more efficiently.

The color silver grey is a paint finish and not polished chrome. Here are our final pure white and silver gray colors:

We are having difficulties with producing the glow in the dark effect because of the color application process on the aluminum housing. To be exact - the protective layer of aluminum housing reduces the glow effect. At this time we cannot assure the exact delivery time.

We apologize for the inconvenience regarding the color options. In case you would like to change your color to one of available pure white or silver grey colors or update any other detail, please let us know and we will be happy to update your order.

SMART WHEEL APP

Another awesome and exciting news is that our Smart Wheel iOS & Android App is available for you to download from the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

SUPPORT PAGE

Support Page is coming soon and here is a preview of How to Install the Smart Wheel video:

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ACCESSORIES & PARTNERSHIPS

MSC & Linus make our favorite city bikes and we are excited to partner with them on this out of the box set of bikes with the Smart Wheel.

Roadster by Linus: A retro-chic urban explorer for everyone on the move.

Dutchi by Linus: Comfortable and classy riding for boys and girls.

Trackster by MSC: A sporty, lighter and colorful ride on the cool.

You can learn more at FlyKly Store. If you are interested in upgrading your reward to one of the bikes with the Smart Wheel please let us know.

This year has been an amazing journey for FlyKly. It has started with your belief and support in the FlyKly project. From there we have developed a top quality, light and efficient Smart Wheel that fits on any bicycle. Setup production, assembly and shipping logistics. Built a strong community of urban cyclist around the world and connected with city officials to continue improving cities to become more bicycle friendly. We couldn’t be more excited to start shipping the FlyKly Smart Wheels. This is just the beginning of our journey and we thank you for being a part of it.

Stay Fly,

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