Gocycle is the e-bike company started by ex-McLaren-Cars designer Richard Thorpe, and this week they rolled out their fourth-generation fast-fold bike.
Video: Fully Charged Electric Bike Shop
The Gocycle G4 boasts a carbon fiber fork and midframe, a sleeker motor that provides more off-the-line torque for startup, a titanium hinge pin for the folding mechanism and more volume in the silicone-impregnated tires. There's even a USB charging port, in case your phone needs a top-up while you're in transit.
Unchanged is the company's patented, enclosed, factory-lubricated "Cleandrive" chain system, which frees the user from maintenance, and the side-mounted wheels, which make removing tires far easier.
The launch is recent enough that the company hasn't yet released a product video, but the Fully Charged Electric Bike Shop channel got an exclusive first look at the G4, with Gocycle's Craig Nairn going over the design and features:
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Looks pretty darn sweet.
The G4 starts at $3,999.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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First Look at Gocycle's G4 Fast-Folding E-Bike