Electric bicycles have surged in popularity as more people seek eco-friendly transportation alternatives that still provide the convenience and speed needed for daily commutes. However, the hefty price tag of most quality e-bikes, often ranging from $1,500 to $3,000 or more, puts them out of reach for many cycling enthusiasts. This barrier has created a growing demand for conversion kits that can transform standard bicycles into electric-assisted rides, offering an affordable upgrade option for beloved bikes without the need for expensive purchases.

The LIVALL PikaBoost 2 e-bike conversion kit enters this market as a standout solution. Unlike conventional conversion kits, it doesn’t require a DIY master to install, disassemble, and reassemble as needed. This sleek design attaches to virtually any bicycle in minutes, providing instant electric capabilities that can be engaged or disengaged at will. And unlike conventional conversion kits, it doesn’t require a DIY master to install, disassemble, and reassemble as needed. It preserves your bicycle’s original character while adding powerful electric assistance whenever you want it, creating the perfect hybrid experience for riders who value both tradition and innovation.

Designer: LIVALL

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1. Four Riding Modes for Any Scenario

The versatility of the LIVALL PikaBoost 2’s four distinct riding modes tops the list of reasons cyclists are falling in love with this conversion kit. Standby Status keeps the unit attached but inactive for traditional riding, while Assist Mode provides intuitive power that responds to your pedaling effort. Based on user feedback, LIVALL’s latest firmware upgrade delivers a smoother, more natural e-bike experience with two adjustable assist levels for customized riding. For those long stretches of road, Cruise Mode maintains a steady speed without constant pedaling, and the innovative Workout Mode actually adds resistance to your ride for fitness training. It can even reverse charge the bike, generating power while you exercise. LIVALL’s patented AAR2.0 algorithm intelligently syncs with your pedaling rhythm, delivering up to 500W peak power assistance that naturally matches your riding style while reducing knee strain.

2. Effortless Installation, Easily Switch Between Bikes

LIVALL PikaBoost 2’s thoughtful design emphasizes simplicity and adaptability, with a quick installation process that requires no permanent modifications or additional wiring. The compact unit attaches securely to your seat post, maintaining your bike’s aesthetic while adding powerful electric capabilities. The mobile app features automatic calibration that ensures a secure and accurate setup. Perhaps most impressively, transitioning between electric and traditional riding requires just a tap on the app’s standby button, no tools or disassembly needed. And if you get the extra seat clamp, you can quickly transfer and install the kit across multiple bikes.

3. Ride Safer with 5 Layers of Protection

Ever since its founding, LIVALL has always prioritized rider safety, so it’s no surprise that the PikaBoost 2 boasts five integrated protection systems that provide peace of mind during every ride. The intelligent Fall Detection immediately cuts power if the bike tips over, while Slip Detection prevents wheel spin on wet or loose surfaces. LIVALL PikaBoost 2 also features fall tilt detection that stops the assistive motor when it tilts more than 30 degrees and starts an emergency contact countdown if the tilt exceeds 60 degrees. Rounding out the safety package, a bright LED taillight increases visibility to other road users, especially during turning and braking, making the PikaBoost 2 as safety-conscious as it is performance-oriented.

4. Travel Anywhere with Airline-Friendly Batteries

A flexible power system is another compelling reason to choose the LIVALL PikaBoost 2, with two battery options tailored to different riding needs. The robust 220Wh model delivers impressive range, up to 70km (43 miles) on a single charge, making it ideal for longer commutes or weekend adventures. For frequent travelers, the 158Wh version is airline-approved while still providing up to 50km (31 miles) of assisted riding. Both models feature replaceable batteries for extended journeys and offer convenient charging options, either through the integrated tail port or by removing the battery entirely for charging elsewhere. Even better, those batteries can serve as emergency power banks so you can stop worrying about your phone running out of power during long rides.

5. Smart Riding at Your Fingertips

Complete control comes standard with the PikaBoost 2 through its companion app and the included remote controller. The handlebar-mounted remote lets you adjust settings on the fly without removing your hands from the bars, while the intuitive app interface provides mode selection, detailed ride statistics, battery status, and even a way to share your riding content within the community to exchange ideas and experiences. With this dual-control system, you can always access the LIVALL PikaBoost 2’s features safely and conveniently, whether you’re navigating busy city streets or enjoying scenic country roads.

The LIVALL PikaBoost 2 represents a thoughtful approach to bicycle electrification that respects both tradition and innovation. By offering an effortless installation process, easy switching between modes that make riding less strenuous, comprehensive safety features, flexible power options, and intuitive controls, it provides a more enjoyable and safer riding experience without abandoning their existing bikes. Whether you’re looking to extend your commuting range, tackle challenging terrain with less effort, turn every ride into a smart fitness session, or simply enjoy the option of electric assistance when needed, the PikaBoost 2 delivers a balanced solution that enhances rather than replaces the cycling experience you already love.

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We’re in a time and age where people have started living more sustainably and consciously, and this is reflected in their everyday decisions. They’re making changes in their daily lives, consumption, and even means of transportation! People are slowly but surely adopting bicycles as they are eco-friendly alternatives to the pollution-causing automotive, but also they’re an excellent source of exercise. I mean, not only do we get to save the Earth from air pollution, but we can also get some intense cardio done. And, we’ve curated a whole range of innovative designs for you that caught our attention. From a bicycle with treads to a bicycle with triangle wheels – these impressive bicycles will surely convert you to Team Cycles!

1. Bicycle With Treads

If you’ve spent much time on YouTube, you’ve probably come across the Q or Sergii Gordieiev who creates truly innovative and out-of-the-box bicycles. This time the Q has struck again with a bicycle with treads instead of wheels! The ingenious bicycle features handlebars, a seat, and a frame that have been made from scratch using unique elements. The bicycle has a lower profile at the rear than the front fork. Both the seating and handlebar are aligned, ensuring that the bicycle to quite comfortable to fit on.

2. Firefly MiniVelo Travel Bike

This customized bike is the Firefly MiniVelo travel bike for Ming Thein! It is a titanium bicycle specially tailored for Ming Thein, and designed to fit perfectly into a Rimowa travel case. The bike is custom-made, and it can be easily assembled and disassembled like a puzzle, to fit snugly into a briefcase, and back to ride without a single flinch or issue. It features a lightweight and durable chassis that can be efficiently unfastened into two halves, with the other parts also following suit.

3. The Moccle

Dubbed the Moccle, this fun and innovative bicycle with a unique aesthetic is designed to create an enjoyable riding experience for you. It doesn’t feature a dashboard, gears, or even shock absorbers, but it has been incorporated with a bent-wood frame to ensure shock absorption. The frame is supported using a metal fixture, and it flexes in response to pressure, ensuring that any stress from rocky terrains or challenging surfaces is absorbed.

4. Three Chair Bike

This reimagined bicycle has a chair as the saddle! You can go either riding on the streets or have it parked by the side to rest for a bit. The body is essentially the Furakazu Shushu model from the Maruishi Cycle, which is quite popular in Japan. The designer merges a chair design with a bicycle, to create an ingenious cycle with three chairs. It is designed to not only be a mode of transportation but also as an important element of your living environment. It doesn’t seem like an extremely practical design, to be honest, but it will definitely garner a lot of attention in Japan.

5. Infinity All-Wheel Drive Bicycle

Dubbed the Infinity All-Wheel Drive Bicycle, this innovative bicycle design by Stephan Henrich is truly one-of-a-kind. This bicycle is really one of the most out-of-the-box automotive designs I’ve seen in a long time! The unique bicycle moves ahead using a monotyre-clip chain system which forms a temporary rim on the wheel sections as well as the dental belt drive in the interior groove. The central wheel powers the monotyre as the crank generates the force needed to churn the wheels.

6. CeramicSpeed Bicycle

The CeramicSpeed bicycle features a new drivetrain without the ubiquitous chain, making it mess-free, low on friction, and pretty soothing on the eyes. It is equipped with a rotating shaft that eliminates the need for a greasy chain, and it works really well too, reducing friction by 49%. CeramicSpeed has also incorporated ceramic ball bearings on the shaft, which reduces friction, as the bearings push against the gear teeth and rotate as well, forming a smooth movement.

7. RE:CYCLE

Designed by Jimmy Östholm, the RE:CYCLE bike is made from recycled aluminum coffee capsules. The aluminum in the coffee capsules is melted down and then used by the brand to build a bike that is durable and sturdy. The bicycle is the perfect culmination of sustainability and design, creating a design that retains Vélosophy’s simple and iconic design philosophy as well. The bike features a minimal and sleek ethos marked by clear-cut edges. It has a vibrant purple-colored frame which draws inspiration from Arpeggio (the popular Nespresso coffee).

8. The J.Laverick Aston Martin .1R

Called the J.Laverick Aston Marin.1R, this good-looking sleek road bike is made from advanced titanium. A mixture of 3D-printed titanium lugs and sculpted carbon fiber tubes were used to build the lightweight yet durable bike, without placing any exposed bolts on the outer body. This is supposed to be the world’s first, and is described as a “titanium hypercar on two wheels”. You can make a choice between a saddle or a handlebar.

9. ONEBOT-S7

Meet the ONEBOT-S7, an innovative and nifty little bike featuring a unique three-fold structure instead of the typical two-step folding design that we’ve all grown accustomed to. This one-of-a-kind design makes the e-bike quite compact and small when folded, so you can easily place it into the boot of your car, or stealthily slide it under your workstation. And when the need for the bicycle arises, you can conveniently remove it and use it.

10. Bicycle With Triangle Wheels

The Q strikes again with this mindblowing bicycle featuring triangle-shaped wheels! This rather cleverly-designed bike moves along in a linear form, building adjacent lines between the rollers and the flat surface it is placed. This enables the triangle-shaped wheels to overcome limitations and challenges, allowing them to move quite comfortably without any issues. The triangular wheels may look impractical and ridiculous, but they’re really quite fun to ride, and more comfortable than you think.

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I’ve always been intrigued and amazed by the idea of Mamachari bicycles from Japan that can be used as grocery carriers, kid transporters, or riding to work with all your gadgets. Virtually every family in the land of the rising sun owns or has owned a Mama’s Chariot.

The unisex bicycle has proven itself as a age-old solution to city commuting and the Mama bike is not going to dwindle in popularity any time soon. Not when you see outlandish inspirations like the Homo Mobilitas pictured here. The reimagined bicycle has a chair as the saddle. Yes, a chair to either go riding on the streets or relax being parked by the side of a breezy pavement to catch some air.

Designer: Takuto Ohta

The body of this unique bicycle is the Furakazu Shushu model from Maruishi Cycle which is popular in Japan as the first kids-carrying solution in the country. While the famous ride is not safe by any stretch of the imagination, it still solves the purpose if you keep all your senses in overdrive. The axis of the front handle takes all the weight and the clever mechanism links the stand to the front fork to lower the center of gravity to stabilize the bicycle. Takuto’s idea is to debunk the safety norms and address gender biases by transforming how we look and interact with bicycles.

By fusing a chair design with a bicycle, the designer wants to reinterpret how we see our relationship with everyday objects. The motivation to create this design is to see bicycles not just as a mode of transportation but also as an important part of our living environment. Thus, a bicycle with not two chairs, but three. How practical would it be to drive a bicycle with three chairs holding the weight of adults, I’m not too sure. One thing is clear though, this creation will have eyeballs turning in Japan.

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