©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Flaunting the weight of the Ahooga foldable.
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Bright red has to be the ideal Christmas present colour
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Finding Ahooga bikes in the city is getting easier and easier.
“Go ahead and take a photo. It is a nice bike.” Continue reading
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Folding bikes are just part of city life.
“I bought it because it is the lightest folding bike on the market. I had make some sacrifices. I would prefer my gears to be in the wheel hub, but that is where they have the motor. But it Continue reading
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Pairing up the e-bikes foe an outing
“We both bought electric bikes and they’re both made in Belgium. I tried to get her to buy and Ahooga but she wanted the Continue reading
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Mobility Week, perfect environment to ride the Ahooga.
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Fresh from the drawing board and welding shop, a Belgian foldable bike.
“We were working together in the same IT company and he took a year long sabbatical, went to the Solvay Business School and, two days before he defended his end of term paper, he thought, ‘This is not what I want to do’, and he decided to go for a bike project. He came and said he wanted to do this and would I be with him. I said, ‘Yes’. He had a few sketches and then took classes on welding and then went to the UK to build his bike with the same people who worked on the Moulton. Designed in Brussels. First versions built in the UK alongside experts and artisans. And now we have signed with a Belgian company to produce it.”
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Ahooga was at the MAD Bike exhibit with other Belgian frame builders – a sign of Belgium returning to the craft.
“You can only get this online right now, but we will open in Brussels soon. This bike was built with my partner’s bare hands. This is a Brussels bike. The prototypes are being built by us. We thought most folding bikes did not address all the problems we identified. We talked about ecology, environment, mobility and so on. The standard bicycle does tackle that. What they do not tackle is fatigue, weather, sweat, security. So we thought we could do something here. And we have come up with an ultra-lightweight, folding, elegant, one piece folding bike. And a model with electric assistance.
