User:TheoA/draft article nothing cycles
| Type of business | LLC |
|---|---|
Type of site | Crowdfunding |
| Headquarters | |
| Founder(s) | John Kim |
| Industry | Electric bicycles |
| URL | lithiumcycles |
| Launched | 2011 |
Nothing Cycles designs and manufactures electric bicycles. The first model, the 'Super 73', was designed and built by John Kim in April 2016. He was inspired by the minibikes he grew up with as a child in the 1970s. A Kickstarter campaign was launched 27 May, 2016 and ended 28 Jun, 2016 with $441,461 pledged from 293 backers.[2] Production facilities are in Tustin, California.
History
[edit]Nothing Cycles was founded in 2011 as a manufacturer of industrial carts and scooters. In May 2016, Nothing Cycles launched the Super 73 electric motorbike, which quickly grew into the most popular e-bike on the Internet.
Website was launched July 06, 2016 with sales open for pre-ordering,
Delivery of first bikes starting in early December 2016. December through Spring 2017 bulk of Super 73 are delivered to US customers.
January 2017, LeGrand Crewse joins Lithium Cycles as a partner. Due to demand, 2017 Lithium Cycles invests in European compliant certification for two models in the S-Series in order to sell in more territories.
Products
[edit]Need: accurate data for about four or five items per bike
Super 73 Original 2018
[edit]- Rear 1000-watt hub motor
- Speed up to 27 mph
- Ride for 25-30 miles depending on rider weight, terrain, incline, etc.
Super 73Z
[edit]- Speed: 15-20 mph
- Motor: 350 watt rear hub motor
- Range: 15-20 miles depending on rider weight, terrain, incline, etc.
Super 73 S
[edit]- Speed: 20 mph
- Motor: 500 watt rear hub motor
- Range: 20-25 miles (depends on rider weight, street incline, terrain, wind, etc)
- Brakes: Tektro mechanical alloy disc brakes
Super 73 S1
[edit]- Speed: 20 mph
- Motor: 500 watt rear hub motor
- Range: 35-40 miles depending on rider weight, terrain, incline, etc.t
- Brakes: Tektro hydraulic alloy disc brakes
Operations
[edit]Accolades / Recognition / Reception
[edit]Which of the above titles do you prefer?
- BBC top 10 most beautiful bikes of 2016 [3]
- Gear of the Year by Wired UK [4]
- Hiut Denim: Do One Thing Well - Winter 2017 [5]
Media appearances / In popular culture
[edit]Which of the above titles do you prefer?
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "lithiumcycles.com Site Info". | publisher = Alexa Internet | accessdate =27 May 2018 }}
- ^ kickstarter 2016.
- ^ bbc 2016.
- ^ wired uk 2016.
- ^ huit denim 2017.
2016
[edit]Primary Sources
[edit]- Armour, Alix (December 18, 2017). "The Super 73 S1 "Rose Ave." Is Starting to Ship Out!". Lithium Cycles . Retrieved 2018-05-31.
Secondary Sources
[edit]- "The Super 73 by Lithium Cycles". Kickstarter. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- Auto Editors (2 September 2016). "BBC - Autos - The 10 most beautiful bicycles of 2016". BBC. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Diprose, Andrew; Hall, Chris (15 November 2016). "Gear Of The Year 2016: This year's best rides". Wired UK. Conde-Nast. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- Sawyer, Jonathan (3 June 2016). "The Super 73 Electric Bike Is the E-Bike Solution You've Been Waiting For". Highsnobiety. Titel Media. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
2017
[edit]Primary Sources
[edit]- Armour, Alix (November 28, 2017). "Star Wars Speeder Bike Project: about the project:". Lithium Cycles. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
Secondary Sources
[edit]- "CES 2017: The 'go anywhere' electric bike and other transport tech". BBC. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
- PrankvsPrank (13 July 2017). "Worlds Best Electric Bike *Giveaway*". YouTube . Tustin, California. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- Casey Neistat (Oct 30, 2017). "Star Wars Speeder in NYC making of!!". YouTube . Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- PrankvsPrank (Oct 30, 2017). "Star Wars Speeders in New York - The Speeder Build". YouTube . Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- Hiut Denim Co (Nov 14, 2017). "DO ONE THING WELL - WINTER 2017". Medium . Retrieved 2018-05-31.
2018
[edit]Secondary Sources
[edit]- Post Malone: (Apr 22, 2018). "GIFTED POST MALONE $25K GOLD BIKE". YouTube . Retrieved 2018-05-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Casey Neistat (May 9, 2018). "Is This Bike worth $2000? [SUPER 73 REVIEW]". YouTube . Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- Will Smith (15 May 2018). "THEY SEE ME RIDIN. @super73". Instagram . Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- Kirkland, Justin (16 May 2018). "Will Smith's Wheelie Video Proves He Is Untouchable on Instagram". Esquire . Retrieved 2018-05-31.
External links
[edit]Category:Bicycles Category:Electric bicycles Category:Motorized bicycles Category:Cycle manufacturers of the United States Category:Manufacturing companies based in California Category:Manufacturing companies based in the Greater Los Angeles Area Category:Companies based in Irvine, California Category:Manufacturing companies established in 2016
also Cycle types / Electric vehicles / Road cycles
Articles Electric Bicycles on Wikipedia
[edit]This section is not to be published. The links are here to help with comparing and contrasting. And setting the standard for what we do.
Manufacturers with their own Wikipedia pages listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electric_bicycle_brands_and_manufacturers.
Most links in the list are to external pages. Here are links to the few that are not old or huge that have Wikipedia links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2B_Bicycles
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beistegui_Hermanos
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenZe_(company)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GI_Flybike
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gocycle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italjet
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalkhoff
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedego_Electric_Bikes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riese_und_M%C3%BCller
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpedestrian
Lists to consider joining
[edit]This section is not to be published.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electric_bicycle_brands_and_manufacturers
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bicycle_types
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Minibikes