CyclePort

21/07/2019

We are excited to announce that CyclePort, with our Belgian development partner A & A Technics, is a finalist in the 2019 Eurobike Awards.

Eurobike is the bike industry’s leading global trade show, this year running from 4 to 7 September in Friedrichshafen, Germany. In 2018, it attracted 37,000 trade visitors and 1,400 exhibitors from 48 countries.

CyclePort is showcasing a pre-market model of the world’s first universal smart bike rack. An Australian invention, our racks automatically identify and lock any bike fitted with our simple front axle connector (no need for cumbersome bike locks). Further, any bike in our system can be shared, whether part of a public fleet or a private bike.

And thanks to A & A technics programmable battery charger and wireless user interface, CyclePort can safely and automatically charge most electric bikes (and e-scooters next) - the world’s fastest growing transport mode.

Being a finalist in the Eurobike Awards puts us on the world stage in front of industry leaders and investors. We aim to launch CyclePort in Europe, the UK, Australia and NZ in 2020.

Investors and clients can contact CyclePort’s Director Al Reid on +61 449 677 922 or al.reid@agentsofzoom.com.

23/11/2018

Anybody with an interest in urban mobility should read this article. It encapsulates our ethos at CyclePort.

06/11/2018

A picture tells a thousand words – this video demonstrates how CyclePort works.

Please get in touch to learn more about the global market for CyclePort's smart bike racks and our early-stage investment opportunity.

CyclePort is the world's first universal smart bike rack. It instantly identifies and locks any bike fitted with our simple connector and automatically and s...

25/10/2018

This is such a knee-jerk, opportunistic response to a promising new mode of sustainable mobility.

The lawsuit accuses e-scooter companies of 'gross negligence' and 'aiding and abetting assault' due to e-scooter dumping on sidewalks.

Instead, how about cities embrace e-scooters and e-bikes and provide them with the right supporting infrastructure: dedicated transit lanes and ubiquitous universal smart dock and charge stations to solve the dumping issue. At CyclePort we're working on the latter solution.

They are light, fast and fun, a real alternative to driving. But we can't have nice things.

16/10/2018

Being based in regional Victoria it's good to see new country trains being built, but completely removing already limited bike parking space is ridiculous and retrograde.

Our transport systems need to integrate different modes, in particular encouraging walking and cycling to cover the first and last mile (or five) of each trip.

Public Transport Victoria Bicycle Network

Regional commuters will get more seats on the new and revamped Vlocity trains, but the extra seats will replace a toilet, and space to park your bicycle and luggage.

13/10/2018

Well this is not news to us, but it's good to see cycling getting the headlines it deserves (although that should read 'IPCC').

IPCC

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has today issued a hard-hitting report on the impact of global warming. One of the mitigating "pathways" is to walk and cycle more.

13/10/2018

Removing VAT from bicycle sales will help drive sustainable mobility in the EU (although it's a shame they didn't include electric bikes and scooters). Australia should take heed.

A truly progressive incentive scheme would reward or penalise different transport modes according to their overall societal burden, including emissions, congestion, deaths and injuries, and cost of supporting public infrastructure. Pushbikes, e-bikes, e-scooters and other light electric vehicles would then take their rightful place at the top.

The EU, in its ever-increasing push towards sustainability, is considering reducing or removing value added tax (VAT) on bicycles. However, many are upset that electric bicycles are not included in…

25/09/2018

The electric bike boom is well underway in the UK and Europe - it's only a matter of time before it reaches Australia.

We look forward to charging all types of e-bikes in our universal docks.

A series of studies have found that e-bikes are far more healthy than many people had thought

23/09/2018

Yes, e-scooters probably can help solve the ‘last mile’ transport problem. But we also think they will suffer the same fate as dockless share bikes unless cities get wise.

Specifically, cities need to invest in smart universal dock and charge stations to control the parking of share bikes and scooters to avoid messy clutter, dumping, theft and vandalism.

At CyclePort we're devising these solutions. Cities, partners, investors, we're ready to talk.

Shared electric scooters appeal as a way to cover that awkward distance between public transport stops and your destination. But first e-scooter operators must solve the littering and dumping problem.

19/09/2018

"Since 2017, VC investors have poured US$6.3 billion into bike-rental and scooter-rental startups".

This article highlights the potential of light personal transport to transform urban mobility. But it doesn't offer any solutions to the tension between cities and mobility start-ups around the uncontrolled use of public space.

Here's our solution:
Cities should recognise bike and scooter sharing as congestion-busting public transport, and provide supporting infrastructure just as they do for trains, buses, trams, etc.
The missing infrastructure piece is universal docking stations that control share bike and scooter parking in busy urban centres and transport nodes. These stations should automatically dock, lock and charge all models.
CyclePort has been researching and developing this solution for 4 years and we are about to commence pilots in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle.

We are raising investment, so please get in touch if you wish to part of the urban mobility revolution.

In recent months, an ever-growing crop of startups centered on personal mobility have raised billions from venture capitalists. But the bike and scooter crazes haven't been without controversy.

29/08/2018

Just conducting final tests on our smart electric bike charging ports before rolling them out in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle.

Please get in touch if you would like a free short-term trial of our smart ports complete with Velectrix e-bikes.

Ovolo Hotels JLL Dexus Dantia Smart Hub The University of Melbourne RACV The NRMA Artesian Capital Management Melbourne Angels Inc Innovation Bay

25/08/2018

Glorious morning for a ride