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Helix, New Folding Bike

Helix is small, light, easy to use and easy to carry than any other folding bike we have been seeing, Helix has big wheels, 10 speeds with titanium frame structure.

Owen Castellanos
Owen CastellanosHardware & Gaming Reporter
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Helix, New Folding Bike

Helix is small, light, easy to use and easy to carry than any other folding bike we have been seeing, Helix has big wheels, 10 speeds with titanium frame structure.

The worlds smallest folding bike

Helix, side by side folding put the wheels between the frame and between the cranks, it designed as most efficient way possible. Helix’s difference from other folding bikes is it has bigger wheels than the others.

Lighter ( 20 lb )

For now Helix is considered as the world’s lightest folding bike.

Titanium structure

Titanium is used for make the bike really light, it is really important of course if you want to carry it everywhere with you, but you don’t need to carry it all the time, one tire on the bike still rolling so you can roll it after you finish your riding the bike, also Titanium make the bike strong. Bike will be available for retail pre-order starting at December 1st, 2015.

Frame 3Al-2.5V CWSR titanium
Headset TBA
Stem TBA
Handlebar TBA (31.8mm clamp diameter, 580mm width)
Brake Levers TRP Spyke
Cables Internally Routed
Seatpost TBA
Saddle Fabric Scoop Elite Radius (142 x 282)
Seatclamp TBA
Brake Calipers TRP Spyre
Brake Rotors Shimano SLX Front RT66, Rear RT67 (160mm)
Front Hub (32h) TBA
Wheels TBA
Tires Kenda Kwest 24″ x 1.5″ (ETRTO 40-507)
Folded Dimensions 23″ x 26″ x 9.5″
Maximum Weight Limit 250 lbs (113 kg)

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Owen Castellanos

Owen Castellanos

Hardware & Gaming Reporter

Owen Castellanos is the Hardware & Gaming Reporter at TrendinTech, where he tests graphics cards, processors, consoles and peripherals and follows the games industry, from the major publishers to independent studios. He previously wrote reviews and benchmarks for Tom's Hardware and contributed features to PC Gamer, covering everything from laptop testing to the economics of game development. Owen holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and attends CES in Las Vegas, Computex in Taipei and the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco each year to meet chipmakers and developers. He writes for readers who want to know whether a product is worth the money, and he is not shy about saying when it is not.

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