Kolelinia is an innovative bike lane concept by Martin Angelov that consists of strong steel wires for riding our own bicycles up in the sky.
The wire connects directly to the bike handle with a hook, and just in case you still feel unsafe, the hook has a hole for a carabiner and harness.
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Julie
That is SO COOL.
Jan 26th, 2010
mrmoz
Some people cycle faster than others, this makes it impossible to overtake, wouldn’t work too well if people got annoyed at slow cyclers
Jan 26th, 2010
ajayjshah
Neat concept. Although the loss of freedom in riding a bicycle is no longer evident. As you’re constricted to the gird.
Jan 26th, 2010
Naveen
wow.. cool concept.. :)
Jan 26th, 2010
Niyari
sweet, and for the speed thing I think they can do double lanes like with roads, one for faster people the other for joy riders =3
and besides this concept is best for business areas so being on a grid isn’t as restricting as you think.
Jan 27th, 2010
Dominic
Awesome idea… when is it gonna get practical!
Jan 27th, 2010
Nico
What if I thow up when I’m above of cars? People would be bit of pissed I think.
Jan 27th, 2010
marilyn
we’re just now burying unsightly overhead wires in our cities….it’s a cool concept though and would be a great way to get your bike up mountains and steep hills. i sure like you smart people!
Jan 27th, 2010
gunneos
and i don’t think cyclists would be happy to breathe in all the exhaust from the vehicles below (funny thing since you can SEE the exhaust in the last picture)
Jan 27th, 2010
gary birnie
ha ha ha ha amazing! what a great world we would live in if crzy stuff like this was a reality.
Jan 27th, 2010
kevin
+1 with gunneos and mrmoz. Just a concept.
Jan 27th, 2010
andrei
to sum it up you cannot overtake,you might drop stuff on cars and people, you can’t turn around, you get black with exhaust, it’s difficult to ride, you’ll need a harness to ride the bike, you’ll need time to put harness on and off, get on the pole, it’s hard to change direction.
but
You do get a nice view.
Not practical yet
Jan 27th, 2010
Moburkhardt
don’t see the problem this is trying to solve…
Jan 27th, 2010
John
He’s wearing a helmet… can he fall?
This is a definite no for me.. I can usually ride past cars with a bike anyway.. so why this system?
Jan 27th, 2010
Curtis
Really cool idea, I think the cost of construction and maintenance (insurance etc) would be high, even higher than a concrete overbridge, pretty hard to bring it to ordinary use…
But what if this is an entertainment facility? It would be really cool! I would like to ride on it!
Jan 27th, 2010
chazzzz
good idea but……no,no.. not with my fear of highs
Jan 27th, 2010
Mask
i think the idea needs refining but it could be really good with a bit more thought
Jan 27th, 2010
Karin L.
I don’t see how this is feesable on many levels. Nice thought tho.
Jan 27th, 2010
Chris
O for originality. F for effectiveness. Some tires are thicker than others. It won’t work with drop handlebars. No passing of others & there’s sure to be some first-time users who aren’t fond of heights going slow, clogging up the line.
Jan 27th, 2010
JK III
Impractical and useless.
Jan 27th, 2010
Reilly
I agree with JK III… it seems sort of pointless.
Jan 27th, 2010
Karen
gosh people, its just a cool CONCEPT. i bet if someone had just invented concrete roads as a concept today, all you people would have a whole list of issues with it. ;D
Jan 27th, 2010
Jess
I’m so sick of bikers who run red lights, go the wrong way down one way streets, and in general do their best to make sure they cause an accident. If it gets them off the roads i’m all for it. Bikers who feel they’re above traffic laws are a huge hazard.
Jan 27th, 2010
Petros Amiridis
Nice concept, but I think the solution is to change cities from being friendly to cars to being friendly to other ways of transportation including the bicycle. I don’t think it is more easier to create a total independent network of paths for bicycles. Instead take one lane from roads and give it to bicycles.
Jan 28th, 2010
Alexandra Viranica
great concept, but still lack of safety.
Jan 28th, 2010
kyle
maybe if the bike was enclosed somehow. . . great green concept.
Jan 28th, 2010
Brittany
haha ya this would probably work but what if u had to turn??
Jan 28th, 2010
Critical Eye
Unlike other designs featured on this site, this one is obviously an exercise in thinking “out of the box”. As such, it’s really great!
Jan 29th, 2010
Joas
not in this lifetime!!!
Jan 29th, 2010
Rose
Overall the concept is exciting.
In the future I think we will need to be using overhead lanes/monorail – bike-o-rail maybe? Our choices are up or down, because ground level is finished.
Agree with all the issues on turning etc. Maybe a fast lane only or……it can power the bike for you. Like a rollercoaster. You can still pedal for effect if you want, but a fixed speed with a safe distance, will remain.
Jan 29th, 2010
Sam
Maybe if there’s multiple lanes designated for different speeds it could work out. And it’s not like bikers will be constricted to the sky anyway. :P
Jan 31st, 2010
Aurea Astro
Oh wow! Fantastically creative. I love the 3 dimensional transportation model. Is this possible? Anything is possible, given the power of a community who wants to make it happen. Thanks for sharing!
Feb 3rd, 2010
Christopher
And how hard or dangerous is it to make turns?
Feb 12th, 2010
Justin
This looks like one of those wacky ideas they had back in the 40’s and 50’s. It’s an awesome idea, but not practical. I see plenty of lawsuits, because someone is going to find a way to spill their coffee, burn themselves, and blame someone else for not labeling it HOT even though coffee is SUPPOSED to be hot… Tangent, sorry.
Feb 16th, 2010
Angelina
I give it 5 minutes before someone’s throwing stuff at the cyclists and using them as target practice…
Feb 26th, 2010
John
Separate bikes and cars is a good idea
But…
Put the bike upstair made using bike less pratical (you have to go up and down before and after every ride)
And reduce the choice of direction of the biker (only equiped road can be used… or you have to go down… and up, if you use a portion of road not equiped)
Unstead, the good idea, is to separate the car way and the bike way in another way :
With some walking/biking area (car and motorcycle forbidden), that can be name “pedestrian street”
and with, near car way, a special separated lane for the bikes, that can be name “bike lane”.
2 new concepts…
Dec 31st, 2010