Velo Solex Revival Rothar Leictreach by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl

Velo Solex Revival Rothar Leictreach by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award in Dearadh Feithiclí Competition Category.

Cré-umhaFeithicil· 2020

Velo Solex Revival Rothar Leictreach

by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl

Client: Velo Solex and Diavelo

Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award Winner in Feithicil Category

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The Design

About Velo Solex Revival Rothar Leictreach

Is rothar leictreach é Velo Solex Revival atá bunaithe ar an mbunmhóipéid gásailín Solex a tugadh isteach i 1949. Leanann céimseata an fhráma agus cruth an fhráma an bunleagan ó 1949, cé gur cuireadh oiriúnú ar an bhfráma chun mótar leictreach agus ceallraí a chur ann. Úsáidtear ábhair nua-aimseartha, lena n-áirítear alúmanam, carbón agus cruach. Cuidíonn ábhair éadroma ar nós carbóin agus kevlair leis an meáchan a choinneáil íseal, rud a oireann do charachtar éadrom spórtúil an rothair. Tomhaiseann an feithicil 180 cm ar 55 cm ar 95 cm agus meáchan 25 cileagram atá aici. Forbraíodh an dearadh le léargais a bailíodh ó 500 tomhaltóir.

The Recognition

About the Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Velo Solex Revival Rothar Leictreach Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí sármhaithe a mbíonn cruthaitheacht, aireagacht agus géarchúis mar shaintréithe acu. Is déantúsáin ghlic agus chruthaitheacha go suntasach iad buaiteoirí Cré-umha a dhearbhaíonn taithí fhairsing, samhlaíocht agus acmhainneacht a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Velo Solex Revival Rothar Leictreach ina rud a bhfuil an-mheas air, a n-ardaítear agus a ghráitear, atá thar a bheith gairmiúil agus nuálach. Ionchorpraíonn an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Cré-umha A' Design Award na cleachtais is fearr san ealaín, san eolaíocht, sa dearadh agus sa teicneolaíocht, agus tá sé sármhaith as a aird ar mhionsonraí. Sásaíonn an dearadh Velo Solex Revival Rothar Leictreach riachtanais go hálainn, bainíonn sé le mianta, cuireann sé draíocht ar mhothúcháin agus tarraingíonn sé fiosracht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Our company has the right to use the Solex brand via a license agreement. The original Solex was introduced in the year 1949 as a gasoline moped. We have taken the design from that time and converted into an electric bicycle. The geometry of the frame and the shape of the frame is the same as in 1949. Wez have converted the frame to accommodate an electric motor and a battery. A lot of modern materials has been used to create this vehicle such as aluminium for the frame.
Dimensions & Packaging: 180 cm x 55 cm x 95 cm. Weight 25 Kilo
Tags: velo Solex, Electric bicycle; Bicycle, e-bike
Production Technology: A variation of materials are used to realise this vehicle. Alluminium, Carbon and steel
Design Challenge: The most critical challenge was to get the weight down to a record breaking level. The electric bicycle has a race bike dna and must therefor be light. But having the added weight of a battery and a motor was the most difficult challenge. The way we have solved the challenges is by using untraditional materials for an electric bike such as carbon and kevlar instead of metal and alloy
Research: We have done research in aerodynamics, weight ratio to stiffness of the frames. This is a totally new method in the electric bicycles industry where those parameters mentioned has not been explored before now with our new Velo Solex bicycle product. Diavelo, Easybike and K&K has the licence rights to use the Velo Solex brand for electric bicycles.
Inspiration: We have been inspired by the original Velo Solex gasoline moped from the year 1946. Then we have converted the old shapes into a modern vehicle with the use of modern materials and an electric drive train from Bosch.
Project Duration: 12 month from first sketch to the final Product. Paris 2019
Operation Flow: The design is developed based on insights collected from 500 end consumers
Patents: Velo Solex and Hoehl Design 2019
Team Members: Easy Bike
Francisco Cervantes
Romain Noyelle
Greg Trebaol
Emilie Rambonona
Loic Ballay
Brian Hoehl
Image Credits: #No 1: Francisco Cervantes #No 2: Francisco Cervantes #No 3: Francisco Cervantes #No 4: Francisco Cervantes #No 5: Francisco Cervantes