winnobizi said:Hi Mike
By chance I found the post talking about my invention.
It is patent pending in china and hope you guys can help working on it.
Okay, I'll help:
|Walkicycle (TM)
|designed by cwwinson 2004
|
| Walkicycle has two model. One has a size just like normal bicycle. and
|one like scooter.
Walkicycle has been designed in two different models. One is sized like a
normal bicycle and the other like a scooter.
|
| Design is simple and less mechanical parts, Non chain driven system so
|it has higher efficiency than traditional one. And less repairing and
|replacement of parts. Weight lighter than traditional one.
The design is a simple one with fewer mechanical parts, not using the old
inefficient traditional chain driven system, but instead a new and
improved system which weighs less and can be more easily repaired.
| No learning, No repairing, No Parking (scooter version) is the user
|experience. Faster, powerful and lighter is the nature of this product. In
|traditional bicycle we drive by circling the paddle and this one will
|just need stepping and that why I called it walkicycle.
It's a 'pedal'.
| Why it is powserful? When we drive uphill, normally we will stand up
'powerful'. Ride uphill, driving is what cars do.
|and use our body weight to exert more force on paddles. And this will
|cause maximum power . Accually, that point is the only action that apply
|force. Walkicycle is designed base on this.
|
| If you are interested in developing this product, I think you need to
|have some background in bicycle business, i.e. you are manufacturer or you
|have big market share. If you are entrepreneurs smart enough to conquer
|this market with great experience with record , I will consider .
|
|Don't ask me samples !
|
| I will give you prototype after agreement is signed.
"Don't ask me for samples without a signed agreement."
Here's some more free advice (which is worth what you paid for it): I
don't think there's an entrepreneur in the world that's going to invest in
this unless you come up with a clear and convincing business plan,
including sales goals, a working prototype that they can see and touch,
and a commitment from you that if they invest, you will work on it
full-time for at least several years, and they're not going to want to
'invest' in paying your salary for that time either -- you'll have to make
it on your savings.
If you truly believe in your product, make one or several prototypes at
your own cost. No venture capitalist will take a risk on someone who
doesn't believe in his product, and the only way you have of making it
clear you believe in your product is to spend some of your own money on
it. Not to mention that if they can try it out for themselves, they can
judge whether they like the feel of it.
Another hint, this time from the web guy in me: Register domain names
*now*. walkicycle.com/net/org, .co.uk, and in your local country (Are you
Italian? Then that's .it). If you can't get all of those or at *least* the
..com and your local one, think of a new name for your product, register
the accompanying domain names, and only then publish that name. You're
going to need to have serious web marketing or a large dealer network to
make this profitable, and a large dealer network you ain't got.
Now from the cycle guy in me: I don't believe in this product. I don't
think a random venture capitalist would, either, especially not without
trying it out -- they tend to make noises like "if this is so great, why
hasn't anyone else done it before?" -- and as a bike guy I know of at
least two previous attempts to do something similar. Maybe your product is
revolutionary and you've solved all the previous problems -- fair enough.
Convince me, convince the rest of rbt that you have something worth
checking out. But I warn you, we're a hard audience to this kind of thing.
One more from the business side: Are you from China? If you want to sell
your idea to investors from europe and the US, you'll need more than a
Chinese patent, you'll need EU/UK/US patents (screw me if I know if the UK
is part of an EU patent system or if there even is one -- check with your
IP lawyer).
From the technical angle: On the picture it looks like two pedal levers
going directly to the rear axle which are then attached in some way.
Ratchets? If it's ratchets, it does have a gear ratio, and only one of
them. That will keep it out of the european and US markets for the most
part, unless it's vastly cheaper than existing single speed/coaster brake
bikes which aren't all that common outside the UK and the Netherlands
either (especially not in new sales). In China, where single speed bikes
*are* widely used, you may have a shot at the low end of the market if you
can get them sufficiently cheap at introduction.
Jasper
