Reviews

My 3rd week and this time I was able to stay longer on the halfbike without stopping after installing maglock pedals. I prefer this bike than conventional bike because my prosthetic leg can hold longer even if my amputee leg sweats hard. So far, loving it. I still have lots to learn and adapt. But no rush. I have all the time I needed.

The halfbike was the best present I got it in recent years. I have my bike for the past 12 months and I don’t know what was like before it.

This is completely different from anything I have had to do. The mental rewiring that one must perform in order to ride the Halfbike is nothing short of amazing. I recommend the Halfbike for anyone that wants to experience something new to learn, like that first time you learned how to ride your bike without training wheels or the first time you learn how to drive a car.

I love my halfbike, I have just done an 18.8 km ride to the beach and back here in Adelaide. What a workout. I love the way it moves, the way it adjusts to the road, I love the freedom, but best of all I love people's reactions to this unique and beautiful machine

I think the way this demands learning, developing the pathways for balance and skill, the physicality of creating new muscle memory, is incredibly stimulating for your brain. At 61, I think the benefits of making this commitment are innumerable and I already feel like I want to continually find new activities that require this type of learning curve… to keep mind and body flexible. Love it!!! A commitment to time and patience, well worth it.

Received my Halfbike 2 days ago. Absolutely fantastic package and product. After approx. 5h of training and buckets of sweat the fun is definitely here. Loooove it!!!!! One thing to chang NOW: Brake the edges of the included multitool/wrench. I accidentally cut through my fingernail and half the fingertipp while attaching thd pedals. Had to go to a doctor to stich it. Basically my fault but the tool IS dangerous.

I am 60 years old and have gained weight during the pandemic. I needed something new to inspire me. I just received my half bike 4 days ago. It has not been easy to learn, I have taken some falls, but it is so much fun once you get the hang of it. It is a bike for fun and core strengthening. I love it!!

My halfbike arrived to my home in Canada in perfect condition in the packaging. Assembly was straightforward and easy. I am impressed with the quality and fit and finish. There was snow on the ground when my halfbike arrived so I waited a couple weeks before I got outside, but I did manage to figure out out how to start off on the halfbike in my basement. Once I was outside I found that I quickly became comfortable on the halfbike practicing in a near by parking lot. As I became more comfortable and kept my shoulders relaxed the handling started to become intuitive and the fun quotient elevated even more. My daughter loves riding the halfbike also and she has mastered it very quickly. After having the halfbike for a while I think I would have benefited from ordering it with the gear for hill terrain as opposed to the mixed terrain gear I ordered it with. I live in a town with a lot of hills and I can ride them all but it is a workout. The only thing I can think of to maybe improve on the half bike is to make the handle bar 3 cm longer on each side. I find my hands are right at the ends of the grips. I also should have ordered a second halfbike when I ordered mine so I wouldn’t have to keep asking my daughter to let me have it back.

Halfbike is an amazing toy for young and grownups... I got it 3 years ago to learn at the same time I was teaching my kid to ride regular bike. It was very fun. Now I also use it to exercise, with rides of 1-2 hours (20-35 Kms) per week, the effort required is good without the need to leave the city in search of slopes for regular or mountain bikes. Don't think it is just start riding, it is a new experience and the skill needs to be developed, this to me is part of the fun. Be sure you do it using the appropriate protection gear.

Hello, it’s just amazing how is so nice to ride halfbike. Last time, I ride 15km in Paris and it was just wonderful ! A friend of me has just buy a halfbike and he feel the same as me! Thank you

I bought my Halfbike in August 2020 after seeing it reviewed by the Youtuber Seth of Berm Peak, which I follow. Cycling is my exercise of choice and I love riding trails on my mountain bike. My job is to pilot a small corporate jet, and I had been thinking about getting a folding bike that could fit in the cargo compartment so I could do some riding while on the job. Corporate pilots spend a lot of time waiting at the destinations. I have over 400 miles on my Halfbike now and I am very happy I got it. It was a fun challenge to learn how to ride it. And not just the basics but to get good at riding it fast, and riding it over uneven road surfaces, and confident enough on it to ride on a road with traffic. I like the change of pace of the upright riding posture, and you get a good core workout on it which is lacking on an ordinary bike. The Halfbike has its limitations. It is very difficult to ride on gravel/dirt roads that are not graded smooth and hard packed. On climbs of around 10% gradient or more it seems the geometry of it makes it impossible to continue riding. It is also on average slower than an ordinary bike. On a recent trip we flew to the Grand Canyon National Park airport. The Halfbike easily goes in the cargo compartment even with all the passenger’s luggage. There was no car rentals or shuttle available to go up the 7 miles to the canyon rim. I took the Halfbike to the canyon, along the rim road, and back again. It was a spectacular ride!

Hi halbike team ! Just a quick note to tell you that after 3 weeks of halfbiking every day to go to work (see picture !), I have great fun with my halfbike ! You really did a very cool product and mastering turns is a real blast ! It took me about 10 days to master the bike so it’s pretty fast to pick up !! Congrats to the full team and keep up the good work !! Happy new year from Pepper robots who warmly welcomed my halfbike near my desk

Hello! It's Fa-bu-lous!! Never thought it was so funny to ride on a bike! Great work!

Bonsoir , Désolé pour le retard concernant ma réponse. Je suis très satisfait de mon halfbike, de plus je suis , je pense un des seuls à en avoir un dans ma région et les gens me regardent avec les yeux écarquillés, certains même me filment !! Bravo à vous pour ce vélo extraordinaire. Malgré un début compliqué, une fois qu'on l'a en main c'est excellent !!!!

Bonjour j ai un halfbike depuis presqu'un an. Je l'utilise quotidiennement pour me rendre a mon travail a paris, un trajet de 5 a 6 km ( velo, train, velo). C'est un bon moyen pour moi de faire du sport sur un petit nombres de km. Et en plus c'est fun. le halfbike suscite la la curiosité et provoque pas mal de rencontre. translation by google (sorry) Hello I have a halfbike since almost a year. I use it daily to go to my work in Paris, a journey of 5 to 6 km (bike, train, bike). This is a good way for me to do sport on a small number of kilometers. And it's fun too. The halfbike arouses the curiosity and allows quite a lot of encounter. dont forget to ride outside the box

Super génial, une expérience ou les sensations sont décuplées, un design atypique au caractère sensationnel! Le halfbike c'est le top !

One of the best experiences since my childhood. U can't compare to nothing else U have tried before. I go to the work with my Halfbike everyday! It is always a pleasure in spite of the various weather conditions. Let' s try it, and U will love it! Best regards. Guillaume L.

GB : Hello to halfbike 3 users After driving about ten kilometers with the halfbike 2 & 3 Here is my impression on these 2 very beautiful bikes : Halfbike 3, has a first-class manufacturing and assembly quality. It is a work of high quality, which leaves me really admiring. The halfbike 2 is a technician's bike, the halfbike 3 is an engineer's bike. The halfbike 3 is very accomplished, and apart from a twist grip, I don't see what could be better. I’m very proud to ride this bike. On the road, the 2 bikes are very different : The halfbike 2 is very stable, and its use is even relaxing. It is made for long journeys: 30Kms do not pose problems. It turns wide, and its use requires little effort. We feel good on it ! Halfbike 3 is the opposite! It’s a bomb ! He is very nervous, he starts fast, and his balance has to be done constantly. It has an exceptional rolling quality ! On flat ground, or on a small slope, it drives itself ! The 18' wheel and the tyre give a remarkable lightness ! It runs fast. It turns fast. It is very agile. It values the virtuosity of the pilot. We’re driving with halfbike 2. We’re flying Halfbike 3 ! For a beginner, the first contact will be more difficult with halfbike 3. New benchmarks are needed, as it reveals new possibilities that do not appear with halfbike 2. It’s more accurate, and the body has to adapt to this new ability. Halfbike 3 is a circuit and competition bike. It promotes piloting. Halfbike 2 is an everyday bike, stable and pleasant. It would be interesting to mount the rear wheels of halfbike 2 on the halfbike 3. It would surely make it less exclusive, and more stable ! Maybe we were losing driving pleasure. For me halfbike 3 is a real success. You have to raise your own level to enjoy it ! And despite the Coronavirus, it feels good to ride with these excellent bikes ! Bernard Strasbourg France Fr : Bonjour aux utilisateur du halfbike 3 Après avoir roulé une dizaine de kilomètres avec les halfbike 2 & 3 voici mon impression sur ces 2 très beau vélos : Le halfbike 3, a une qualité de fabrication et d’assemblage de premier ordre. C’est un travail de grande qualité, qui me laisse vraiment admiratif. Le halfbike 2 est un vélo de technicien, le halfbike 3 est un vélo d’ingénieur. Le halfbike 3 est très abouti, et à part une poignée tournante, je ne vois pas ce qu’on pourrait faire de mieux. Je suis très fier de rouler sur ce vélo. Sur la route, les 2 vélos sont très différents : Le halfbike 2 est très stable, et son utilisation est même reposante. Il est fait pour les long parcours : 30Kms ne posent pas de problèmes. Il tourne large, et son utilisation demande peu d’efforts. On se sent bien dessus ! Le halfbike 3 est à l’opposé ! C’est une bombe ! Il est très nerveux, il démarre vite, et son équilibre doit se faire en permanence. Il a une qualité de roulement exceptionnelle ! Sur terrain plat, ou en petite pente, il roule tout seul ! La roue de 18’ et le pneumatique donnent une légèreté remarquable ! Il roule vite. Il tourne vite. Il est très agile. Il valorise la virtuosité du pilote. On roule avec le halfbike 2. On pilote le halfbike 3 ! Pour un débutant, le premier contact sera plus difficile avec le halfbike 3. Il faut prendre de nouveaux repères, car il révèle de nouvelles possibilités qui n’apparaissent pas avec le halfbike 2. Il est plus précis, et le corps doit s’adapter à cette nouvelles capacités. Le halfbike 3 est un vélo de circuit et de compétition. Il valorise le pilotage. Le halfbike 2 est un vélo de tous les jours, stable et agréable. Il serait intéressant de monter les roues arrière du halfbike 2 sur le halfbike 3. ça le rendrait sûrement moins exclusif, et plus stable ! On perdait peut-être en agrément de pilotage. Pour moi le halfbike 3 est une vraie réussite. Il faut se augmenter son propre niveau, pour pouvoir en profiter ! Et malgré le CoronaVirus, ça fait du bien de rouler avec ces excellents vélos ! Bernard Strasbourg France

Je suis très content de mon halfbike, attention cet engin ne souffre la comparaison avec aucun autre, il n'a pas le rayon d'action d'un vélo, je ne m'en sers que comme un outil ludique de "training". En effet le halfb est super cardio, il faut être en permanence en mouvement sous peine de s'arrêter, lorsqu'un côte se présente le rythme cardiaque monte assez haut, en descente le mouvement ressemble assez a celui d'un skieur avec transport du poids du corps d'un côté puis de l'autre afin de slalomer. Je me sers du halfb comme un outil ludique et fun de training.

6 Month halfbike from November 2020 to May 2021. My name is Volker, I am 52 years old. I bought the halfbike for short rides of 3-5 km to train stations in Hamburg and Bremen. Transport in Metro and train is very easy and the halfbike fulfilles its purpose. Since the ride is fun and real exercise, I am using it much more than planned. I did about 2.000 km in 1st half year and use the halfbike several times per week. A very positive surprise is the option to ride in complete darkness as an after office workout. On a good quality cycle path it feels save enough. I ride for 10-20 km at about 20 km/h. This is a nice alternative to jogging or indoor workout. Also I do regular trips between 20 km to 50 km with my wife on an e-bike. Normally we struggle to cycle together since I prefer to go faster than she. With the halfbike it is fun to go together. Trips > 40 km distance are getting tough form me. We also go through forrests, when the path is not too bad. With some experience it works fine. The only limit are steep climbs. A hill gets tough at 3-5% incline. At 6-8% I don't manage to go uphill. Also downhill has limits. At > 30 km/h I start to feel unsave. 35 km/h is the max. speed I dare to go. A perfect fit for the halfbike a short trips in the city. A ride to the office, to a shop or a pub are just fun. Already 2 or 3 km are a little workout. And there is tons of positive feedback from people I meet. There is several persons who asked where they could buy a halfbike. Overall the halfbike was my best buy in 2020 and it enriches my sportive activities.

We have had our halfbike for nearly 3 month by now. All family loves it. We used it every day for short distances. The learning curve was actually much shorter than what we expected, as we have been able to ride it comfortably in less than an hour. And it is very much fun. Ah one caveat: It is shaky as we go downhill and I wonder if it is due to us or to the concept o the bike itself. It will be great if you could develop a standing bicycle for bumpy or faster downhill rides.

So after it arrived in December 2020, put it together and took off as I always ride one... super easy. For one week, than disaster stiked.. had a car accident and ruptured some muscle in my neck. Shit happens and with good medical attention and workout all up and running, ready and super enthusiastic to go halfbiking, the physical therapist knew it. A view days later and had a very unfortunate accident at work. Can things get any worse If I finally can halfbike! I had a view lateral cracks in knee and back to getting fit for halfbike. Now, surgery told me, may 14th 2021 than I can train and workout to get back in shape. In Europe Holland, spring is at full speed, hopefully i am towithin a week or two. I did have time to read and watch everything there is and bought some lightning and handlebar upgrade. All ready to finally go!

El halfbike es increible!!! Al inicio es difícil, pero con perseverancia se logra dominar. Seria muy bueno en que pensaran hacer un modelo para personas que superamos los 90 kilogramos. Continuen con su excelente trabajo e innovando!!!

What a fantastic invention!!! A stylish and eye catching design that my children love. They took a few attempts to get used to using them but once they had they were away.

I ride a Halfbike 3 and it is very good! After a little time of practice it works perfect. I can go as quick as other people with a normal cycle in the city. For me it is more fun to ride a halfbike! Best regards Jan from Hamburg