Innovation

Welcome to our blog, the place where we share all things Islabikes. Here you can keep up to date with news, our latest thinking and helpful advice.

Our obsession with designing the perfect Cnoc

Nov 04, 2022 - Tim Goodall

Starter bike, first pedal bike, first proper bike; call it anything because you’ll always remember their first pedal strokes.

Our obsession with designing the perfect Rothan

Oct 07, 2022 - Tim Goodall

Learning to ride starts with learning to balance. Learning to balance starts on a Rothan.

Commercial viability of inclusive design

Mar 04, 2022 - Dave Bowater

Hear our MD, Tim Goodall, talking about our thoughts on the commercial viability of inclusive human centred deign.

Dwarfism project update - May

May 28, 2021 - Dave Bowater

The results are in! The three frames completed six gruelling tests, putting them through hundreds of thousands of cycles to find the weak points of the structure. 

Dwarfism project update - April

Apr 22, 2021 - Dave Bowater

Building, shipping, waiting. We were really pleased with how the sample frames came together and remain cautiously optimistic about their prospects during the testing process.

Dwarfism project update - March

Mar 23, 2021 - Dave Bowater

An overdue update on our dwarfism project. Since we last communicated a lot has happened.

Dwarfism prototypes

Jun 12, 2020 - Dave Bowater

For our latest project we are investigating ways to support people with dwarfism.