After an extended day of pedaling on a bikepacking journey, establishing a tent for the evening can usually really feel like only one extra irksome process. That is the place the i:woody is available in, as it is a wood ebike-towed trailer that is able to sleep in.
Invented and constructed by German entrepreneurs Erich Zeller and Naid Deliu, the i:woody is offered by means of their firm Fahrrad-Campen (“bicycle tenting”). Together with being accessible for buy, it may also be rented from numerous German shops and even constructed by clients in guided workshops.
Its weatherproof essential physique is made nearly fully of lacquered plywood, and options a big hinged Plexiglass window plus a strong wood lockable door. The entire rig measures 208 cm lengthy by 94 cm large by 155 cm tall (81.9 by 37 by 61 in) and reportedly weighs about 64 to 72 kg (141 to 159 lb), relying on outfitting.
Fahrrad-Campen
Whereas on the street, the i:woody rolls on 20-inch aluminum wheels clad in Schwalbe Tremendous Moto 20 x 2.4-in tires, and makes itself seen to different site visitors through two StVZO-compliant LED tail lights.
Inside, there is a bench (with an adjustable backrest) together with a single mattress, the latter sporting a 7-cm-thick (2.8-in) polyurethane foam mattress lined in cotton material. Different facilities embody 360 liters (95 gal) of under-bed space for storing, a single-burner gasoline range, LED lighting, and a air flow system. Energy is supplied by a battery pack.
Fahrrad-Campen
Identical to a “actual” trailer, the i:woody has 4 adjustable-height aluminum helps that are used to get it horizontally degree as soon as it is parked for the evening – an built-in bubble degree helps in that regard. Each its parking brake and its detachable Weber drawbar are lockable, for added safety.
Pricing begins at €5,900 (about US$6,582), with non-obligatory extras together with issues like a photo voltaic panel; a Boxio washbasin and composting rest room; a second porthole-type window; a skylight; plus an outside-accessible storage compartment.
Erich Zeller exhibits us a few of the i:woody’s different options, within the following German-language video.
Fahrrad-Vanlife mit dem Fahrrad-Wohnwagen i:woody – Entdecke eine neue Artwork zu reisen.
Supply: Fahrrad-Campen
