Calamus

23/08/2021

A touchscreen...on an .

When introduced the touchscreen phone, he changed the world of smartphones.

But touchscreens are now everywhere, from elevators to vehicles.

On Calamus ebikes, the touchscreen allow you to:

1. Set rider .

Different settings for different riders, because the is customized.

2. Track your bike's

Why diagnose the problem after it has occurred when you can do it before, and prevent the problem from ever happening?

3. Navigate with maps

No need to pull out your phone. Get the maps right on your bike screen.

And the best part? The touchscreen is 100% .

21/08/2021

A bike that listens to you.

The Calamus lets riders switch back and forth from eco mode to turbo mode - and that's just the start.

3 ways in which the Calamus app allows you to your experience:

1. Adjust lights and vibrations: Want stronger lights? Want softer haptic vibrations? All adjustments are a tap away.

2. Set destination: When you do this, you directly see the route on your bike touchscreen.

3. Track your : No matter where it is in the world.

And the part?

The app allows us to constantly give you .

19/08/2021

Seamless. . Eye-grabbing.

That’s what we wanted our bikes to look like.

And we’re happy with our final result.

Calamus boast of a unibody structure that flows from top to bottom.

All the routed cables are internal - this not only reduces clutter, but also improves the bike’s .
..while also making the bike .

But a picture speaks louder than words, right?

Have a look.

Let us know what you think in the . :)

16/08/2021

Our next episode is special.

It has 2 life-long friends talking about a subject they deeply care about: .

No mode of transport is perfect.

The Hindenburg airship crossed the Atlantic ocean safely 30+ times - and then it had a crash.

Airplanes, trains, cars...they can all be improved.

The are no different. EVs are, relatively speaking, a new form of transport. There's a lot of - and a fair amount of uncertainty.

How to navigate this?

This episode asks:

- Do EVs have any down sides?
- Are there past mistakes that the sector must not repeat?

And much more.

Hear our founder Nilesh talk to Jasvir Dillon, an in deep tech and mobility: https://lnkd.in/eb7i3GPH

13/08/2021

What do actors and vehicles have in common?

They both need "range."

There's a out there: ebikes aren't for longer journeys.

That they don't have range.

Let's break it.

Fact 1: Most are short.

Percentage of journeys less than 15 KM in the : Over 83%.

Fact 2: Ebikes have come a long way

Calamus ebikes offer a range of over 80 KM on a single charge.

This will cover everything from work , grocery runs, and mini trips to nearby towns.

Talk about an package.

With our , you can go on journeys where the only breaks you will take - will be to recharge yourself.

And never your bike.

10/08/2021

Safety - is it a FEATURE?

Here's our answer: absolutely not.

Safety is a . This is the mindset that has driven us to build the world's safest e-bikes.

To achieve our , we discovered - and inserted - industry first features in our e-bikes.

Haptic vibrations. Blind spot assist. Those are the technical terms.

Here's the simpler explanation: 360° awareness for you, the rider.

Here's what imperils the rider on the road (most of the time): what they can't see.

That is, what is right behind them.

What our do: alert you to incoming from behind.

It's a little bit like having eyes on your back.

On a Calamus Ultra , you stay safe out there.

09/08/2021

Cities - they just exist, right?

Wrong!

Like anything else, are designed.

And anything designed has a designer - or thousands of designers.

In our latest podcast, we talk to one such designer - Sara Stace.

Sara has 24 years of experience shaping cities.

She’s an on urban design, using land to maximise the options for people, and much more.

Cities are not static monuments - they are processes.

Tune in to our to learn what shapes these processes - and how you can lend a hand!

Link:

Listen to this episode from Inspiration in Motion on Spotify. What does the future of pedestrian transport look like? How will active transport and micro mobility shape the current urban streetscape? Sara Stace is a city shaper, strategic thinker and innovator with extensive knowledge about cities,....

04/08/2021

€1, generate €3.6.

This is not a financial scam - this is the magic of bike lanes.

found that for every €1 invested in bicycle lanes, they created €3.6. How?

With bicycle lanes, people:

- Became healthier. This saved the country many health costs down the line.

- Moved more efficiently. Bicycle lanes made travel more , giving people options and saving them time.

Countries can get stuck up on the upfront costs of biking - but the long-term view clearly favors more bike lanes!

28/07/2021

There's one way have an edge.

In developed countries, past mistakes are "frozen." Here's an example:

50 years ago, western countries demolished buildings to create more space for cars.

This increased congestion!

Lesson: no matter how much space you give to cars, they'll take it all up.

Developing countries are more and learn from their developed peers' .

Instead of widening roads for cars, cities should widen them for .

That's a more , human-scaled, and healthier way to move.

And guess what?

Their compact form ensures they don't cause congestion!

26/07/2021

Today is a big day.

The first episode of our podcast is now live!

We couldn’t have asked for a better guest to start with.

His name is Chris Bruntlett, and his resume is off the charts.

He is:

The well known writer of Curbing Traffic, a book that reimagines transport and urban design

The marketing manager for Dutch Cycling Embassy, one of the biggest cycling advocacy groups in the world

One of the most influential intellectuals in the world on subjects like sustainable transport, cycling, inclusive cities, amongst others.

In the episode we talk about all this and more.

You’ll find the episode informative, entertaining, and thought provoking.

Tune in: https://open.spotify.com/show/36ccoGghQUZnJBB2LumaMB

Exciting guests are coming up next. Make sure you follow the podcast!

Listen to Inspiration in Motion on Spotify. Humans are the only species that started on one continent and spread across all seven. Wherever we are in the world right now, we need to move. It’s a prerequisite to our existence and it defines our role in this world. To move is human but to move susta...

23/07/2021

The world of is changing faster than people think.

New cars with combustion engines will be banned in by 2040.

In the ? By 2035.

In ? By 2025!

batteries already power most things we do.

In the , they will power our movement too.