Find out more about the early stages of designing the FLIT-16. See how we turned pencilled sketches into working prototypes
Development of the FLIT-16, Part 1: Concept, design, prototype Read More »
Aug 28, 2020 14 days of quarantine complete… time to prepare for final assembly of our first fleet of FLIT-16s! Those of you that follow us on social media will know that Dave, our Technical Lead, is currently in Taiwan to visit our manufacturing partner. We’re lucky that Dave was granted a special visa to enter as travel
Engineering stories: final assembly awaits Read More »
Jul 2, 2020 We’ve just reached a major milestone: welding of the main frames has begun! This is a big moment for us as our first batch of FLIT-16s are closer to being finished ebikes, ready for their delivery in September. We’ve got some sneaky factory footage for you below! As we get closer to
Engineering stories: welding begins! Read More »
May 15, 2020 Sometimes great things happen by chance. As the coronavirus lockdown in the UK relaxed a bit last week, we discovered that Dave, the Technical Lead here at FLIT, is practically neighbours with Maddie Moate and Greg Foot, presenters on one of our favourite Youtube channels: the Fully Charged Show. With interest in
FLIT on Fully Charged Read More »
May 1, 2020 I’m going to skip the usual intro about coronavirus and start off with some good news! You may remember from our previous update that Dave, our Technical Lead and the designer of the FLIT-16, was visiting our manufacturing partner in Taiwan. Whilst he was over there, he was helping to build two brand new
Meet Marengo: our brand new demo bike! Read More »
Apr 3, 2020 Right now, it’s important for us to keep our bikes folded and stay at home as much as we can. If you do jump on your bike, make sure you’re using it withing the government guidelines. Whilst we’re not out able to get out and ride as much, we thought we’d share with
FLIT’s Top 10 Cycling Documentaries Read More »
Mar 21, 2020 If you’re like me then you will have been inundated with messages in recent days letting you know how organizations have been affected in unprecedented ways by the current coronavirus outbreak. As a team, we have taken time to think through how we will weather the storm, and want to share that
Coronavirus Update – A message from the FLIT team Read More »
Mar 12, 2020 As some of you may know, Dave, our Technical Lead is currently over in Taiwan with our manufacturing partner. Whilst he’s over there he’ll be putting the bike through it’s final round of electrical testing, as well as assembling two demo bikes. Dave will be bringing these production FLIT-16s back to UK
Engineering stories: batteries complete + demo bike assembly Read More »
Mar 6, 2020 It’s International Womens’ Day this Sunday, and to celebrate we wanted to feature one of our amazing customers. We’d like to introduce you to Ruth, whose ebike has helped her to battle through some of the toughest times of her life. We were so inspired that we wanted to share it with
Meet: Ruth, whose ebike has helped her face life’s challenges Read More »
Jan 31, 2020 Hi guys, Dave here. Things are progressing pretty quickly over in Taiwan, and we now have the majority of the parts for the rear swing arm (the part that swings underneath when folding the FLIT-16) manufactured. We thought that now would be a good time to give you a sneak peek behind
Engineering stories: how the rear swing arm is manufactured Read More »
