COBI wins Design and Innovation Award

The bike experts behind the Design and Innovation Awards have identified COBI as one of the most innovative products for the upcoming season.

After 16 days of intensive testing, 66 innovative and potentially influential products were awarded in seven categories.

The COBI Connected Biking System comprises of an intuitive app and hardware that integrates with a range of smartphones and bikes to provide smart bike capabilities. The system consists of a hub that provides a charging function, a thumb controller for hands-free operation and AmbiSense automatic front and rear lights.

“The clean interface and the outstanding usability of the app especially sparked our enthusiasm,” said a representative from the Design & Innovation Awards. “Never before have so many functions been so easy to operate while riding a bike. COBI is thoroughly well thought out and makes every ride more convenient and more fun.”

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