Modular design is three bicycles in one

The Modus is an open-frame bicycle designed to receive a variety of clipped-in, purpose-built accessories including ‘a sleek briefcase for your everyday commute, a boom box for tunes while you ride, a lock or a battery pack to drive the bike in electric mode’.

The design is a product of Quirky, a social site dedicated to developing ‘crowd-sourced’ inventions.

It’s not clear whether the frame inserts are structural components without which the bike becomes unrideable, but such a design might prove an effective deterrent against theft.

Another week, another concept

The bicycle is a design of such simplicity that it has remained largely unchanged over the last 100 years, but this does little to deter inventors from coming up with alternatives. It doesn’t help that concept bicycles by their nature have to stand out from the crowd, a fact that invariably leads to the addition of unnecessary complexity.

Cycle insurance – from 33p per week

Every cycle insurance policy from the ETA includes new-for-old replacement if your bike is stolen, cover for accidental damage (race events included), third party insurance (in the case of an accident you may need to seek compensation or even deal with a claim by someone else), personal accident cover and if you breakdown, we will even come out and recover you and your bike.