Trotify: Make your bicycle sound like a horse

It’s the cycling accessory that no one needs, but every cyclist will want; Trotify is a wooden device that sits on your front wheel and makes your bike clop like a horse.

Trotify fits to the front brake mount, just like a reflector, and uses the movement of the wheel to clack together two halves of a coconut.

The average recreational cyclist might produce no more than ¼ horsepower, but the clip clopping sound of the Trotify is utterly convincing and the perfect soundtrack for your two-wheeled steed.

Trotify will cost £19.95 if its makers can secure 1,000 orders in the next couple of weeks. You can place your order at the Trotify website

Watch this short film on Youtube to see and hear Trotify in all its glory.

How does this sound? Cycle insurance from 39p per week

Fully-comprehensive cover from the ETA includes new-for-old, accidental damage, vandalism, £5m third party and Cycle Rescue – a breakdown recovery service for bicycles.

‘Horsey’ bike

A bicycle accessory that gives a bike the outline of a horse was shortlisted in the Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010.

The bike ornament is called ‘horsey’ and came about because its designer, Eungi Kim, wanted to “give a special look to bicycles so that people would care about cycling not only as transportation but also as a lovely pet.”

Modern-day hobby horse

A bicycle design from the days before pedals has been resurrected in the form of the Fliz.

The bicycle is an object of such elegant simplicity that it has remained largely unchanged over the decades. Most bikes on the market today are not dramatically different in appearance to those that were on sale 100 years ago, but the Fliz is one of very few bike designs that make reference to the days before pedal power.

The Fliz bicycle is a marriage of modern materials and an antiquated design nearly 200 years old. The design is based on the earliest bicycles, which were known as hobby-horses or velocipedes and were propelled by the rider’s feet pushing along the ground.