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Sooall Next DNA eBike turns calories into battery life
China's Sooall gives exercise an eco edge, letting you charge some batteries while you pedal away your excess fat.
SHANGHAI -- At the inaugural CES Asia, Chinese firm Sooall serves up an interesting spin on the exercise bike with the Next DNA eBike. Its name is a mouthful and inexplicably includes a DNA reference, but if you're thinking 'eBike' means electric, you're both right and wrong. This bike doesn't use electricity to generate speed, it uses speed to generate electricity.
Located at the rear of the trainer are three battery packs, which are charged when you start working out. Once charged, you can use these USB-friendly power packs to juice up your other mobile devices. There's no word on the exact capacity of the battery packs, and how long you'd have to pedal to deliver a full charge. I'll update should we get a clear answer.
That's not all the bike has up its sleeve. A Sooall spokesperson said the bike will also have a virtual coach that will help you train, and can alter the intensity required of the pedals based on a real route. If you're "climbing" a mountain, expect the pedal resistance to be pretty draining on your legs.
Remembering that everything in the world is meant to be smart and connected these days, the Next DNA eBike will also support multiplayer. If you have friends who also own the eBike you can cycle routes at the same time. This could deliver great motivation benefits, making you feel more accountable to completing a training session when you have friends putting in the effort at the same time.
The unit on display was a prototype so we couldn't take it for a test ride, and the battery packs weren't exactly real either. With that said, a Sooall spokesperson said the company has plans to launch this bike in the next two months in China, at 10,000 Renminbi (around $1,612, £1,040 and AU$2,058). So if you're getting this, you better be putting in the effort to get your money's worth.
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