The DeLorean, Back To The Future's Time Machine, Is Now A Bike

This DeLorean may never get up to 88 miles per hour, but "Back to the Future" fans will still be interested. While the car made famous by time-travel trilogy won’t be back until 2013, this time as an electric car, in the meantime you can spend a little less for its two wheeled counterpart. The DeLorean’s stainless steel charm -- now made from Italian Columbus XCR stainless steel tubing -- has been revived in bicycle form by bicycle maker Marc Moore and Stephen Wynne, the president of the new, Texas-based incarnation of DeLorean Motor.

The first model of the DeLorean bike will be the “Anyday”, an 11-speed bike with “luminescent” coated wheels that “appear to turn on” when lights shine on them. The Anyday’s auto counterpart fetched $25,000 in the early 1980s, and the bike is no bargain either. This DeLorean revision will cost a -- great Scott! -- hefty $5,500.

The price is in line with its creators understanding that the DeLorean brand has often been an acquired taste. “It’s a bicycle that bike aficionados can look at and say, ‘Yes, that’s cool, and it’s got all of the right equipment on it,’” Wynne told Bloomberg Businessweek.

If you’re willing to splurge, the bike is available at the DeLorean Bicycle website.

Comments

[aphextwin07]

04:13 PM on 05/22/2012

nice paid advertisement post...

[Loffee]

09:03 AM on 05/22/2012

Lamborghini sells a heavy duty bike that's made in China; I assume the stainless DeLorean will be the same heavy, slow, clunky bike.

[Passenger57]

08:10 AM on 05/22/2012

It might be worth the price if they used an actual DeLorean to make the bikes...

[Abmaj7]

02:05 AM on 05/24/2012

They did.........right down to the kilo of coke in the frame.

[Passenger57]

07:07 AM on 05/28/2012

LOL! You know, with a coked-up rider, it just MIGHT get to 88mph...!

[ginpowell]

08:04 AM on 05/22/2012

come on guys, it's only an art piece. kinda cool.

[Kasado]

08:03 AM on 05/22/2012

Boy, does that seat look comfortable. Why not just screw on a brick ?

[RattleCat]

07:48 AM on 05/22/2012

IGH and disk breaks on a Columbus frame..  The price is a little rich, but not as much as one might think.

[RattleCat]

07:50 AM on 05/22/2012

Oops, scratch that.  Article said $5500.  Eyes said $2500.  Brain says "More coffee!"

[hammergonewild]

07:37 AM on 05/22/2012

Buy a Huffy, remove the decal and hand paint "De Lorean" in their place. Done deal!

[Geistlos333]

07:19 AM on 05/22/2012

You made a BIKE out of a DELOREAN!?!?!?

[Benbo]

08:52 AM on 05/22/2012

The stainless steel construction makes the flux dispersal—LOOK OUT!

[Abmaj7]

02:01 AM on 05/24/2012

"This is heavy"

[Karen Suzanne Wood]

07:18 AM on 05/22/2012

Why would anyone want a stainless steel bike :/

[Futura Labs]

08:24 AM on 05/22/2012

yes, stainless is probably much too stiff for good ride, but if it's Columbus..

[palindrom]

07:16 AM on 05/22/2012

It's supposed to be a commuter. For half the price one could get a Surly Cross-Check or a Soma Double-Cross and trick it out as a fantastic commuter bike. And for 1/5 the price you could get an off-the-shelf bike that would serve beautifully.

[recycled365]

06:13 AM on 05/22/2012

Is it for riding or wall hanging ?

[dutchman]

05:44 AM on 05/22/2012

Meh - I'll take a Stevens SLR any day of the week.  Same price - vastly better bike.

[PRONESE]

05:13 AM on 05/22/2012

So, was "Doping" used to fund this project also?
Just asking.
More Coffee...
R/ PRONESE

[MichaelMcKLA]

04:45 AM on 05/22/2012

Wal-Mart will be carrying it at a discounted price of $5,499.

[spytheweb]

04:38 AM on 05/22/2012

This is my Schwinn (Apr 2, 2012) i purchased 29 years ago this month. I paid $279.00 for it and still ride it everyday. Any bike $5,000.00 must be made of gold to worth that price.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5171/5581810660_15143f4f26_b.jpg