British bike security brand, Hiplok, has confirmed the production of AIRLOK, billed as the world’s first high security bike storage hanger, following a successful product crowdfunding campaign on international funding platform Kickstarter. The new bike accessory exceeded its Kickstarter funding goal of £70,000, raising £80,339 in total.
Hundreds of bike owners from around the world have backed the project, ensuring they are the first to get an AIRLOK – and enabling the company to exceed their £70,000 funding goal. The achievement means that Hiplok can commence final development and tooling in order to deliver the first AIRLOK bicycle storage locks to Kickstarter customers in early 2017, with sales to bike stores worldwide commencing after this in spring 2017.
Positioned as as an elegant yet functional bike storage solution, AIRLOK has been designed to a maximum security level. Secure wall fixings, a hardened steel framework and a secure lockable bolt combine to keep a bike safe while displayed/stored on a wall; and AIRLOK’s unique triangular shape ‘provides stability for multiple styles and sizes of bicycle’. Available in a choice of colours, the company adds that the ‘combination of security, aesthetics and quality materials make the AIRLOK the ultimate display option for your bike’.
Cycling enthusiasts will be able to get a first look at the future of secure bicycle storage as the AIRLOK announcement is being celebrated with a display at the Cycle Show in the UK this weekend.
Hiplok co-founder, Ben Smith, said “We have been overwhelmed by the reaction from the hundreds of Kickstarter backers who have supported us in putting Hiplok’s first secure bike storage in to production. It’s fitting that the final day of our Kickstarter campaign coincides with the start of one of the UK’s biggest cycling events and we’re thrilled to have AIRLOK on display at the Cycle Show this weekend.”
Hiplok co-founder, John Abrahams, added “The reaction has proven the need for secure yet elegant bike storage. We have lots of ideas for developing the sector further; but for now, we’re concentrating on getting the first AIRLOKs to the very first customers.”
