Getting around can be a bind. If you work in London, you may have noticed how many stations have put up pricing of parking alone to around £5/day. On top of the train journey thats a lot of money, excluding running costs of the car, used to carry one person to and from a station, with a heavy carbon footprint on mass.

So what alternatives do you have? Cycling at 7 in the morning may seem fine for some in the summer, but in the winter it's no fun at the end of the day when all you want to do is get home. So what alternatives exist other than public transport?

Apart from walking, cycling, or a skateboard or rollerblades, the only other via options have been either a car or moped. With tax, MOT, and parking to consider, forgetting the environmental impact, surely there is another way?

Well yes.

Alternatively, and something I know many people do, is to have two bikes. One to the station, and one after the train. But in this article, we want to find an alternative in just one product and not two.

Anything requiring a motor is naturally less portable, and the Sinclair A bike shows us just how portable a pedal powered bicycle can be. So what can we get that is portable and yet doesn't rely on us doing all the work?

Anyone doing research will soon find motorised bicycles as an option.

And by looking into their top speeds, barely reaching three times a steady walking pace, it can make a small commute seem like a never ending journey. And many motorised bikes rely on some help from pedalling to make the journey

Take the ZeUS or Honda EV for example. They look like a small moped. But electric mopeds (including the full scale ones) seem great (although still require MOT etc.), but aren't portable on trains for example

Motorised 'scooters' reflecting those used by the average 5 year old may have benefit, but simply put look a little silly for a fully grown adult.

And grown up scooters are becoming more attractive. 

The Rider Electric Scooter, folding to the size of a small holdall is an amazingly portable piece of equipment, but is limited to under 10mph, making it fairly slow, albeit otherwise an interesting option.

But there are a range of foldable electric bikes that may hold the answer, with a respectable yet safe top speed, and a sensible range, bikes like the IKOO made in the USA may be the answer. 

With a range of about 18 miles and top speed of 18 miles an hour (faster than the average jogger, avoiding that embarassing situation), you can imagine that as long as you keep it topped up with power, connecting journeys won't seem so bad. And as its foldable, you can restrict the amount of room it consumes, allowing it to come with you on a train, therefore not subject to the restrictions experienced by most bicycles during rush times.

So what next? Perhaps the next step will be for manufacturers to develop a range of bikes that are ultra foldable, with replacable batteries and fuel cells (allowing you never to get caught short), and develop accessories like integrated solar chargers, and special carrying bags. Surely it can't be too far away, and the demand is growing higher by the day.

If you're out there, let us know!!!