Bastille
The folding urban bike
Bastille’s idea : the creation of a large urban bicycle that is as easy to fold as a Yoyo push-chair. Antidote Solutions’ contribution: engineering input, calculations and advice on the choice of components..
Five years of working together
Our work for Bastille began in 2018. It was Gilles Henry who contacted us. Riding on the success of his compact Yoyo push-chair, Gilles was set on adapting his innovations to produce a proper folding bike. He wanted ultra-easy folding, compactness for storage and an excellent finished product. We started by working on the structural calculations and product nomenclature. Each component was meticulously chosen. We also helped with the engineering, prototyping and finally the full-scale production of the product and its release in October 2023..
A technical feat
“In order to produce not just good folding capability but above all an excellent bicycle, I wanted to team up with true specialists. Who better than Antidote to marry expertise and passion? These five years of collaboration have been fantastic.” – Gilles Henry, founder and managing director of Bastille.
The Bastille urban bike features among the most demanding projects entrusted to Antidote Solutions. The folding requires a number of different manufacturing processes that make it unique. “It is a real exploit and we are proud to have played out part in it,” declared Alex Guiral.
Bastille Project
The segments in which we have operated
Brand Strategy
Product Strategy
market studies for brand and product
brand positionning
“go to market” strategy
brand indentity and communication
Engineering
technical design
3D modeling
FEM analysis
product management and component sourcing
bills of materials (BOM) and technical reports
Prototyping and fine-tuning
prototyping supervision
shakedown and initial proof testing
“on field” testing
fine-tune set up
Industrialisation
manufacturing process
production engineering
supply chain set up
product certification support
manufacturing supervision