Sadler Aims Maximum Portability With Its Foldable Electric Bike

Sadler foldable electric bike by Gianluca Sada is the A’ Design Award winner in Vehicle, Mobility, and Transportation Design Category, 2020 – 2021. Sadler bike is hubless with an innovative design that pushes its limits by folding for maximum portability – to the size of an umbrella. This means it can be folded and packed in a regular backpack.

Sadler is a hubless bike with a unique and innovative design, made from carbon fiber. It is foldable and portable design, measuring only 26” when folded, makes it the world’s most compact.

Available in three versions - classic, 3-gear shift and electric motor – Sadler Bike is versatile and light, suitable for street, urban and soft-outdoor environments. 100% Made in Italy, Sadler Bike innovative design combines functionality with exclusive materials.

Sadler foldable bike design

The Sadler Bike has the dimension of a standard bike with 26-inch wheels, which are fixed to the frame via the anchoring system. This complete structure is easy to fold with a single movement. The design focuses on space-saving design.

Unlike many bikes that get strength from the tensions created by the spokes, the Sadler bike’s strength is put into the rim.

Plus, its double chain mechanism lets the bike’s system multiply the pedal thrust by 1 to 4 for matching the traditional bicycle run.

Sadler portable bike design inspiration

Sadler wanted to create a new mobility system that integrates a broad range of transportation systems while respecting the environment. He was inspired by the versatility and simplicity of the traditional bicycle.

With the desire to embrace sustainability and maximum portability, he came up with this space-saving bike.

Sadler foldable bike manufacturing tech

Sadler foldable bike is made with a carbon fiber frame and finishes with an epoxy resin system. The base body boasts anodized hoops, aeronautical aluminum alloy, tube handle, carter in carbon fiber with real-wood profiles, and ergonomic seat in handcrafted Italian leather.

This foldable bike has an electric engine integrated with a drive hub and three gear shifts on the pedal shaft. Plus, its battery level can be monitored via a Bluetooth app.

Sustainability is at the core of Sadler Bike project

Employing a low environmental impact technology, choosing high quality hand-crafted finishes, expression of made in Italy talent and genius, highly specialized resources taking part in the project white being fully involved in activities of performance assessment and implementation, the opportunity of providing our bike with an “electric heart”, the extreme lightness and the capability of folding it inside a comfortable backpack, the versatility and ease of use for a zero impact integrated mobility system, choosing suppliers who endorse our corporate policies: these are the staple elements of Sadler's sustainable vision.

Sadler intends to promote a sustainable conscience, in which high performance and innovation standards must match the highest concern with respect of the environment and employment standards.

About Sadler

Sadler wants to pave the way to a new mobility system, off the beaten path, with a broad range of uses capable of integrating with other transportation systems, while fully respecting the environment. A personal style and an extreme versatility of use confer dynamism to the traditional bicycle, an increasingly sought-after item in a moment of growing environmental conscience and desire to embrace a sustainable lifestyle.

Sadler comes to life by the joint efforts of Gianluca Sada and Luca Scudieri of Gruppo Adler.

The idea, the vision and the ambition of a project seeking to change integrated mobility with R&D, innovation and know-how of a world leading industrial group, in the design and manufacturing of components, acoustic and thermal systems for the automotive sector (Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, BMW, Jeep, Fiat, Volvo, Toyota, among major brands).

Adler Group boasts a great competence in the manufacture of components in carbon fiber for the aeronautical and automotive sector, technical fabrics, leathers, predictive maintenance systems.

From the design to the assembling, up to the supplier selection, Sadler is a 100% Made in Italy bike, expression of the typically Italian genius, style and talent for innovation.

The name choice is a tribute to some of the most iconic and beloved Italian places. It draws inspiration from the blending of colors, styles, characters and distinctive values of the territories associated with Sadler bikes.