Most everything on the Leopard Pro, outside of the Shimano Ultegra componentry, is from SpeedX, including their own 50mm-deep carbon clincher wheelset, carbon handlebar and proprietary seatpost. We’ve seen a few concept bikes with this level of integrated gadgetry, but SpeedX is the first to bring it to market. The SpeedX Leopard is as much a tech piece as it is a bicycle, with complete integration of a computer called Smart Control into the stem and a taillight built into the seatpost that is controlled by sensors on the bike and through the SpeedX phone app. With that technology in hand and the desire to push how technology could be further integrated into bike design, SpeedX developed the Leopard smart bike. After developing a cycling app, the company turned their attention to making the SpeedForce computer that was integrated into a stem and could be added to any bike. As the story was told to us, he was underwhelmed with the technology available to cyclists to connect with the bike. The Chinese company’s founder was a phone-app developer from outside of the cycling industry, but he did enjoy riding. SpeedX took a rather unique path to becoming a bike brand. SpeedX went on to be the most funded bicycle in the history of Kickstarter. Their goal of raising $50,000 was met after just two hours, and after a month, more than $2.3 million was raised. Less than two years ago SpeedX started a Kickstarter campaign for what would be their first bike model, the Leopard, an aero “smart bike” design with an integrated computer and fully internal cables. It’s quite likely that SpeedX is the most popular bike you have never heard of, yet your tech-gadget, non-cyclist buddy probably has, considering they already have more coverage on tech sites than cycling ones.
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