About Us
Inspiration & History
PARKIS was inspired by the need to find a space-saving bike storage solution that requires no or little physical effort. All available bike racks, stands, hooks, etc., had one significant flaw in common – they all required physical exertion. One has to be a Hercules to lift a bike onto these storage options! So, we gathered a team to create a bike parking solution that any bike rider can use and enjoy regardless of their strength. You only need to drive your bike's front wheel into PARKIS and the built-in dolly does the rest – it automatically takes hold of the front wheel and springs, pulling your bike to a vertical position. That's it – your bike's significant other parked your bike for you!
Our Story
Economist and bike enthusiast, Bronius Rauba, had been looking for a bike storage solution. He wanted to kill two birds with one stone – park his family's four bikes easily while simultaneously saving floor space. He soon discovered that such a bicycle parking system did not exist. But as the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. So, in 2014, he came up with the idea of an automated device that lifts a bike. He saw that his vision of an effortless vertical bike parking system had the potential for further development, so he invited another bike lover, engineer Vygantas Radvila, to join PARKIS. By 2016, the team had developed a fully functioning product. They agreed to introduce PARKIS to the world via the Kickstarter platform. This Kickstarter campaign, launched in late 2016, proved to be a real success – it raised the pledged funds and generated tens of millions of viewers on social media platforms! Two years later, the upgraded PARKIS returned to Kickstarter and repeated its previous success on the platform. Today, PARKIS is patented in various countries, from China to Europe and the US and enjoyed by bike enthusiasts in more than 40 countries around the globe. Despite the success, the PARKIS team does not rest on their laurels: they are continuing to develop and advance the device as perfection knows no bounds. So, stay tuned for more exciting updates from the PARKIS team.