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Bicycle’s Pedal Light Without Battery

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Bicycle is the most environment-friendly mode of transport. To make literally make bicycle the major mode of transport in a particular region, it should be made fit to be dependable. Light is a must part of movement at the night. But, to stay eco-friendly with your conveyance it should too contribute to reducing pollution.

With this [...]

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Backpack Bike

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

People in big cities might be avoid cyclists. Maybe you have a terrible problem when you have to bring the bike into the elevator. And if you live in apartement it would be problem too.
The Backpack Bicycle solves this problem by folding up the bike into a compact transport for your back. The designer, Chang [...]

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NULLA Concept Bike

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Nulla the concept bike is a minimalist bike. Nulla is one way of saying “nothing” in Italian. Bradford Waugh named it that way for lack of central hubs or chain-drive, giving it a very minimal visual weight. “Ditch that fancy car and buy a stylish bicycle”, this is what you are going to say once [...]

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The Redline R530

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

In my impression of the Redline R530, I promised to come back in a few weeks with a full review. It’s been more than a few weeks, but finally, I’m ready!
I’ve had a chance to ride the R530 for a couple months now; I’ve put 300 or 400 miles on it so I feel [...]

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Awesome Plastic Bike

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

This bicycle prototype is aimed at improving and solving multiple issues involved in production. Particular attention was paid to maximize the potential utilization of automated processes and more cost efficient materials (IE: plastics).
The bicycle consists entirely of reinforced and unreinforced recyclable polypropylene. The patent-pending bicycle features a two component.
Frame: the plastic INNERFRAME and the plastic [...]

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Automatic Transmission Electric Bicycle

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Once again technology is here to make life easy with the Automatic Transmission Electric Bicycle.
This is the electric bicycle that uses automatic transmission to downshift into a lower gear when it senses a hill, upshifts for rapid acceleration up to 20 mph on flats, or allows you to pedal normally because the motor can be [...]

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The Bricycle Human Power

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Interesting approach to designing an eco-friendly vehicle to replace some of the single-passengers cars driving all over the roads in America, and he calls it the Bricycle. Using three wheels — one up front and two in the rear –  in the form of pedaling along with forty-eight volts of electric assist at the front. [...]

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Optibike Electric Bicycle

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Optibike combines speed, long run-times and exceptional hill-climbing ability in an integrated package with style. And that’s putting it mildly. Each bike is hand built in Boulder, Colorado by a team of professionals with an eye for detail and a taste for speed. This is the ultimate in 21st century mad-scientist technology at work here. [...]

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The eGO Cycle Classic

Friday, June 13th, 2008

For a ride that’s smooth, safe and surprisingly quick, its hard to beat the eGO electric. It’s also extremely easy to ride - just twist the throttle grip and away you go.
The eGO electric scooters are built on an annodized aluminum chassis and delivers 20 - 25 miles of range at a top speed of [...]

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Revopower Gas Powered Bike Wheel

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

A bike wheel with an internal combustion engine between the spokes. It’ll mount on any bike. It goes 20 mph and it gets 200 miles to the gallon.
Weight = 12 lbs. Cost = $400. Available in 2007.
Those of you who are technically minded can see from the photographs that the important challenges involved delivering fuel [...]

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