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And you? DO you have ORDER SYSTEM??
This concept bike by Kevin Scott from London is all over the news just now. I’m posting it, but I do think it’s silly, no?
Aberdeen Bike Count, 11 Locations, 1.5 Hours=657
VS
~5 Minutes on a corner in Utrecht=?
But he missed my favourite: Amsterdam Central
Do check this out: part of ‘Urban Mobility’ – Rethinking Transportation in an Urban Environment presentation. Sponsored by SCION. Looking at the Copenhagen Wheel. A ‘smart’ bike wheel that will revolutionize the two-wheel world – so they say. We’ll also meet the MIT minds behind it. – It is pretty smart I must admit.
K Sullivan, feb14
send us a snapshot of you and your bike, and we’ll make you famous. weeee.
Being a fairly lazy sort of fellow i decided a couple of years ago to buy an electric bike.
I had a particularly good week at sea and after several bottles of wine at a friend’s house with an internet connection and pay pal i found myself the owner of an electric bike and a monster hangover.
The bike is great it’s an izip cruiser, it was the cheapest and coincidently funkeyst one they made. when the batteries are new and fully charged you can expect around 15 miles on the flat at a reasonable speed of between 10 and 15 mph. None of the figures quoted here have been tested in any way and are at best to be considered to be wildly inaccurate.
So it isnt particularly fast and it also doesnt have gears, this combined with a very heavy steel frame means that you cant really pedal it.
but thats ok because i dont.
pedal i mean.
not as a rule..
apart from up hill…
I figure if i have a motor its pointless to pedal unless i want to keep warm, otherwise i tend to spill too much beer and that as we all know can become tiresome aswell as expensive.
Soon i plan to fit another battery and a sub woofer to the bike giving me more
speed and greater range.
I absolutely love it and would recommend it to anyone, the forks and super fat bastard rated fully sprung seat make even the most cobbly of streets a total joy.
I have changed by bike only slightly by moving the batteries to a rather nice box on the back but apart from that it is pretty much standard.
I hope one day to put it on a train and come up to cruise the mean streets of Aberdeen (and to get danny and chriss to help me with a couple of things) soon.
two pretty fixies near Belmont street - Sunday, Oct. 18th
In the past two years since I arrived, the number of fixed gear bikes up here on Aberdeen’s roads went from 1 to 100 and counting. We’ve been noticing a rapid increase in fixie riders and we’re hoping that we’ll have a meetup soon. There’s a forum we’ve been posting on if you want to join! http://www.londonfgss.com/thread20536-3.html
Photo Essay: 20 of the Freakiest Custom Bikes on the Road
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 by greeni in bikes, Bikes-We-Like
Two German engineers have managed to develop (without any external technological help or financial support) an electric bike that looks like a mix between a motorcycle and a mountain bike. The so-called Elmoto is powered by a 2KW engine and boasts a driving range of up to 65km with a single battery charge (which costs around $1).
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Weaknesses: It can’t beat gravity
http://www.santacruzbicycles.com/nomad/
and some reviews @ mtbr.com
Bikes-We-Like: G.Obree (a new old faithful?)
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 by greeni in bikes, Bikes-We-Likecheck out this hand-crafted beauty:
made by Graeme Obree aka The Flying Scotsman for his planned comeback!
click on the image above to get to the gallery.
beCyCle 
