Tag: bikes
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The Hiplok Z-Lok Is A Secure Ziptie For Your Stuff
You wouldn’t normally secure a valuable object, like a bike, with a zip tie. But the Z-Lok by Hiplok isn’t your average zip tie, featuring a steel core and a double-sided locking mechanism that can only be opened with its respective two-pronged key. It’s the convenience of a zip tie with the security of a…
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Ono Bikes Are Made To Stand Out
You can add all kinds of useful features to a bicycle, and it’ll be just that: a useful bike. But you can take another route and simply add aesthetic features whose only use is to make the bike look beautiful. In this regard, we’d say Ono Bikes, from Serbia, has succeeded. Its first model, the…
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Bygen’s Hank Direct Bike Collapses, Uses Direct Drive System
The final size limitation that folding bikes often encounter is the chain; you can fold the bike, sure, but you can’t do the same to the chain. Bygen’s Hank Direct Bike simply ditches the chain and switches it for a direct-drive system. This means the pedals are directly powering the rear wheel, much like a…
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Spinlister: An App That Lets You Rent Bikes From Awesome People
The bike movement is gaining speed and it’s great all around for people (who get some much-needed exercise) and for the environment (which benefits from lesser emissions). Not everyone can afford a bike, though, and not everyone who has one uses it on a daily basis. Pushing the movement forward and addressing these specific groups…
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Bike For Two: Two Seats, One Bike
Two-seater bikes are uncommon but they aren’t exactly anything new. Or are they? Normally, two-seater bicycles feature one seat placed behind the other. The bikers are then expected to pedal in conjunction with the other for a smoother ride. That’s what YouTuber Marcin Zakrzeski’s two-seater bike expects bikers to do, too, although it offers extremely different…
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Students Working On Futuristic Looking Bike With Spherical Wheels
Wheels, it turns out, are very passé. Balls is where it’s at. At least that’s what a student team from the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San Jose State University is out to prove with the above early prototype of the Spherical Drive System, a self-balancing electric bike that rolls on spheres friction-driven…
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Electric Bikes Don’t Have To Scream That You’re A Green Loving Hippie
Maybe you secretly love the planet. With a bit of introspection, you could discover that you’re a closet tree hugger. That’s cool, we don’t judge. But if the fear of coming out has prevented you from getting in on the electric bike bandwagon, with their proudly bland aesthetics that purposely scream “Look at my eco-conscious…
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Brammo Empulse Electric Bike Has Actual Clutch And Gear Transmission
By David Ponce The thing about most electric vehicles is that there’s no real need for the traditional gears, or even a clutch for that matter. While some say this can be more efficient, it also produces a driving feel that’s completely alien and upsetting to purists. The Brammo Empulse electric bike tries to alleviate…