Flywheel Bicycle

Maxwell von Stein, a 22-year-old graduate of The Cooper Union, built bicycle that uses a flywheel to store energy. Instead of braking, Max can transfer energy from the wheel to the flywheel, which spins between the crossbars. The flywheel stores the kinetic energy until Max wants a boost, then he can transfer the energy [...]

Chain Widths

From UrbanVelo Read the entire article in the magazine. Well, I was having issues with a chain and trying to readup on current info.

Nominally there are two widths of bicycle chain on the market—1/8” and 3/32”. This number refers to the interior width of the chain, with the wider 1/8” chain used on single [...]

Neuron Shifting a Bike

Neuron Shifting is for when it takes too long to twitch your hand.

Watch the video to hear him describe Neuron Shifting. Your brain waves trigger the shift. What my brain waves might do is unforeseen.

Boffins!

DISCLAIMER: I use bar end shifters on my Atlantis and love them. Twitch indeed.

Toyota reached out to [...]

Dicyclet

This is just an interesting idea putting wheels parallel rather than in a line. I wonder how it rides?

The wheel is one of the most basic inventions in history. Fabels thought it was an interesting idea to use the wheel itself as a vehicle. To solve balance-problems two parallel wheels were used. The driver [...]

The Bike I Came Home On

School started, both High School where I teach and Graduate School where I am picking up more Highly Qualified endorsements after my Masters, to teach wider and deeper. Writing lags just a tad.

I am traveling this weekend and taking the LeMond with me, not the Rivendell. They are as dissimilar as one can explain. [...]

Chicago is #10 of the Most Bike Friendly Cities in the US

Via: Motorcycle Insurance

Velomobiles Are Everywhere In Portland

I spotted Velomobiles this afternoon on N Williams where I was looking for Robots Love Cupcakes, a post ride treat. You can read about Velomobiles at BikePortland.org. On the way home I spotted one last one struggling on the rather unfriendly grind up 32nd to Fremont.

I am heading off tomorrow to see them at [...]