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Tag: Bicycle

  • Is a Cargo Bike In My Future

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    I was reading the following article earlier today and wondered if just like families I might find a cargo bike in my future.  Head over to read the article on the NYTimes, see some of it below. Dave Hoverman and his wife, Abby Smith, in Berkeley, Calif., with their cargo bike, which can hold all…

  • Bicycle Maintenance

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    From Whole Foods magazine Dark Rye a fundamental coverage of Bike Maintenance:

  • $20 Recyclable Cardboard Bicycle Is Now A Reality

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    A version of this story originally appeared on NoCamels – Israeli Environment News By NoCamels Team What started as the vision of a self-proclaimed bike freak — the mass-production of bicycles made entirely from recycled materials — is rapidly becoming a reality. And one amazing success story. After we reported on 50-year-old Izhar Gafni’s cardboardbikes,…

  • Flywheel Bicycle

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    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 back…