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We have various topical threads, e.g. The Food Thread, Best Songs Ever, How does your Garden grow?, etc, so I thought a cycling thread would be in order.
This past summer, our family invested in some new bicycles for family cycling outings. We've frequented a local railtrail.
I have a 30+ year old 12-speed, but my new bicycle is a 14-speed with conventional lever gear shifters, as opposed to modern thumb shifters or rotational/rotary shifters on the handlebars.
My wife and son got 21-speed bicycles.
I was also looking for a place to put news of a new innovation - the Copenhagen Wheel.
http://digg.com/video/mit-actually-reinvented-the-wheel
http://senseable.mit.edu/copenhagenwheel/
http://senseable.mit.edu/copenhagenwheel/wheel.html
Power assist and regenerative breaking. Very cool!
This past summer, our family invested in some new bicycles for family cycling outings. We've frequented a local railtrail.
I have a 30+ year old 12-speed, but my new bicycle is a 14-speed with conventional lever gear shifters, as opposed to modern thumb shifters or rotational/rotary shifters on the handlebars.
My wife and son got 21-speed bicycles.
I was also looking for a place to put news of a new innovation - the Copenhagen Wheel.
http://digg.com/video/mit-actually-reinvented-the-wheel
http://senseable.mit.edu/copenhagenwheel/
http://senseable.mit.edu/copenhagenwheel/wheel.html
https://www.superpedestrian.com/. . . The Copenhagen Wheel differs from other electric bikes in that all components are
elegantly packaged into one hub. There is no external wiring or bulky battery packs,
making it retrofittable into any bike. Inside the hub, we have arranged a motor,
3-speed internal hub gear, batteries, a torque sensor, GPRS and a sensor kit that
monitors CO, NOx, noise (db), relative humidity and temperature. In the future,
you will be able to spec out your wheel according to your riding habits and needs.
Live in San Francisco? Add more battery power.
Interested in real-time applications? Increase the number of sensors.
Lastly, the wheel is controlled through your Smart Phone and becomes a natural
extension of your everyday life. Simply place your phone on the handlebars, and
its Bluetooth module syncs with the Bluetooth module in the hub of the Copenhagen Wheel.
. . .
Power assist and regenerative breaking. Very cool!