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Cycling may cause infertility.
Men who spend more time riding a bicycle could be pedalling their fertility away, suggests a new study. The research showed that those riding more than 180 miles a week had fewer than four per cent normal sperm. It means their chance of fatherhood is extremely low.
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Cyomo electric bike
Cyomo electric bike can recharge its energy using solar panel. This bike has been design for our daily commuting. It’s an electric bike that has been designed to be able to harness its energy from the sun. (Pics)
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HEY! YOU MISSED A Cheese Puff! GET OVER HERE AND RE-vacuume all of it!
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Who Needs a Front Fork?
Designer Olli Erkkila has made lots of unusual bikes, but this might be the strangest one yet. This Forkless Cruiser, aka Phantom Bike, looks at first glance like the front wheel is being steered magically (check out the video below). It’s a cool effect, and even when you know how it [...]
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Hövding Helmet
This is the Hövding (”chieftain” in Swedish). It looks silly, yes, but before you write it off as some silly concept, realize that this thing is a working prototype. There’s even a video to prove it. (Video)
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The BOND (Built of Notorious Deterrents) Bike
A ”James Bond” bike, complete with flame-thrower and ejector seat, has been designed to protect cyclists. The bike, to be displayed at next week’s Cycle Show at Earls Court in London, also boasts a caterpillar track for smooth riding over potholed roads.
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Why shouldn’t there be musical bike paths?
From recycled dividers to DIY ‘contrails’ and contraflow bike lanes, the bike path is something that is constantly evolving. In collaboration with the Seoul Design Foundation, this year’s Seoul Cycle Design Competition offers a Pavlovian take of musical fancy on this subject: the Xylophone Bridge by Yeon Jae Won [...]
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Taga Bike
Taga combines the fun of a bicycle with the functionality of a baby stroller. The Taga Bike only looks a bit silly until you watch the video. The baby-friendly bike becomes a stroller in just 20 seconds! (Pics and video)
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It seems like hardly a day passes, without yet another bike designer trying to reinvent the wheel. While most are little more than a designer’s fantasy, some like this hubless design called the Lunartic actually make it to the working prototype stage.
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Copenhagen Wheel
MIT’s “Copenhagen Wheel,” designed by the university’s SENSEable City Lab, is designed to be a simple addition to any bike that will give it some electric assistant. The benefits are obvious, and it’s scored MIT’s design an award from James Dyson, the vacuum king.
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Cyglo bike tires
Cyglo bike tires are the pimped-out equivalent of spinners for bikes. They have LEDs embedded into the rubber which will glow in a perfect circle of light as the wheels turn, making you safe but also making you look awesome/stupid as you ride.
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Bike rides for the visually impaired and blind.
In a very interesting initiative that began last January, a group of three non governmental organizations from Mexico City are organizing bike rides for the blind and visually impaired. The rides are guided by volunteers on tandem bikes, and are offered on Sunday mornings, when a few streets [...]
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Trying to forbid girls and women from riding bikes is nothing new.
Female cyclists have a hard enough time – we are generally a bit more safety-conscious and reticent when it comes to getting out on city streets, and the athletic among us who do fearlessly dive into bike racing and other cycling sports do so [...]
