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Moof bike is a chunky hunk of pedaltasticalness

Friday, January 9, 2009 - 4:27am

On first glance, the Moof bicycle looks like a high school metal-shop DIY project, but on closer inspection this bike boils down the single-speed revolution into a bold fashion statement. Encased in each end of its top tube is...

Hands On: We go flying through a Vegas hotel on the Schwinn Tailwind eBike

Thursday, January 8, 2009 - 9:44pm

We still have smiles on our faces after taking this $3199 Schwinn Tailwind electric bike for a spin inside the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. We started pedaling and the power kicked in, and we chose the fastest setting,...

Arm powered quadcycle is like a rowing machine with a view

Michael Trei

Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 8:05am

Most of us start out on an exercise plan with good intentions, but let's face it, sitting in a room doing the same repeated motion gets boring pretty fast. I have a rowing machine propped up against my wall,...

City Rack, a bike rack with the lock built-in

Kevin Hall

Friday, October 17, 2008 - 1:05pm

The conceptual City Rack by designers Ilya Tkach and Nikita Gutsalenko has a lock built-in so your can secure your bike — rather than having to chain it up to whatever fence or post you find. It looks like...

Joyrider bicycle has smiling LED faces fixed to the spokes

Kevin Hall

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 11:16am

LED wizard Moritz Waldemeyer has snapped some lights onto a bike that illuminates the spokes with a smiling face, the universal sign for happiness. Each wheel only uses one LED that's set to strobe, with a microchip built into...

The Bricycle asks: If you drive alone, do you need a whole car all to yourself?

Kevin Hall

Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 4:23am

You already know about bicycles and tricycles, so how about the curiously named Bricycle? We're thinking its designer, only known to us as Brian (he wasn't available for comment in time for this post), is naming his creation after...

The Mowercycle, my new zombie apocalypse weapon of choice

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 10:46am

Stihl Yard Boss, you've served me well, but it's time for a new weapon to combat these zombie hordes. I think this Mowercycle is a pretty good candidate — it'll turn the living dead in your path into mulch...

The Noah personal riding wheel is bringing the unicycle back in style

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 10:13am

At first glance, Andrei França Noah high performance vehicle may fool you into thinking it's a unicycle, but look close: it's got two tires, mounted in tandem. The Noah is designed to use the human driver as the control...

Folding handlebars solve two bike-riding problems

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 9:57am

Sometimes living with a bicycle is just too inconvenient. If you want to lean it against the wall in a hallway, for instance, it sticks out too much. And unless you're interested in a radical folding bike design, some...

Continuum Ubicycle: take the bike to work today

Kevin Hall

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 11:15am

The Ubicycle public bicycle service system by design firm Continuum (who worked on the Hundred Dollar Laptop project) will give commuters a new way to get around town. The unmanned bike rental kiosks are topped with solar panels for...

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bicycle stories

Moof bike is a chunky hunk of pedaltasticalness

Hands On: We go flying through a Vegas hotel on the Schwinn Tailwind eBike

Arm powered quadcycle is like a rowing machine with a view

City Rack, a bike rack with the lock built-in

Joyrider bicycle has smiling LED faces fixed to the spokes

The Bricycle asks: If you drive alone, do you need a whole car all to yourself?

The Mowercycle, my new zombie apocalypse weapon of choice

The Noah personal riding wheel is bringing the unicycle back in style

Folding handlebars solve two bike-riding problems

Continuum Ubicycle: take the bike to work today

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