Tag: BIKING

Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The SEIL Bag backpack concept displays turn signals in Direction Mode, and sends out emoticon visuals when operating in Emotion Mode. [From: Yanko Design] 'q*bert,' the classic arcade hopping game, gets the confectionary treatment. [From: technabob] We reviewed a ...

Meet the Stringbike, a new, chain-free bike that will solve all the problems you never even knew you had. Designed by a team of Hungarian cycling enthusiasts, the 19-gear Stringbike replaces the traditional chain apparatus with a significantly more complex wire and pulley system. Whenever a rider applies pressure to a pedal, a swinging arm swings back and forth on its shaft, and pulls the wire ...

Some of the Switched team take to two wheels for the daily commute, and, although the streets of New York are hardly the safest place to be biking, we're usually more concerned about bike theft than we are swerving taxi drivers. Most of us use the low-tech approach of riding a cheap-o road bike, and lugging around a heavy chain to lock it up, but we're now considering the Halo bike lock concept. ...

A certain segment of the population is currently in love with two forms of transportation: bicycles and anything electric. That demographic, then, will be happy to meet their next enviro-crush: Stephen Britt and his Fast Forward electric bike pedals. According to Britt, the slightly lazy cyclist need do nothing more than replace his old Saucony-platforms with these suckers, and grin as he pumps ...

Let's face it. Casually riding your bike around on a calm, summery afternoon might be a pleasant experience. But wouldn't it be a whole lot more pleasant if you could pedal around town and produce seizure-inducing synthesized music at the same time? With a device called the Velosynth, you can. As explained in this slightly annoying demo video from the creators at EFFALO, the Velosynth "allows ...

Usually, you have to hop on a plane for Japan -- or at the very least, find a savvy importer -- to get your hands on the best new gadgets around, but to land a Copenhagen Wheel, you won't have to go quite as far. Unveiled yesterday by a team of MIT students at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, the aptly named Copenhagen Wheel is aimed at city cyclists ...

With the whole world going green, we're seeing less Hummers and more hybrids than ever before--but did you know that there's zero-emissions way to get around using nothing but the power of your legs? Be the envy of your hipster friends with the stylish "Moof" bicycle from industrial design aggregators Areaware, which we recently caught on video. The top tube of this European-style ride has ...

Electric bikes are nothing new; in fact, we've covered quite a few (even a 'trike) over the years. However, they're far from commonplace, generally hampered by crummy range and, often, a lack of a roof. The concept Cycle Sol tackles both of those problems in a bright yellow package that might just keep you from getting run over by inattentive drivers. Designer Miroslav Miljevic has imagined ...