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Butela Bicycle is Made of Coppiced Sustainable Wood

Mila Luleva — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:44:37 +0000

Bicycle, made from sustainably-grown wood, could boost your health and create new jobs, without causing any damage to the environment, including allowing tree regeneration. As always, this time every year we all make new year’s resolutions and we hope that we can keep them. Among the most popular ones are those related weight loss, or […]

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Keep Your Bike Safe with Stowaway Storage System

Mila Luleva — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:42:47 +0000

Stowaway bicycle storage system keeps your bike away from the street and from your corridor, making storing safer, easier and more convenient than ever. When it comes to traffic-jam-free, time-independent, healthy and green mode of transport, there is nothing that can beat the bicycle. After just a few weeks of daily biking, every person gets so […]

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Caron Bicycle Offers Six Ways to Pedal and Move Forward

Mila Luleva — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:06:06 +0000

Caron Bicycle is a no-ordinary two wheeler- it allows you to move forward, while pedaling backwards, and more. On my quest to convince more people to leave cars behind and jump on a green two-wheeler, I have written about various models and versions of new and improved bicycles that provide numerous advantages and gadgets to […]

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DIY: How to Make a Wind-Powered Phone Charger

Annika Tostengard — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:23:46 +0000

For those who have the skill and interest in homemade electronics, and those who know someone who do, read the rest of this post to find out how to make a phone charger that attaches to a bike to use wind power as an energy source. While not so complicated, it does require a few things […]

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ScootPlus Electric Scooter – Stylish (Micro-?) Electric Vehicle

Benji Jerew — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:32:28 +0000

Would you call it an electric vehicle if it didn’t have four wheels and at least two doors? Perhaps not, but a new electric scooter can really fill the need when it comes to urban transportation. If you are progressive, you might consider a conventional electric vehicle for your transportation needs, but you’d still have […]

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Bicycles Disguised as Cars Promote Sustainable City Mobility Across Europe

Mila Luleva — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:37:53 +0000

There is no single driver, who can honestly say that they like being stuck in a traffic jam. Yet, so few of them would actually consider leaving the car behind and jumping on a bike. A Latvian group, called ‘Let’s Bike It’, decided to test how much visual impact could influence driver’s perception, and demonstrated […]

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Travel House Made of Water Tanks Can Be Pulled with a Bike

Mila Luleva — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:18:12 +0000

Are you a fan of caravans, but you feel limited by the need to always sit behind the car wheel when you want to take your shelter to the perfect location? Well, this is no longer a problem. Meet Taku Tanku, the super light caravan made of water tanks, which can be transported by a bike, […]

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More Bicycles on the Roads Can Reduce Traffic Accidents, A Study

Mila Luleva — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:38:57 +0000

Are you worried that riding a bike to work makes you more prone to accidents? You might be right, but that is only if you are the sole biker on the road. According to a team of researchers from University of Colorado Denver, the more bikers on the road, the slimmer the chance of car-bike […]

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Priority Bicycle: Fast, Light, Cheap and Almost Unbreakable

Mila Luleva — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:56:51 +0000

The one mode of transport that guarantees you no traffic jams, no parking fees, no petrol or charging station queues, no increase in carbon footprint, and no guilt when you have that tasty lunch, is definitely the bicycle. Yes, it is true that most good ones do not come cheap, but now with the new […]

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Sustainable Sweden Gets More People to Ride Bikes

Benji Jerew — Thu, 08 May 2014 19:46:32 +0000

Depending on where you live, if you think “bike,” you might not think “sustainable transportation.” Like many, you might associate “bike” with “recreation” or even “toy,” which is probably why many people don’t see them as legitimate forms of sustainable transportation. By extension, many people don’t make the leap to seeing sustainable transportation, in the […]

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TWIKE Human-Electric Hybrid Tricycle – 27 Years in the Making

Benji Jerew — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:16:28 +0000

A human-powered vehicle, a bicycle specifically, is extremely efficient compared to gasoline-powered powered vehicles today, upwards of 500 MPG according to some calculations. There is a problem with riding a bike to work every day, though, aside from not being able to go very fast, and generating a sweat, what happens when it rains? Sure, […]

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New Urban Electric Folding Bicycle Has No Chain

Benji Jerew — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:37:14 +0000

British designer, Mark Sanders, Dutch e-bike expert Han Goes, and Korean auto suppliers Mando Corp and Meister, have come together to design the world’s first plug-in hybrid-electric bicycle, the Mando Footloose. Electricity is stored by a lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack in the frame, which is either charged by a plug-in charger, or by the pedal-driven […]

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Home Made Electric Bike

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:41:37 +0000

Here’s a short video of someone who modified his bicycle to go electric. He used a brushless motor and a pack of several Li-Ion batteries of 36V capable of 30A (about 1kW). You’ll, see, he uses two, four, six, or eight of these batteries. That’s 8kW = about 5hp. That’s more than a regular motoscooter […]

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