bike Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:58:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Make Easy Green Money With Wheely’s Coffee Bike https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wheelys-coffee-bike-power-20150202/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wheelys-coffee-bike-power-20150202/#respond Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:58:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=52845 Coffee cannot get any greener than this, as mobile coffee machines on bikes, carrying the logo Wheely’s and powered with pedal power, are growing bigger than ever. And not only literally. Picking the morning coffee from a famous franchise on the way to work, has become part of the daily routine of hundreds of thousands of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wheelys-coffee-bike-power-20150202/feed/ 0 52845 New Urban Electric Folding Bicycle Has No Chain https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-urban-electric-folding-bicycle-has-no-chain-20121012/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-urban-electric-folding-bicycle-has-no-chain-20121012/#respond Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:37:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26664 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-urban-electric-folding-bicycle-has-no-chain-20121012/feed/ 0 26664 On Stolen Bikes and Gas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/on-stolen-bikes-and-gas-20120828/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/on-stolen-bikes-and-gas-20120828/#respond Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:21:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25864 I usually write on the green news that show up everyday, but today I’m gonna do things differently. Today, I’ll think about the importance of having a clean transportation means and how it could affect everybody’s life. Well, someone stole my bike today. Yeah, my good old bike I had purchased six year ago and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/on-stolen-bikes-and-gas-20120828/feed/ 0 25864 Air Powered Motoscooter https://www.greenoptimistic.com/air-powered-motoscooter-20080415/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/air-powered-motoscooter-20080415/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:45:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=281 The TV presenter Jem Stansfield modified this small moped to function on compressed air stored in two high pressure carbon fiber tanks, like the ones that the firefighters use. The engine has been replaced by two rotary air engines. The two tanks can be fully charged in a matter of seconds from any air compressor. […]

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