So the folks at Hanebrink engineered and handcrafted at 8000 ft above sea level in Big Bear Lake, California HANEBRINK Electric All-Terrain vehicles. A hybrid traditional/electric mountain bike, the Hanebrink features a carbon fiber seatpost and handle bars, Shimano cranks, chains, and deraileur, hydraulic disc brakes, Hanebrink hubs and wheels with 20×8 inch tubeless tires, and a run time of up to one hour with a single Lithium-Ion battery — or over five hours with added batteries on the rear rack — either of which powers a 600 Watt electric motor and gets you up to 20 mph; for faster traveling, or if you run out of juice, just pedal. (via gizmodo.com)
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http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/regular-cyclists-could-live-14-months-longer-than-car-drivers-28162
Some interesting new data.
Bring 1,000+ brands and 10,000+ buyers from around the world to Las Vegas and you have Interbike – the ultimate blend of industry leaders and innovative products in the bicycle industry. The annual gathering kicks off each September with two days of the Interbike OutDoor Demo at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City, NV – a world renowned outdoor cycling venue – and continues for three packed days of exhibits, product launches, insightful seminars, meetings and celebrations at the Interbike International Bicycle Expo in Las Vegas.
http://www.interbike.com/
Philips Lighting is using a Pharos LPC 1 as the control solution for a bicycle tunnel in Brno, Czech Republic. Filip Muller of Philips Czech worked with architect Václav Hlaváček of Studio acht to create this dynamic, interactive installation with sixteen Philips Color Kinetics Colorgraze fixtures and four sensors connected to the LPC to detect movement in the tunnel and trigger programming accordingly.
Now we just need to find a place to put one here in Lawrence!