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Uon Lights: Battery-Free Rechargeable Bike Lights Launch on Indiegogo

Uon Lights: Battery-Free Rechargeable Bike Lights Launch on Indiegogo

Uon Lights are rechargeable bicycle lights that increase the visibility of cyclists at night and allow them to signal their intentions to turn. Designed by Singapore-based Tan Yong Kuan and Malvina

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Yojiro Oshima’s Beautifully Sculpted Bicycle is Made From 100% Wood

Yojiro Oshima’s Beautifully Sculpted Bicycle is Made From 100% Wood

This amazing 100% wooden bicycle was completely hand-crafted by Yojiro Oshima, a design student at the Craft&Industrial Department at Musashino Art University in Tokyo. The wooden bike features a

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Philippe Starck and Peugeot Design “Pibal” Scooter-Cycle for Bike-Sharing Program in Bordeaux

Philippe Starck and Peugeot Design “Pibal” Scooter-Cycle for Bike-Sharing Program in Bordeaux

Bikes are great for all sorts of situations, but sometimes when you're maneuvering through heavy foot traffic, you're better off taking your feet off the pedals and scooting along at a lower speed. For

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The ‘World’s Safest Bike’ Glows Bright White When it Hits the Streets at Night

The ‘World’s Safest Bike’ Glows Bright White When it Hits the Streets at Night

Josh Zisson set out to design the safest bike on the road - and the key to safety in traffic is visibility. In addition to a dynamo-powered lighting system, the bike is coated with a patented

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Berto Aussems’ Awesome DIY Bike Toolbox is a Mobile Workbench on Wheels

Berto Aussems’ Awesome DIY Bike Toolbox is a Mobile Workbench on Wheels

How can you carry a toolbox and a workspace on the luggage carrier of a bike? That's the question Berto Aussems was confronted with when he sought to take his work as an electronics repairer on the road.

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Dual Purpose Bicycle Provides Transportation and Pedal Power!

Dual Purpose Bicycle Provides Transportation and Pedal Power!

A dual purpose bicycle (DPB) is a bicycle which can be used for both transportation and for power production. The modification consists of a free wheel, a bottom bracket and a “V” pulley. The

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The Xfire Safety Light Creates a Laser-Generated Bike Lane for Safer Night Cycling

The Xfire Safety Light Creates a Laser-Generated Bike Lane for Safer Night Cycling

If you've ever been freaked out over the dangers of riding your bicycle at night, the Xfire Bike Lane Safety Light might be able to offer you a little more security. This battery-powered safety light

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Minivelo: Man Rides the World’s Tiniest Bike!

Minivelo: Man Rides the World’s Tiniest Bike!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSkBRskWdzs A video has been posted on YouTube of a man riding what appears to be a fully working bicycle... apart from the fact it could probably fit in the rider's

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Cervélo’s P5 Bicycle is the World’s Most Aerodynamic Triathlon Bike

Cervélo’s P5 Bicycle is the World’s Most Aerodynamic Triathlon Bike

Cervélo just created the ultimate bike for any triathlon or cycling enthusiast. According to Cervélo, its new P5 bike is the most aerodynamic time trial bike ever engineered. Building on its past aero

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Top 6 Products For Staying in Shape at Work

Top 6 Products For Staying in Shape at Work

Gamercize PC Sport The Gamercize PC stepper turns your workday into an exercise challenge by disabling your technology unless you are in motion. That's right, the stepper is connected to you keyboard and

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M55 Creates Diamond and Gold-Encrusted E-Bikes for the Luxury-Obsessed Cyclist

M55 Creates Diamond and Gold-Encrusted E-Bikes for the Luxury-Obsessed Cyclist

Luxury bicycle manufacturer M55 just tipped the scales of wretched excess by releasing its new Terminus Royal and Terminus Prime line of e-bikes, which can be blinged out with Swarovski crystals,

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88bikes to Give Thousands of Bikes to Girls Who Have Been Victims of Slavery and Abuse

88bikes to Give Thousands of Bikes to Girls Who Have Been Victims of Slavery and Abuse

88bikes just announced their sixth project, dubbed Asha 2012, an initiative to give thousands of bikes to young girls from Eastern Europe to Southeast Asia who have been victims of slavery, abuse and in

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Panasonic’s Toy-Sized Evolta Robot Completes Triathalon in Hawaii

Panasonic’s Toy-Sized Evolta Robot Completes Triathalon in Hawaii

Panasonic's Evolta robot recently proved that powerful technology can come in a pint-sized package as it completed a 230 kilometer (142.9 mile) triathlon in Hawaii. The active little robot has previously

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How To Prepare Your Bicycle For Safe Riding in Cold Weather

How To Prepare Your Bicycle For Safe Riding in Cold Weather

1. Visibility Front and rear lights are crucial year round, but even more so in winter. The sun is setting earlier in the northern hemisphere, so even if you only use your bike for the commute to work,

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Soft-Ride WOW Bike Designed by Ron Arad Has Steel Tires

Soft-Ride WOW Bike Designed by Ron Arad Has Steel Tires

Ron Arad has a history of bending steel to fit his needs - in 1986 he did it for a chair and now he's gone even further and bent sheets of steel into such a tizzy they now forms two functional bike tires.

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i-Go eBike Concept Powers You Through the City and Charges Your Smartphone

i-Go eBike Concept Powers You Through the City and Charges Your Smartphone

i-Go is an electric bike concept loaded with futuristic rider-friendly features such as regenerative wireless brakes, internal gears, smartphone charging ability, mobile app and GPS all integrated into a

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The New Vanmoof NO. 5 Bike Has Built-In Solar Powered LED Lights

The New Vanmoof NO. 5 Bike Has Built-In Solar Powered LED Lights

Good things come to those who wait, and if you saw our post about the nifty Vanmoof bike but decided to be patient, we think you'll be glad you did. That's because the Dutch cycle company has released

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MetroBike Uses Crowd-Sourced Bike Share Program to Figure Out Where Stations Should Go

MetroBike Uses Crowd-Sourced Bike Share Program to Figure Out Where Stations Should Go

Arlington County and MetroBike are currently in the process of scaling up the area’s bike share service by doubling the amount of stations, but instead of figuring it out themselves, they’re asking

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Rebel Designers Ride Cross-Country on Hand-Made Bamboo Bikes

Rebel Designers Ride Cross-Country on Hand-Made Bamboo Bikes

Just last week a team of inspiring designers began to ride their hand-built bamboo bikes across America to share the story of the Alabamboo initiative. Alabamboo is a collaborative effort by non-profits

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Mobile Bicycle Sauna Dedicated to Prague Cyclists Who Want to Relax

Mobile Bicycle Sauna Dedicated to Prague Cyclists Who Want to Relax

H3T Architects have designed a number of unique saunas including the 'Flying Sauna' that hangs below a bridge and accessed via the river underneath. Their latest sauna is a portable version made from

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UPenn Students Create Super High-Tech Motion Powered Alpha Bike

UPenn Students Create Super High-Tech Motion Powered Alpha Bike

A group of five students from the University of Pennsylvania have quite possibly created the world’s most technologically advanced bicycle. Over the course of a year, this genius crew engineered and

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5 Eco-Friendly Boards & Bikes For Spring!

5 Eco-Friendly Boards & Bikes For Spring!

Spring is in the air (finally!), and we're almost ready to break out of hibernation and get back outside. And since the warmer weather is a great excuse to opt for greener transportation, we've rounded up

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The Streetflyer is a Bike That Simulates the Feeling of Flying

The Streetflyer is a Bike That Simulates the Feeling of Flying

Who hasn't fantasized about being able to fly above the clouds? While human beings have come up with ways to mimic the feeling, here's an option for those of us who are, frankly, a little too wussy to try

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Would You Ride Your Bike More Often If It Looked Like a Horse?

Would You Ride Your Bike More Often If It Looked Like a Horse?

Would you ride your bike more often if it looked like a horse? That’s the idea behind “Horsey”, a set of wooden accessories you can attach to your bicycle to make it look like a pet

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M55 Unveils “Beast” Hybrid Electric Bike

M55 Unveils “Beast” Hybrid Electric Bike

E-Bicycle manufacturer M55 Bikes have just unveiled their latest hybrid electric bicycle, dubbed The Beast. While most electric bicycles made are designed to help their riders get up steep hills, The

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Topeak Bikamper is a Tent That Attaches Right to Your Bike

Topeak Bikamper is a Tent That Attaches Right to Your Bike

The Topeak Bikamper is a personal shelter that needs no hard to set up poles because it uses your bikes’s handlebars for support. It can be used with 26″ mountain or 700C road bikes, and is

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World’s First Flax Fiber Bicycle Wins EuroBike Gold Award

World’s First Flax Fiber Bicycle Wins EuroBike Gold Award

Here at Inhabitat we love bikes that boast the latest and greatest high-tech materials, but we're equally impressed by more organic takes on two-wheeled transportation. Combining both of these approaches,

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Ingenious ThinBike Folds Flat to Fit in Tight Spaces

Ingenious ThinBike Folds Flat to Fit in Tight Spaces

If you live in the city, you're surely not a stranger to tight quarters. But when finding a place to park your bike becomes a pain, you know something is up -- because wasn't one of the reasons you gave

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