Such features are complemented by the special edition bike's bespoke handling and elements of the tab have been used to influence the overall bike design.
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Mr. Smit's first bike, the Vanmoof prototype, was created in 2008 as an aluminum riff on a men's city bike.
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One of the bike's most amazing features is that stunning artwork depicting the crucifixion.
The bike's inventor, John Iavarone, acknowledges he has made "some money, " but not millions of dollars.
When I get out of the bike's saddle to grind up Page Mill Road behind Palo Alto, Calif.
When I get out of the bike's saddle to grind up hills, I actually have to click to a higher gear.
Using Thinkid, Case changed the bike's backbone from an unwieldy 4-inch-wide aluminum tube to a seamless carbon fiber piece weighing 14 pounds.
"You aspire to own something like that, " he says of the bike's distinctive lines and styling and the quality of the parts.
This means that if the lorry turns left, the driver cannot see the cyclist as the vehicle cuts across the bike's path.
The bike's not-so-featherweight inventor takes it for a spin after the break.
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Their tiny wheels can make the bike's handling disconcertingly hyper-responsive (a slight turn of your handlebars will send you careening over the curb).
The Turbo was created by choosing the best and most powerful rear-hub motor available, and then customizing and redesigning it for the bike's precise demands.
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The bike's six lithium phosphate batteries take three hours to charge and are rated for 35, 000 miles before going to wherever heavy metals go when they die.
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For the latter, check out Orange Bike's Singing Guide Tour, where a local will sing you through the city's sites (not recommended for the easily embarrassed).
"I've had a lot of support from my constituents through this and I hope the bike's new owner will enjoy riding it as much as I have, " he said.
The first 120hp Wraith rolled out Aug. 30, and Confederate was beyond satisfied with Case: The company credits him with 50% of the bike's creative design and signed his four-person firm, Foraxis Design, to a three-year contract.
Jourden explains how the wires that clutter most contemporary bike fronts have been run ingeniously inside the handlebars, leaving one to admire the bike's clean, low-slung lines, painted in the handsome, scratch-proof matte black that distinguishes so many of their bikes.
The company's bike chief in Switzerland resisted Montgomery's idea in April 2006 but relented after Montgomery called the executive's wife to pitch her on the redo.
The link-up means Redding and his new team-mate Mika Kallio have already been able to test next year's bike and in a sign of the team's respect for Redding he was involved in the process.
There's no word yet on availability or pricing, but you can check out the results of Bike Radar's test ride at the source.
Scott Sports had bolted the U.S. bike market in 1997 after a buyout. (The firm got its start in Sun Valley, Idaho in 1958, selling the first aluminum ski pole.) Montgomery persuaded Zaugg to reintroduce the firm's road and mountain bikes in the U.S.--with him as a vice president of Scott USA. Zaugg, admiring Montgomery's confidence and connections in the bike biz, figured Montgomery was the ideal front man.
The system selected for Citi Bike is a derivative of PBSC's groundbreaking Montreal bike-share model, known as Bixi.
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Some residents in Brooklyn Heights have circulated a petition against the neighborhood's bike-share locations.
Two-time World Superbike champion Toseland, 28, said the crew switch was sparked by his difficult first season in bike racing's elite class.
Rolled out in 2011, Boston's bike-share program, the Hubway, offers an excellent opportunity for visitors to get around Boston on two wheels.
He will also ride the team's bike at the Irish national races with Crossan Motorcycles and Kenny Harker providing Production and Superstock machines.
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Jezegabel's bike, built around a chrome-plated BMW R80 engine from 1984, stands nearby, ruggedly mud-spattered from a trail race in the south of France.
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