So I was pleasantly shocked when I hopped on the Trek Madone and took it for a test ride.

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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.

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Our test ride was short, just out and back with a U-turn and a few stops in the middle, but it was enough to leave us impressed -- especially since Nissan believes it could have the system in production cars by 2015.

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This is the same technology that powers Test Track, an Epcot ride.

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The February issue of Wired magazine has an evocative description of a ride in a Google test car driving itself along a California highway.

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"This ride has really stood the test of time" said Johanna Zaki, marketing manager for Central Amusement International.

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Spend the afternoon outdoors and test out your jockey skills on a horseback ride at Middleton Equestrian Centre.

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New missiles also need to be test launched to make sure that reconfigured warheads designed to ride on them will function properly.

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For Australian sports fans, watching his ride to victory has been something of an endurance test in itself.

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If it eventually comes back up to test the 50-day average, short-term traders could ride JAS for a 10% gain.

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If she passes the escalator test, check to see if she checks luggage on a short plane ride.

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