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  • Integrated headlight and taillights, yet this bike helmet looks cooler than mine

    Integrated headlight and taillights, yet this bike helmet looks cooler than mine

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Do your kids hate wearing helmets because the one you got for them at K-Mart is not very “cool”? I’ll bet they won’t mind wearing this Lazer Urbanize Bicycle Helmet. At $100 a pop, these helmets certainly aren’t cheap, but you can’t put a price on safety, right? As more people take up biking to work through car-filled streets, stylish safety gear like this is going to be in high demand.

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  • Shadow eBike makes spokes and wires a thing of the past

    Shadow eBike makes spokes and wires a thing of the past

    Posted on March 25, 2010 | No Comments
    While not the first bike to do away with spokes, the Shadow might be the first to see mass production. And its certainly the first to be wireless. Yes, that’s correct. Wireless bicycles. The Shadow’s designers determined that most eBike malfunctions occur at connection points or due to loose wiring. So hey! Why not just get [...]

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  • BE-ENV: Panasonic Japan’s expensive, cool e-bike

    BE-ENV: Panasonic Japan’s expensive, cool e-bike

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
    We've covered plenty of electric bicycles from Japan in the past, but let's be honest: Most of them are really ugly, for example these (technically interesting) models Sanyo introduced three weeks ago. But this new Panasonic e-bike, the BE-ENV [JP], looks rather cool and is something I could see the younger (and male) population actually using, too.

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  • Kettquad: Das Off-Road Fun

    Kettquad: Das Off-Road Fun

    Posted on February 17, 2010 | No Comments
    You like that? It’s kind of a big quad racer for kids and/or smaller adults and it’s coming to the US from Germany thanks to toy maker Kettler. Now here’s the bad part: this monster costs over $800 but it has a completely enclosed chain and disk brakes. There’s not a lot of specs on [...]

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  • Make It: The $10 Bicycle Saddlebag

    Make It: The $10 Bicycle Saddlebag

    Posted on July 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Get ready. Saddlebags are about to become the next big bike fashion. Think about it. What other bag will fix to a fixed-gear but still keep the clean-lined aesthetic intact? What other style of bag has a retro-appeal, an English Gentleman vibe which fits so perfectly with the Brooks saddle obsession of the hipster? They [...]

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