Archive for 'Bikes'

London-based Karbon Kintetics is field testing a cool looking and innovative electric bike for urban commuters, the Gocycle.

The bike has a lot of great features: it’s lightweight (injection molded magnesium), the seat and handlebars adjust without tools for each rider, it has a range of 6 to 20 miles (with pedal input), 3.5 hours of [...]

If you’re evaluating your swollen carbon footprint or considering changing to, or augmenting, your urban transportation options, Vespa’s new site (www.VespaUSA.com) may help you make an informed decision.

Scheduled to go live Friday, November 14 “the functional, fun and fast” new site “connects with users by delivering an entertaining interactive experience, a shared sense of community [...]

Urban commuting doesn’t have to be a dirty, fuel guzzling endeavor.  Austin, Texas-based electric bike and scooter maker, R Martin, has just introduced its new lithium model EVD, with ‘the latest commercially available,’  lithium-iron-phosphate battery.  The plug-in electric scooter features a clean and quiet 55 mph top end and 60 mile driving range at 30 [...]

Cycling safety accessories manufacturer, Pedalite, will start selling its eco-friendly, solar powered,  Ankelite sometime around December.
This solar gadget is designed to fit around the ankle or arm of you athletic types - this safety light can charge in either natural or artificial light and provides 3 hours of flashing light on a full charge.  The [...]

Schwinn Bicycles has announced a strategic collaboration with Toshiba that could significantly alter the electric bicycle market worldwide.

Schwinn has incorporated Toshiba’s new Super Charge ion Battery (SCiB) technology into the Schwinn Tailwind, a brand new electric bike it formally unveiled yesterday in Las Vegas at the Interbike International Bicycle Expo.
The breakthrough news on this bike [...]

Ultra Motors has announced the availability of their new electric street bike in the U.S..  The A2B has some nice features like an oversized seat for a comfortable ride and wider posteriors, chunky tires, a mountain bike frame and, what the company claims, is a powerful battery and power train.  Designed to be part bike, [...]

Just saw this snazzy set of mini-wheels under ‘coming attraction’ over at firebox.com.  This electric scooter from eGO will be coming to the U.K. in September and can be pre-ordered now.  The Street Skoota has a top end of 30mph and since it’s electric,  can accelerate a lot quicker than it’s gas-powered brethren.  So with [...]

The Izip EZGO folding bike is a great way to zip to the village, without burning up expensive fuel and polluting our precious air.

With a charged range of 12- 15 miles and a maximum speed of 15mph, it’s ready to roll in cherry red. This lightweight cycle accommodates good ol’ pedal power, as [...]

I’m a leisurely cruiser-type, tried mountain biking a few times, which was great fun but I could have done without the black flies. Just sitting here thinking about what it would be like to cycle through India for 3900 kilometers makes me ache. Shrenik Rao, avid cyclist - environmentalist - CEO of Dolsun [...]

If you happen to be in gay Paris, you can now zip around via a short-term bicycle rental program called Velib. It’s the ZipCar of bicycles. Having 1500 bike stations placed within about 300 meters of each other all over town, it’s never been easier to sightsee or get around while working off some [...]

I’m not a cyclist by any means but it appears to moi that Great Britain based Strida has completely conquered the concept of the folding bike. The triangular frame is constructed of lightweight aluminum and power is transferred to the rear wheels via a silent, clean Kevlar belt. Handlebars are mounted horizontally so [...]

Chelsea Green Guides are small in size but packed with useful eco-friendly info. Their size is so handy you can slip one in your pocket and read it while on the train, lounging at the beach or sitting on a park bench; (each guide is 4.5 inches wide by 6.5 high). My current collection [...]