StAugustine.com: If it’s Sunday, that’s probably not Breck Slaughter you see pedaling his three-wheel adult tricycle on the sidewalks of A1A Beach Boulevard advertising a variety of area business. The two shared tales Friday of how Breck’s business was founded after the family moved from Delaware in 2008 and Mark and Brooke Slaughter spent several […]
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A bicycle going 20 mph is bound to attract some attention. However, if it is moving at that pace without pedaling, it will definitely turn heads. Dave Martin grabs everyone’s attention on purpose, reports Bellaire Examiner. After all, he is the owner of an electronic bicycle shop, RevolutionE. The shop is Martin’s encore career. He
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Who knew that a toilet seat could produce so much inspiration? However, that is exactly what it did for Steve Toll, reports My Fox. “I was sitting in the bathroom reading one day, and I was sitting there for about an hour, and I realized I was more comfortable on my toilet seat than I
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Bicycle taxi’s are not a new form of transportation, but the shift toward green living has brought this trend back. Unlike a regular cab that may charge by the mile, the Eau Claire Bike Cab works on tips alone, reports WEAU.com. “Just as quick as driving, a little more fun and a lot more safe
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Whitefish Pilot has the story on a man who created a unique device that can make any mountain bike into an electric bicycle. The device is small enough to carry, and it can be put on and taken off while still on the trail. Theoretically, a cyclist could ride up a trail powered by the
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Entrepreneur magazine reports that a fellow home brewer e-mailed Eric Olson a photo of a crazy-looking pub on wheels in Europe. “I said, ‘Damn, this is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my life.’” He tracked down the creators–brothers Henk and Zwier van Laar in (where else?) Amsterdam–and asked how to make
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A ten year old boy from the UK has created a unique invention that can be used by cyclists to alert people in cars that they are nearby reports North Wales Weekly News. Tybalt Melia from Capel Curig won the final of the BBC’s My Genius Idea show on Tuesday with the Bike Bleeper, inspired
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Training wheels have long been the go-to accessory for teaching kids how to ride a bicycle. Now there is another option: the Gyrowheel, from Gyrobike. Inc.com reports that the Gyrowheel, which replaces the front wheel of a child’s bike, rights the bike whenever it starts to tip. How? It contains a motorized spinning disk. In
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Co-owner Christian Petersen looks out of a window at his bicycle shop in Altlandsberg, Germany, northeast of Berlin. Petersen attached about 120 bicycles to the wall to advertise the shop. Photo by Reuters.
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Patently Apple reports that on August 5, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals various concepts behind a newly advanced Smart Bicycle System in development. The premise is rather like Apple’s Nike + iPod system for runners except for cyclists. While the system is for individuals, it’s
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