tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71006458580062191922024-03-19T03:38:41.370-07:00Bicycle4you - It's All About Bicycle | Information and Online StoreBicycle4you ~ It's All About BicycleHUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-12194472631055613072012-01-16T06:46:00.000-08:002012-02-19T07:53:00.090-08:00Cycle of Life<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lxn92m3gjPc?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><br />
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Life is like riding on a bicycle, always moving in a dynamic start from point zero. Beginning with the first strokes and paddling continuously without stopping, until it reaches the destination that has been targeted.<br />
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On the bike, heart, mind and all the energy and the ambition we are reconciled, in order to move in harmony with each other, along with art strokes we can possibly play.<br />
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We muster the ability, also still keep a balance with the target to go up and down journey through all odds. We will learn firmly to keep taking a walk in a peaceful purposes, and as high as any seterjal peaks to climb.<br />
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The highest peak when we passed, we start paddling to the derivative sharp, full bend too slippery to maintain a balance must be improved in order to live no longer excessive.<br />
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We trained on the bike wise, when to brake and when to loosen the pressure yourself. Keeping a balance so that all under control until he fell down. If any fall should not mean giving up, not even then we should stop, because stopping in the middle of the road is not an option they are sure to continue to ride my race to win the future.<br />
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Pedaling, braking, keep the balance up to put the targets and practicing never give up, that is the essence of a patience.<br />
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God be with people who try not upset with them full of doubts. Doubt is never true for the cyclists. God give strength to those who believe in taking a variety of trips we continue to strengthen ourselves to continue to strengthen strokes in fatigue.<br />
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To win the future then stop talkative, full of theories postulated. Just make a theory all day on TV, surely you are not going anywhere, not moving anywhere, stay in place with a million dreams are empty.<br />
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<b style="color: #990000;">Life is like cycling do not have many theories.<br />
Just ride your bicycle, then you will get to the destination ..!!</b><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-85912457035838438182012-01-16T06:26:00.000-08:002012-01-16T06:26:08.748-08:00Strida LT Folding Bike<div id="productDescription" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #efefcc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; padding-top: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><h2 style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Product Description</h2>The first completely new bicycle geometry in 95 years. Inside a triangular frame of lightweight aluminum, power is transferred to the rear wheel via a silent clean Kevlar belt. Handlebars are mounted horizontally so the rider can sit comfortably upright with an excellent view of the road. The genius of the triangular frame is that it can quickly fold. In five seconds, you have a light, compact form that you can easily wheel, stow in a closet, load in your car or take on the train.</div><div id="productDetails" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #efefcc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><hr style="background-color: #a43907; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a43907; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; width: 482px;" /><h2 style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Product Details</h2><ul><li>Amazon Sales Rank: #50713 in Sports & Outdoors</li>
<li>Brand: STRiDA</li>
<li>Model: CYS5LT</li>
<li>Released on: 2010-03-10</li>
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<li>Unique triangular frame puts rider in comfortable upright position</li>
<li>Kevlar greaseless belt drive system keeps your pants clean</li>
<li>Folds up in 5 seconds using easy-to-follow magnet process</li>
<li>Includes rear luggage rack; measures 20 x 45 x 9 inches (W x H x D) when folded</li>
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Developed in the U.K. as an elegant transportation alternative, the Strida LT folding bike is a clean, compact, and effortless mode of urban and leisure transport. The most striking feature of the Strida LT is its unique triangular frame, which puts the rider in a comfortable upright riding position with superb visibility. In addition, the bike has no oily chain or funky gears to worry about, instead using a Kevlar greaseless belt drive system that gets you where you need to go without griming up your pants. And when you've reached your destination, the bike folds up in five seconds flat, with no complex sequences or frustrating procedures to follow. You don't even need to bend down, as the magnets will do all the work for you. Offering the smallest footprint of any full-sized folding bike, the Strida LT rolls easily along the ground when folded, so you don't need to do any heavy lifting.<br />
The secret to the bike's small folded size is its short wheelbase. In bike mode, the wheelbase takes up much less size than traditional bikes, making you a favorite of pedestrians. In folded mode, however, the bike takes up next to no space, so you can easily store it in a corner or closet. Finally, the Strida LT comes with a rear luggage rack that turns into a convenient carrying stand when folded.<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Specifications:</b><ul><li>Frame: 7000 series powder-coated rustproof aluminum</li>
<li>Drive train: Kevlar greaseless belt drive (up to 50,000 miles)</li>
<li>Wheels: 16-inch nylon</li>
<li>Brakes: Cable disc</li>
<li>Speeds: Single</li>
<li>Grip: Gel</li>
<li>Bottom bracket: Welded</li>
<li>Luggage rack: Holds up to 13 pounds</li>
<li>Height limit: 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 4 inches</li>
<li>Weight limit: 220 pounds</li>
<li>Folded dimensions: 20 by 45 by 9 inches (W x H x D)</li>
<li>Bike weight: 22 pounds</li>
<li>Warranties: Lifetime on the frame, 1 year on components </li>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-16203024549344235702011-12-19T07:35:00.000-08:002011-12-19T07:35:37.485-08:00Hybrid Cycling Technology<div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 15px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">What makes Hybrid Cycling Technology so different from other “electric” bicycles out on the road? The answer lies in a host of technological features that work in unison with your own body’s power output—a seamless extension of your own capabilities.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaUEA3I8t71MOnE9rRYiJktw9FsW7QvAOLR8EerU8xWbAiklZApxKRw98iIbgaG4J9fLhrOfzfb48ks6xh9LM5BGJ71oQ2w5I3-4lM1jT73JOlJLQ5fVqn4O5GOBq5BaoQD3dpT7gN3fs/s1600/hybrid+bike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaUEA3I8t71MOnE9rRYiJktw9FsW7QvAOLR8EerU8xWbAiklZApxKRw98iIbgaG4J9fLhrOfzfb48ks6xh9LM5BGJ71oQ2w5I3-4lM1jT73JOlJLQ5fVqn4O5GOBq5BaoQD3dpT7gN3fs/s640/hybrid+bike.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black;"><br />
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<h1 style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">STEP 1: RIDECONTROL</span></h1><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img src="http://www.giant-bicycles.com/images/technology/2012/explanation_hybrid_ridecontrol.jpg" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px;" /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hop on the bicycle, hit the “on” switch on the RideControl command center, select the power mode (Sport, Normal or Economy) and you’re ready to ride<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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This is true in rural Africa and India as much as for the student population of Amsterdam and Hamburg. Now there are three inventions on the market – the bamboo, backpack and all-weather bikes – that will convince even the staunchest bicycle-phobe that cycling doesn’t only save on petrol, parking tickets and gym expenses; no, it’s also cool!</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> California-based bicycle company Calfee Design developed the bamboo bicycle in 2005 as a publicity stunt, producing only 12 prototypes for employees, relatives and friends. However, the bike’s sturdiness and comfort were such a success that the company soon started production. In 2006, founder Craig Calfee even went a step further – in fact, many steps and miles further, all the way to Ghana to help set up local bamboo bicycle workshops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1mt3_Knx5OieqBCM_gWb39UuGSVsu7RPUKBYeJ79TG3Gm29utW1Igj24cz0fwQdd6gSzJcnoRPQXuDgGqpoqHD-Fpa_R02SXHjrZ_ZcQCTL2tGlRVd0FHZQB65iY_6srzOQGSdrGKQ5L/s1600/bike-img.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1mt3_Knx5OieqBCM_gWb39UuGSVsu7RPUKBYeJ79TG3Gm29utW1Igj24cz0fwQdd6gSzJcnoRPQXuDgGqpoqHD-Fpa_R02SXHjrZ_ZcQCTL2tGlRVd0FHZQB65iY_6srzOQGSdrGKQ5L/s640/bike-img.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Image: Calfee Design</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In Ghana, more than getting from A to B, the bicycle is a means of transporting people, goods and water as well. Plus, bamboo can be locally grown, even in dry areas, so bamboo bikes cost less and eliminate the need to import more expensive and less durable steel bikes. Also, making bamboo bikes is intensive work that requires skill, but not much investment in equipment or electricity. So once a local workshop is set up, it provides opportunities for skilled workers and training opportunities for local youths. And so far, no one has figured out how to make bamboo bicycles in a factory, therefore keeping competition and mass produced products out of the market.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Calfee’s extra sturdy cargo bamboo bicycle made in Ghana</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><img alt="Bamboo Tandem by Calfee Design" src="http://amazingdata.com/mediadata8/Image/amazing_fun_science_technology_20090729123102208.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" title="Incredible New Bicycles from Around the World sciencetech" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Image: Calfee Design</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Even for car enthusiasts who blame bad weather on their lack of enthusiasm for cycling, there is a cycle on the market: This Way all-weather bicycle by Swedish designer Torkel Döhmers. But though the roof is a start, maybe for protection from insects (remember those million-insect days?), it seems hardly enough protection from a fully fledged rain shower, especially without rain gear. And though the low-lying design is attractive and good for the back, it does expose the cyclist to more pollution, especially when driving on the road. On the other hand, the bike’s ergonomic design – plus rising petrol and car prices – might fulfill its desired purpose: swaying a few people away from the car or motorcycle and onto this bike.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This Way all-weather bicycle by Torkel Döhmers</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><img alt="This Way all-weather bycycle " src="http://amazingdata.com/mediadata8/Image/amazing_fun_science_technology_20090729123102209.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" title="Incredible New Bicycles from Around the World sciencetech" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Image: Torkel Döhmers</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Bergmönch, a German company, has come up with a specialised bicycle for mountain climbers. You climb up with your mountain bike folded up in a backpack and then ride it back down, on your knees like a monk – hence the company’s name: literally ‘mountain monk’. The idea unfolded because mountain climbers or hikers frequently complain of joint aches when going downhill. Use of a bicycle would alleviate this problem. Plus, the company hopes to attract a new target group: adventure hikers who find just climbing up and down too boring and would rather go for a thrilling ride downhill. On designated mountain trails only, of course.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bergmönch fold up backpack bicycle</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><img alt="Bergmoench's Backpack Bike" src="http://amazingdata.com/mediadata8/Image/amazing_fun_science_technology_20090729123103210.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;" title="Incredible New Bicycles from Around the World sciencetech" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Image: Bergmönch</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Now, assuming one has the required cash, as none of these bikes come cheap (around $2000), for cycle enthusiasts the only question remaining is: which one to choose?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 10px 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-11149898681026030202011-12-17T01:52:00.000-08:002011-12-17T02:21:31.763-08:0010 Fun Facts About Bikes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKO1Wei9JboLFSG0qMSaU9DabLwKl3u1LzJlK0vGa8Rx5zFPzewAxBqN_cmKfc9B8oZb94lTFGRsrglqYDxx8hcbwEJNPU17LszLqZ1dq_gJdJ0hWb-OD-6TyFJSb8Qa0hX_2JGS8X41K/s1600/amazing_fun_science_technology_20090729123101207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>Hi Bicycles Lover..<br />
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For bike rider, bicycle is not only for transportation at this time. The Evolution of bicycles have changed from functional purpose become to sport and lifestyle. Many kind type of bicycles we can find on the road or biking sport activity. Just for fun activity or extreme sport is depend on user. Bike to work is also another activity for busy people who want to get double impact, sport and also economic transportation, and further more is impact to go green campaign.<br />
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Whether you rely on your bike for transportation or exercise, you’ll enjoy these ten fun facts on this two-wheeled vehicle.<br />
<ol><li>In 1817, Karl von Drais, a German baron, invented a horseless carriage that would help him get around faster. The two-wheeled, pedal-less device was propelled by pushing your feet against the ground, The machine became known as the “draisine,” and led to the creation of the modern-day bicycle.</li>
<li>The term “bicycle” was not introduced until the 1860s, when it was coined in France to describe a new kind of two-wheeler with a mechanical drive.</li>
<li>Orville and Wilbur Wright, the brothers who built the first flying airplane, operated a small bike repair shop in Daytona, Ohio. They used their workshop to build the 1903 Wright Flyer.</li>
<li>Fred A. Birchmore, 25, circled the globe by bicycle in 1935. The entire trip, through Europe, Asia, and the United States, covered forty thousand miles. He pedaled about 25,000 miles. The rest was traveled by boat. He wore out seven sets of tires.</li>
<li>There are over a half billion bicycles in China. Bikes were first brought to China in the late 1800s.</li>
<li>About 100 million bicycles are manufactured worldwide each year.</li>
<li>Over the past 30 years, bicycle delivery services have developed into an important industry, especially in cities, where the couriers have earned a reputation for their high speed and traffic-weaving skills.</li>
<li>Americans use their bicycles for less than one percent of all urban trips. Europeans bike in cities a lot more often—in Italy 5 percent of all trips are on bicycle, 30 percent in the Netherlands, and seven out of eight Dutch people over age 15 have a bike.</li>
<li>The Tour de France is one of the most famous bicycle races in the world. Established in 1903, it is considered to be the biggest test of endurance out of all sports. Lance Armstrong, an American cyclist, is the only rider to have won seven titles (1999–2005) after surviving cancer.</li>
<li>Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX), an extreme style of bicycle track racing, became a sport in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Maris Strombergs, of Latvia, received the gold medal for Men’s BMX, and Anne-Caroline Chausson, from France, took home the gold in the first Women’s BMX Olympic event.</li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Facts taken from:<br />
Bicycle: The History by David Herlihy<br />
The World Almanac Book of Records: Firsts, Feats, Facts & Phenomena by Mark Young </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>source : kids.nationalgeographic.com</i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span> <br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-38079828553611176892011-12-17T01:08:00.000-08:002011-12-17T02:10:22.001-08:00The Kent Dual Drive 21 Speed Tandem Bicycle<div id="productDescription" style="padding-top: 20px;"><h2 style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Product Description</h2>The Kent Dual Drive 21 Speed Tandem Bicycle offers high quality construction at a reasonable price. This durable tandem bike is comfortable and stylish, with a pair of soft gel saddles and extra-wide, bump-gobbling 2.1-inch tires. The components, meanwhile, are built for long-lasting use, including the 21-speed Shimano drive train, Revo twist shifters, and reliable alloy linear pull V brakes. Best of all, the frame features low stand-over heights (29 inches in the front and 20 inches in back), making it easy for both riders to hop on. Also equipped with a pair of water bottle holders and a heavy-duty kickstand, the tandem bike is perfect for people who want to spend a little quality time with a spouse or good friend.</div><div id="productDetails"><hr style="background-color: #a43907; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a43907; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 6px; width: 482px;" /><h2 style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Product Details</h2><ul><li>Amazon Sales Rank: #4106 in Sports & Outdoors</li>
<li>Size: 26"</li>
<li>Color: Silver</li>
<li>Brand: Kent</li>
<li>Model: 22678</li>
<li>Released on: 2006-11-29</li>
<li>Dimensions: 66.00 pounds</li>
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<li>21-speed Shimano Tourney drive train and Revo twist shifters</li>
<li>Easy-to-access stand-over heights (29 inches front and 20 inches rear)</li>
<li>Extra-wide 2.1-inch tires; reliable alloy linear pull V brakes</li>
<li>Pair of spring gel saddles and dual water bottle holders</li>
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</tbody></table>Enjoy a bicycle built for two without breaking the bank with the Kent Dual Drive tandem beach cruiser. The durable, high-quality bike is comfortable and stylish, with a pair of soft gel saddles and extra-wide, bump-gobbling 2.1-inch tires. The components, meanwhile, are built for long-lasting use, including the 21-speed Shimano drive train, Revo twist shifters, and reliable alloy linear pull V brakes. Best of all, the frame features low stand-over heights (29 inches in the front and 20 inches in back), making it easy for both riders to hop on. Also equipped with a pair of water bottle holders<table cellpadding="10" style="float: right; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; width: 350px;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>and a heavy-duty kickstand, the tandem bike is perfect for people who want to spend a little quality time with a spouse or good friend.<strong>Key Features:</strong><br />
<ul><li>Shimano drivetrain</li>
<li>Revo twist shifters</li>
<li>Linear pull brakes</li>
<li>Lightweight alloy wheels</li>
<li>2.1-inch wide tires</li>
<li>Easy-access frame with low stand over heights (29" in front, 20" in back)</li>
<li>Comfortable gel seats</li>
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Lifetime warranty on the frame and fork<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-56615462614589032032011-12-10T22:42:00.000-08:002011-12-12T02:07:55.747-08:00Bikes of Your Dream: Ultra Lightweight, Though & Elegant<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBQ0MqFzXy136X7PKGqXz0p4fC8oezVGa3OghiXnR4yhwOuWWnzFZnPKS-6oMZI7VjIsFgEpEmqxna-PI8Glsy1x1y9t5xl3zk-y_-Whs7G6N3VNyiIJvazqlTa2Ja8lpJPMOI4GSM9Vr/s1600/Dawes_bikeradar.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Cycling trend from year to year have various changes, both in terms of function and lifestyle. The evolution of the bicycle can not leave the historical existence of this bike at first. At the beginning of its appearance, wheeled vehicle without engine is intended more for the means of transportation to facilitate the mobility of users. In the next development, the sport provides a significant role on the evolution of the bicycle.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqvT30vUdGyOSOQvqhTMxn_p1Ug5WuS-VAxHgEzfB3ZElSlGqcjE04VIDW3Y3TSOOeu33aT25xp9nz5AHHhIN_iDsRc03xi8tZBFCnpxIRv-4msRNuWYpXtlMhx79Hv8vj3yUQ-JjZHA7/s1600/claud_butler_stone_river.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqvT30vUdGyOSOQvqhTMxn_p1Ug5WuS-VAxHgEzfB3ZElSlGqcjE04VIDW3Y3TSOOeu33aT25xp9nz5AHHhIN_iDsRc03xi8tZBFCnpxIRv-4msRNuWYpXtlMhx79Hv8vj3yUQ-JjZHA7/s400/claud_butler_stone_river.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The bike maker must strive to understand to an increasingly diverse user needs. The demand for varied kinds of bikes and also a variety of functions that will be used, make the bike maker more and more competing to develop their bike technology. Not only from the type and function, design is also made more attractive and keep abreast of the times.<br />
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For bike lovers on the highway as well as the more extreme sports such as cycling mountain bike, cross country, downhill and Uphill, the strength of the bicycle is the main priority to face the challenging terrain of each activity. Lovers of this active sport bike is certainly sue the bike manufacturer to provide a model and design the best for them.<br />
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Just powerful bike only felt less considering challenging sport that requires extra energy for its users. The demand for a powerful bike and ultra lightweight becomes a top priority for the bicycle manufacturer. Various technologies developed to create the need for this bike. The technology base frame made of iron or in the early history of the bicycle are made of wood, of course had to be abandoned. The technology frame with lightweight aluminum and steel have also started shifting with super-alloy materials or carbon fiber. The same basic ingredients can produce different qualities, depending on which technology is also used by the bicycle manufacturer.<br />
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Claud Butler bike is one brand that knows exactly the needs of its users. Various experiments using basic ingredients for a bicycle frame was conducted from nearly a century ago in the decade of the 1900s. To date, name brand Claud Butler is a very famous and widely acclaimed in the bike club in the UK and all around the world. Quality workmanship with high quality material that is also a major factor that is prioritized by the manufacturer of this bike. So it is not wrong if Claud Butler was entitled to hold the title 'The King of lightweights "<br />
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So for you who active and sporty, the main options you can set out to bike with various types of these Claud Butler bikes. The need for a ultra lightweight and though bikes you would get in a combination of extra high comfortable. There are so many stores all around the world that give you a lot of choices of <a href="http://www.bikesnbits.co.uk/brands/Claud-Butler.html" target="_blank">Claud Butler bikes for sale</a>. You can choose the best store that give you best price and also best services.<br />
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In addition to the need for a ultra lightweight and though bike, the demands of changing times give various options for its users. A touch of artistic and elegant become main attraction for the lovers of bicycles. Design an attractive bike become a trend and lifestyle that can not be abandoned by a lover of bikes. The bicycle manufacturer must also see this as one of a fairly positive outlook in the world bike evolution.<br />
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So, depending on your taste and your needs of bike. There are so many choices of manufacturers offered bike out there, and of course you are free to decide according to your needs. But if you want to realizing the dream of a high-performance bike with a ultra lightweight, tough and elegant, no one else could fall on your choice of Dawes & Claud Butler bike brands which is a brand of UK that has legendary quality and is recognized throughout the world.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-82348725489288291692011-12-10T02:43:00.000-08:002011-12-11T05:18:18.525-08:00Tips to Maintain Your Mountain Bike<div style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeOSaPoepCzZp_BkAkdNrOxBckvrW7vzxYjSbRfQFCSVmT3-SzCDecnwcPqexJ4m51r1KyZMbJ7Q-hqwy4MeHAEUaYCBHABU571Yg_WhBl_-mmhbg-3V4wQw3THSRygQy_JalXQvfqXU6/s1600/vuelta08rest-csccleans2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeOSaPoepCzZp_BkAkdNrOxBckvrW7vzxYjSbRfQFCSVmT3-SzCDecnwcPqexJ4m51r1KyZMbJ7Q-hqwy4MeHAEUaYCBHABU571Yg_WhBl_-mmhbg-3V4wQw3THSRygQy_JalXQvfqXU6/s320/vuelta08rest-csccleans2.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Goweser tentunya tahu bahwa aktivitas bersepeda tidak hanya seru pada saat mengendarainya saja.">Bike rider certainly know that cycling is not only a fun activity when driving alone. </span><span title="Aktivitas cleaning after riding merupakan aktivitas yang tidak kalah serunya.">Cleaning activity after riding is an activity that is no less thrill. </span><span title="Sepeda yang bersih dan terawat tidak hanya membuat penampilan yang selalu 'cling' saja, tapi juga akan berpengaruh tehadap performa tunggangan Anda.">Clean bike and well maintained not only made an appearance which is always 'wow', but also will affect the performance of your bike. </span><span title="Sepeda yang bersih dan terawat dengan benar akan terhindar dari berbagai penyakit yang kerap menggerogoti sepeda.">Bike is clean and maintained properly will avoid the various diseases that often undermined the bike. </span><span title="Penyakit yang paling sering adalah karat pada tiap bagian logam dari sepeda, terutama area velg, jeruji roda dan transmisi.">The disease most often is the rust on any metal parts of the bike, especially the areas of alloy wheels, spokes of wheels and transmission.</span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Penyakit yang paling sering adalah karat pada tiap bagian logam dari sepeda, terutama area velg, jeruji roda dan transmisi."><br />
</span><span title="Sepeda jalan raya (road bike) lebih mudah perawatannya bila dibanding sepeda gunung MTB, tentunya karena medan sepeda MTB cukup beragam.">Road bike is easier to maintain when compared to a mountain bike, because the field is quite diverse. </span><span title="Salah satu cara merawat sepeda gunung MTB agar selalu dalam performa maximum adalah dengan selalu mencucinya, mencuci sepeda gunung akan membuat sepeda bersih dari kotoran yang mengganggu kinerja dan performa optimal sepeda gunung kita.">One way to treat mountain bike to keep the maximum performance is to always wash it, wash the mountain bikes will make the bike clean from impurities that interfere with performance and optimal performance of our mountain bikes. This </span><span title="Seringkali proses pencucian dan perawatan sepeda ini sering kita lewatkan karena memakan waktu dan tenaga juga terasa ribet.">washing and care of our bike we often miss, because it takes time, effort and also feels too complicated.</span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Seringkali proses pencucian dan perawatan sepeda ini sering kita lewatkan karena memakan waktu dan tenaga juga terasa ribet."><br />
</span><span title="Berikut ini Indo Bicycle4you akan memberikan beberapa Bike Tips untuk merawat sepeda gunung dengan cara mencuci sepeda MTB dengan benar, teknik pembersihan dilakukan secara menyeluruh mulai dari sadel hingga sistem pengereman.">Here are <a href="http://www.bicycle4you.com/">Bicycle4you</a> will share to you some <b>Bike Tips </b>for caring for a mountain bike by washing properly, do a thorough cleaning techniques ranging from saddles to the braking system. </span><span title="Dengan langkah-langkah yang sistematis, keseluruhan proses perawatan ini dapat Anda lakukan tidak kurang dari 35 – 40 menit.">With the systematic steps, the whole process of this treatment can do no less than 35-40 minutes.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Dengan langkah-langkah yang sistematis, keseluruhan proses perawatan ini dapat Anda lakukan tidak kurang dari 35 – 40 menit."><br />
</span><span title="Berikut langkah-langkah mencuci sepeda MTB dengan baik dan benar :">Here are the steps MTB bike wash properly:</span><b><span title="1."> </span></b></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><b><span title="1.">1. </span></b><span title="Lepas semua aksesoris yang berada di handle bar (stang), misal : bel, lampu, spidometer dll."><b>Release all the accessories that are in the handle bar</b>, eg: bells, lights, speedometer etc.. </span><span title="Jika anda menggunakan V brakes lepas kabel penghubungnya dengan menekan kedua sisi calipers.">If you use V brakes off the connecting cable by pressing both sides of the calipers. </span><span title="Teknik melepas kabel v brakes ini berlaku juga jika anda menggunakan V brakes pada roda belakang.">Disconnect the cable v brakes technique is applicable also if you use V brakes on rear wheels.</span><span title="2."> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><b><span title="2.">2. </span></b><span title="Putar balik sepeda anda, untuk menghidari lecet pada sadel dan grips kita dapat memakai alas yang tidak terlalu keras dan empuk misal kita dapat menggunakan matras dengan ketebalan 5mm."><b>Rewind your bike</b>, to avoid blisters on the saddle and grips you can use the base that is not too loud and soft for example, we can use the mat with a thickness of 5mm.</span><span title="Cara membalik sepeda dengan benar adalah anda berdiri di samping sepeda pegang bagian suspensi depan (down tube) dan satu tangan memegang seat pos (dudukan sadel).">How to turn your bike properly is standing next to hold the front suspension bike (down tube) and one hand holding the seat post (saddle seat). </span><span title="Kemudian putar secara perlahan hingga sepeda terbalik.">Then slowly turn up the bike upside down.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Kemudian putar secara perlahan hingga sepeda terbalik."><br />
</span><b><span title="3.">3. </span></b><span title="Melepas roda depan dan belakang, buka pengencang as roda depan dengan membukan klip pengunci jika ada, jika sepeda anda tidak menggunakan klip, anda harus menggunakan kunci pas sesuai dengan ukuran baut yang di gunakan sebagai pengunci as roda depan."><b>Removing the front wheel and rear</b>, open front axle fasteners with a locking clip opens if there is, if your bike does not use a clip, you should use the wrench according to the size of the bolts are in use as locking the front axle.</span><span title="Untuk melepas Roda belakang, lepas pengencang as roda belakang, tarik kebelakang sistem pemindah gigi (RD) rear derailleur secukupnya sehingga roda belakang bisa di tarik keatas dan terlepas.">To remove the rear wheels, rear axle fasteners loose, pull rearward gear shifting system (RD) just enough so that the rear derailleur on the rear wheel could pull up and apart.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Untuk melepas Roda belakang, lepas pengencang as roda belakang, tarik kebelakang sistem pemindah gigi (RD) rear derailleur secukupnya sehingga roda belakang bisa di tarik keatas dan terlepas."><br />
</span><b><span title="4.">4. </span></b><span title="Membersikan sistem penggerak (rantai, gir, pedal, rear derailleur)."><b>Cleaning the drive system </b>(chain, gears, pedals, rear derailleur). </span><span title="Siapkan sikat dan air bersabun.">Prepare a brush and soapy water. </span><span title="Mulailah menyikat RD dengan sikat yang telah di basahi air sabun, untuk membersikan rantai gunakan lap kain yang lembut, basahi lap tersebut dengan air sabun putar rantai dengan memutar pedal anda kedepan sehingga rantai berputar.">RD Start brushing with wet brush in soapy water, to clean the chain using a soft cloth, dampen the cloth with soapy water by turning the chain around your pedals so the chain rotates the fore. </span><span title="Tempelkan lap pada rantai sepeda anda sehingga kotoran yang ada menempel pada lap tadi.">Hold the cloth on your bike chain so that the dirt that is stuck on the last lap.</span><span title="Lanjutkan dengan membersikan Crank (gir depan, lengan pedal dan pedal) dengan sikat yang sudah di basahi dengan air sabun, sikat secara merata dan teliti sehingga semua bagian penggerak depan terkena air sabun dan kotoran terlepas, kemudian lap dengan lap bersih."> Proceed with cleaning the Crank (the front gear, the pedal arm and pedal) with a brush that was in the wet with soapy water, brush evenly and thoroughly so that all parts of the front drive affected regardless of soapy water and dirt, then wipe with a clean cloth.</span><span title="Bersihkan pedal dan bagian sisi dalam gir dengan sikat dibasahi air sabun, lanjutkan dengan mengeringkan dengan lap bersih.">Clean the sides of the pedals and gear shift with a brush moistened with soapy water, followed by drying with a clean cloth.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Bersihkan pedal dan bagian sisi dalam gir dengan sikat dibasahi air sabun, lanjutkan dengan mengeringkan dengan lap bersih."><br />
</span><b><span title="5.">5. </span></b><span title="Membersihkan bagian bawah frame, gunakan lap kain dan air sabun."><b>Clean the bottom of the frame</b>, use a cloth and soapy water. </span><span title="Lap secara merata ke seluruh bagian frame, handle bar (stang depan), bagian top tube (frame atas), dan seatways (frame belakang).">Wipe evenly to all parts of the frame, handle bars (front handlebar), the top tube (top frame), and seatways (rear frame). </span><span title="Jangan lupa membersihkan kabel pemindah gigi dan penarik rem.">Do not forget to clean the gear shifting cable and towing brakes.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Jangan lupa membersihkan kabel pemindah gigi dan penarik rem."><br />
</span><b><span title="6.">6. </span></b><span title="Membersikan Sistem Roda."><b>System cleaning the wheels.</b></span><span title="Gunakan lap kain dan air sabun roda depan dan belakang, anda dapat menggunakan cairan pembersih kotoran jika ada kotoran yang susah di buang, misal menggunakan WD-40."> </span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Gunakan lap kain dan air sabun roda depan dan belakang, anda dapat menggunakan cairan pembersih kotoran jika ada kotoran yang susah di buang, misal menggunakan WD-40.">Use a cloth rag and soapy water front and rear wheels, you can use a liquid cleaner dirt that is difficult if there are impurities in the waste, eg using WD-40. </span><span title="Bersihkan kotoran pada as roda, hub dan keseluruhan roda termasuk jari-jari roda.">Clean the dirt on the axle, wheel hub and a whole including the spokes of a wheel.</span><span title="Jika anda menggunakan cakram pada roda anda cukup sikat dengan teliti di semua bagian cakram."> If you use a disc on the wheel you simply brush thoroughly in all parts of the disc.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Jika anda menggunakan cakram pada roda anda cukup sikat dengan teliti di semua bagian cakram."><br />
</span><b><span title="7.">7. </span></b><span title="Mengecek Sistem Roda"><b>Checking the Wheel System</b></span>.</span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Pasang kembali roda depan dan belakang, pastikan klip pengenceng roda terpasang denga baik dan dapat mengunci roda dengan sempurna.">Replace the front and rear wheels, make sure the clip pengenceng premises both wheels attached and can lock the wheels perfectly. </span><span title="Mungkin kita sedikit menemui kesulitan untuk memasang kembali roda belakang, tipsnya masukan gir belakang di antara mata rantai dan tekan kebawah sehingga dapat masuk ke dudukan roda belakang dengan sempurna, lakukan dengan hati-hati.">Perhaps we find it difficult to put a little back to the rear wheels, rear gear tips inputs between the chain and press down so it can fit in the holder rear wheel perfectly, do it carefully.</span><span title="Setelah semua roda terpasang cek putaran roda baik depan dan belakang amati dengan seksama apakah goyang atau tidak, jika goyang kemungkinan besar jari-jari roda perlu di stel ulang.">After all checks wheel mounted wheels both front and rear rocking observe carefully whether or not, if the shake is most likely spokes of a wheel needs to be re sets. </span><span title="Anda dapat memperbaikinya sendiri dengan menggunakan kunci jari2 roda atau membawanya ke bengkel sepeda.">You can fix it yourself by using lock wheel spoke or take it to a bicycle repair shop.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Merupakan salah satu bagian fital dari sepeda ada rem, jika tidak dapat berfungsi dengan baik keselamatan kita menjadi taruhannya.">Is one vital part of any bicycle brake, if it can not work properly because our salvation is at stake. </span><span title="Untuk mengecek rem roda depan berdirilah di depan sepeda anda dan tekan rem roda depan, kemudian tarik sepeda kedepan jika frame dan roda belakang terangkat berarti rem roda depan masih berfungsi dengan baik, jika tidak segera ganti kampas rem depan dengan yang masih bagus.">To check the front wheel brake stand in front of your bike and hit the brakes the front wheel, then pull the bike forward when the frame and lift the rear wheels means the front wheel brake still works fine, if not immediately replace the front brake is still good.</span><span title="Untuk rem roda belakang, berdirilah di depan sepeda anda dan tekan rem belakang, jika roda depan terangkat diantara sela kaki anda kemungkinan rem belakang masih berfungsi dengan baik, jika tidak segera cek dan ganti kampas rem dengan yang baru.">For the rear wheel brake, stand in front of your bike and hit the rear brake, if the front wheel between your legs raised likely between the rear brakes still work well, if not immediately check and replace the brake with a new one.</span><span title="Kedua tips untuk pengecekan sistem pengereman tersebut dapat di terapkan baik rem dengan V brake atau dengan Disc brake.">Both tips for checking the braking system can be applied both brakes with V brake or Disc brake with. </span><span title="Cek semua setelan kabel atau minyak rem (dish brake dengan oil).">Check all of the cables or brake fluid (brake dish with oil).</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Cek semua setelan kabel atau minyak rem (dish brake dengan oil)."><br />
</span><b><span title="9.">9. </span></b><span title="Pelumas"><b>Lubricants</b></span><span title="Tip untuk melumasi bagian-bagian penting sepeda gunung anda adalah bagian rantai, shifter, sistem pengerak roda depan dan belakang (FD-RD), pedan dan lengan pedal.">.</span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Tip untuk melumasi bagian-bagian penting sepeda gunung anda adalah bagian rantai, shifter, sistem pengerak roda depan dan belakang (FD-RD), pedan dan lengan pedal.">Tip to lubricate critical parts of your mountain bike is the chain, shifters, drive system front and rear wheels (FD-RD), lever and arm.</span><span title="Gunakan pelumas yang bagus jangan menggunakan oli bekas, gunakan cairan pelumas yang khusus untuk rantai, banyak beredar di pasaran adalah pelumas untuk rantai kendaran roda 2 bermotor.">Use a good lubricant should not use used oil, use a special lubricant for chains, many in the market is the lubricant for chain 2 wheel motorized vehicles.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Gunakan pelumas yang bagus jangan menggunakan oli bekas, gunakan cairan pelumas yang khusus untuk rantai, banyak beredar di pasaran adalah pelumas untuk rantai kendaran roda 2 bermotor."><br />
</span><span title="Nah, selesai sudah tahapan prosesi perawatan buat sepeda kesayangan Anda.">Well, already completed treatment for stage processions your favorite bike. </span>Bike is clean and well maintained course will provide comfort to the rider and will certainly add more confident when ride in the street. <span title="Let's ride your bike..!!">Let's ride your bike ..!</span></span> </div><div style="background-color: white;"><br />
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<div id="productDescription" style="background-color: #efefcc; color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; padding-top: 20px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><h2 style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Product Description</h2><div id="seqbpdescription">The Kinetic Road Machine Rear Wheel Trainer features a smooth quiet resistance from 5-3000 watts, and 6.25 lb. freewheel for realistic coast down.</div><div id="seqbpfeatures"><ul><li>Uses one CR2032 battery for computer head (CY3205 or BA0115)</li>
<li>Includes QR skewer</li>
<li>Smooth quiet resistance from 5-3000 watts</li>
<li>6.25 lb. Freewheel for realistic coast down</li>
<li>Sealed fluid chamber with magnetically-coupled driveshaft</li>
<li>Guaranteed not to leak</li>
<li>Unconditional Lifetime warranty on frame and resistance unit</li>
<li>Compatible with all bikes with 16" to 29" diameter wheels</li>
<li>Optional small wheel adapter required for 16" to 22" wheels</li>
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<tr><td>Resistance</td><td class="seqbpdata">Fluid</td></tr>
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<li>Size: One Size</li>
<li>Color: Green</li>
<li>Brand: Kinetic by Kurt</li>
<li>Model: T-002I</li>
<li>Released on: 2011-05-23</li>
<li>Dimensions: 9.00" h x 21.50" w x 23.00" l, 30.40 pounds</li>
</ul><h3 style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Features</h3><ul><li>Flywheel weighs 6.25-Pounds and offers a realistic coast down</li>
<li>15 seconds to coast down from 20 Miles per hour</li>
<li>The sealed fluid chamber has a magnetically coupled drive shaft and is guaranteed leak proof</li>
<li>Thermodynamically neutral silicone resistance fluid keeps the resistance consistent</li>
<li>2 - 1/8-Inch roller reduces tire wear</li>
<li>Riser ring not included</li>
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The Kinetic Road Machine is the most popular trainer Kinetic makes and has become the company's go-to model for indoor workouts. The perfect workout partner for sprints to intervals to all-day cruising, the Road Machine is quiet, smooth, and, like every Kinetic Trainer, it's 100 percent leak-proof. The power calibration gives you true outdoor simulation while the automatic resistance adjusts as you change speeds.<br />
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When the rear wheel spins on a fluid trainer, an impeller rotates through liquid to create resistance. Since hydrodynamics and aerodynamics have similar properties, this resistance automatically increases with speed. The result is a smoother, quieter, more road-like experience. This is critical for any indoor cyclist, for the faster you pedal the harder the workload gets, just like an outdoor ride. Trainers with automatically adjusting workloads enable any rider to accurately measure their progress because the workloads are repeatable from day to day.<br />
<b>Why Kinetic?</b><br />
<ul><li><b>Leak-proof Performance</b><br />
Kinetic offers the smoothest, quietest, road-like resistance, and 100 percent leakproof performance. Rather than using leak prone technology, like a drive shaft that penetrates the fluid chamber and depends on O rings and traditional seals, each Kinetic Fluid Trainer features a patented magnetic drive system. By using neodymium magnets to link the drive system together, the dependence on a physical drive shaft entering the fluid chamber is entirely eliminated--which means no need for O rings or seals that will eventually wear out and leak.</li>
<li><b>Biggest Flywheel</b><br />
Kinetic Fluid Trainers are equipped with the heaviest flywheels available, ranging from a solid 4.4 pounds to a massive 18 pounds. The result is an ultra smooth, road-like ride without altering the force curve. So every acceleration and coast down delivers the experience of riding outdoors.</li>
<li><b>Stability</b><br />
With the trapezoidal leg design and the largest footprint of any trainer, Kinetic Fluid Trainers keep power and motion focused on the flywheel. So even during hard, out-of-the-saddle pedaling, the ride remains rock steady.</li>
<li><b>Works with Specialy Bikes</b><br />
Kinetic is the only trainer approved for use with tandems. Kinetic Trainers are also fully compatible with wheels measuring 16 to 29 inches (outside diameter), including bikes with flip-off skewers, breezer drops-outs, and nutted axles on track and BMX styling.</li>
<li><b>Low Operating Temperature</b><br />
According to the laws of physics, energy is never lost or gained, but simply changes form. In the case of a fluid trainer, the energy of the spinning impeller inside the fluid chamber is converted into heat. Kinetic Fluid Trainers have been designed with 80 cast aluminum cooling fins to dissipate heat and provide the lowest operating temperature of any trainer.</li>
<li><b>Thermodynamically Neutral</b><br />
Unlike other fluid trainers that lose resistance when the fluid is heated up, Kinetic Fluid Trainers use thermodynamically neutral liquid silicon to ensure a consistent, measurable and repeatable workload at all temperatures.</li>
</ul><b>Features:</b><br />
<ul><li>Measurable and repeatable workload</li>
<li>Compatible with Pro Flywheel</li>
<li>Wattage calibrated resistance unit</li>
<li>Sealed fluid chamber with magnetically coupled driveshaft</li>
<li>Thermodynamically neutral silicone resistance fluid</li>
<li>Consistent resistance at multiple temperatures</li>
<li>80 cooling fins to dissipate heat</li>
<li>Lowest operating temperature of any fluid trainer</li>
<li>Guaranteed not to leak</li>
<li>Unconditional lifetime warranty</li>
<li>Lifetime crash replacement policy</li>
<li>Alternative cone cup</li>
<li>Includes a DVD with assembly Instructions and a 60-minute workout from Coach Troy Jacobson, official coach of Ironman</li>
</ul><b>Specifications:</b><br />
<ul><li>Flywheel Weight: 6.25 pounds for realistic coast down</li>
<li>Coast Down Time: 15-second coast from 20 miles per hour</li>
<li>Resistance: 5 to 3,000+ watts</li>
<li>Roller: 2-1/8 inches</li>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-7384048522434314282011-12-04T10:19:00.000-08:002011-12-04T10:19:41.293-08:00The Reinvention of the Wheel<span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <div class="text-center" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><div align="right"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">In the hands of</span> <span class="hps">designers from</span> <span class="hps">Mexico</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">Victor</span> <span class="hps">M.</span> <span class="hps">Aleman</span><span>, a bicycle</span> <span class="hps">made very</span> <span class="hps">efficient</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">This bike</span> <span class="hps">has the</span> <span class="hps">attractive</span> <span class="hps">feature</span> <span class="hps">because</span> <span class="hps">the two</span> <span class="hps">wheels</span> <span class="hps">can be</span> <span class="hps">removed</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">folded</span> <span class="hps">like a</span> <span class="hps">toy</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Vacation</span> <span class="hps">using the</span> <span class="hps">bike</span> <span class="hps">was so</span> <span class="hps">easy</span><span class="">.</span></span></div></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><div align="right"><br />
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</a><span _extendedbyprototype="" _hidev="" _showv="" style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica;" wrap=""><span style="background-color: white;">The Wheel is composed by six modules, each one has a double pivot in the joints, this allows the wheel to fold and become smaller, the spokes are contained in the inner structure of the wheel, when you unfold the system, the spokes rotate to the center of the mechanism where it attach to the center of the wheel.</span><br />
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<span _extendedbyprototype="" _hidev="" _showv="" style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica;" wrap="">The double triangule structure is composed by expandable modules, each one collapses to a smaller dimension and then this modules align by the rotation of the axis in the joint of the structure, to keep in position all the structure is used an special part in a form of an X that aligns all the modules to their position</span>.</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img class="lazy-load" src="http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles5/99164/projects/293563/991641251591889.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br />
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<b>What is the Right Kind of Bike for Me?</b><br />
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</tbody></table>Your first decision comes in determining what type of bike you are after. There are basically four main styles of bikes to choose from, and your selection should really depend on what you anticipate your main type of riding to be.<br />
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<b>Road Bikes</b> are designed for riding on paved streets and going fast. Featuring skinny tires, a lightweight frame and a riding position that puts you bent over the handlebars, you might choose this type of bike if traveling longer distances at higher speeds is important to you.<br />
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The frames of most road bikes are not particularly beefy in construction and generally won’t stand up well for extended periods under heavy loads or on really rough surfaces. They are about as well-suited for a path in the woods as you would be when wearing high heels.<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Mountain Bikes</b> have exploded in popularity over the past twenty years. These bikes have wide tires, usually with knobby treads and a stout frame, and are designed to handle the rugged trails without disintegrating.<br />
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Mountain bikes do not go as fast as road bikes, which is a trade-off for their durability along with a more comfortable riding position. You sit higher on these bikes, more upright with the straight handlebars, which is often a happier choice for people with back problems than being hunched over as you are on a road bike.<br />
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Warning : sometimes mountain bikes are the default choice of salespeople at the bike shop because they are easy to sell and usually less expensive than road bikes. Too many times though, new mountain bikes with lots of impressive features for climbing a steep mountain trail end up like those four-wheel drive SUVs that never actually go off the pavement. If you are going to buy a mountain bike, make sure you are doing so intentionally because you know that you will in fact be riding off-road. Otherwise, you will be paying for unnecessary features, and probably missing out on a bike that would be a better choice for you.<br />
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<b>Hybrid bikes</b> are compromise between road and mountain bikes and offer the best features of both if most of your riding will be shorter trips on pavement. With skinnier, smooth tires, they typically can go faster than mountain bikes, yet feature the upright seat and handlebar position that many people favor.<br />
Hybrids are a good choice for most city riding, and offer speed, durability and comfort.<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Cruisers</b> are bikes that have wide tires, wide seats, upright handlebars and sometimes even just a single gear. These are the bikes that you’ll often see at the beach. More simple mechanically, they are easy to maintain but work best with flat terrain and a rider whose main interest is more about being comfortable than with going fast.<br />
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<b>Outside the Realm</b><br />
If after you’ve checked out these styles, still none of these bikes offers you what you need, check out these other kinds of bikes. Tandems, recumbents, and tricycles are all unique types of bikes that you likely won’t see very often, either out on the trail or on the showroom floor at your local bike shop. But each offers specific features and functions that may be just what you are looking for. Read more about these alternatives to the mainstream styles of bicycles.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Source : bicycling.about.com</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-18721299929929375652011-12-01T23:33:00.000-08:002011-12-01T23:49:39.516-08:00Art of Bicycle Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Evolution of bicycle until this time has so many various types of bike already released. Function of bicycle has been changed from transportation tools to become sport activity or just for fun activity. So, we can see in our daily life, so many people ride a bike for different purposes.<br />
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About the design of bicycles, there are various consideration by the designer. Strength and also light is the new technology already developed by designer and bike maker. Style of the bicycles is another evolution of bicycles that maybe will be considered for the designer and bike maker. Like fashion, bicycle also have to follow trend of market and artistic touch will give something different and special for rider who use it.</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdszpKrU-tB-nUPlvOKm4kIv39Wflza4yrUvBVBOVf3oq4QHMkgGPDTqL1GgzNCaG7C0__PpT96ndIBOjDLINTTdKVQhd9JnpY7G5M9ZogBvvQKFCC9UB19C6TFIFNZiKkIXhYpVQ-8Vyi/s1600/197db3923b9dd470902a1220afa3cd73.jpg" /></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Bicycle4you.com found some art of design of bicycle. These “name-frame bikes” are a creation of <a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Write-a-Bike/716663" target="_blank">Juri Zaech</a>, a Swiss Art Director currently living and working in Paris. It is very awesome design that can be something special for the rider. I like it... How about you..?? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-25646634618812978702011-12-01T08:02:00.000-08:002011-12-01T08:02:03.204-08:00Mongoose Status 3.0 Dual-Suspension Mountain Bike<div id="productDescription"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTKWahvf-0FzlboZjKDNHmzooQyQT9lxkJUXUJ9SE786T8f5jLfPXG3SQij4-8XW05x8sNTtMtmrzetIxI4B-pmeIQxjnUTRnAYS75cPPWBE3PqJipVmysxY7jpZzUChyphenhyphenXW5RgRwqj-So/s1600/51wAqrLAprL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTKWahvf-0FzlboZjKDNHmzooQyQT9lxkJUXUJ9SE786T8f5jLfPXG3SQij4-8XW05x8sNTtMtmrzetIxI4B-pmeIQxjnUTRnAYS75cPPWBE3PqJipVmysxY7jpZzUChyphenhyphenXW5RgRwqj-So/s320/51wAqrLAprL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2>Product Description</h2>The length of the frame from dropout to dropout is 43- Inch. The length from the head tube to the rear dropout is 41-Inch. The frame size is a large.</div><div id="productDetails"><hr /><h2>Product Details</h2><ul><li>Amazon Sales Rank: #11604 in Sports & Outdoors </li>
<li>Size: One Size</li>
<li>Color: Gloss White</li>
<li>Brand: Mongoose</li>
<li>Model: R5266</li>
<li>Released on: 2009-02-15</li>
<li>Number of items: 1</li>
<li>Dimensions: 30.00" h x 7.80" w x 55.00" l, 46.70 pounds </li>
</ul><h3>Features</h3><ul><li>Dual-suspension mountain bike with full suspension frame</li>
<li>SR suspension fork smoothes bumps and increases control</li>
<li>24-speed Shimano trigger shifters and Shimano rear derailleur</li>
<li>Front and rear disc brakes provide sure stopping power</li>
<li>Suntour crank and alloy pedals; oversized threadless headset</li>
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The Mongoose Status 3.0 26-inch dual-suspension mountain bike is equipped with everything you need for trail riding. The bike features a full suspension frame that maximizes comfort and performance, along with an SR suspension fork designed to smooth bumps and increase control. The 24-speed Shimano trigger shifters, meanwhile, make it a breeze to change gears while on the move. Finally, the Status 3.0's front and rear disc brakes provide great braking power in all conditions. Other features include a Shimano rear derailleur for all types of riding, a Suntour crank and alloy pedals, alloy rims, front and rear quick-release hubs, and an oversized threadless headset.<br />
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<b>About Mongoose</b><br />
In 1974, BMX Products, Inc., later to be known as Mongoose Bicycles, launched from a humble garage. The first of its kind, the BMX bicycle was named after bicycle motocross and was designed to fit the needs of the rough-and-tumble dirt-racing pastime that took its toll on wheels and bicycles. The heavy-duty, one-piece cast-aluminum Mongoose Motomag wheel was soon born, and it was the first competition-ready BMX bicycle available. Skip Hess, while in Australia pursuing his motor sports passion, came into contact with a strange and unusual cat-size animal--the mongoose. Known for its passive nature while unprovoked, yet vicious and aggressive enough to kill a threatening Cobra twice its size, the Mongoose impressed Hess, who quickly registered the Mongoose trademark for his new bicycle racing frame.<br />
The Expert BMX bicycle model, which is still a cornerstone of the Mongoose BMX line today, was introduced in 1980. Shortly after, Mongoose captured the first ever ABA National #1 Cruiser Title. Previously known for the 20-inch bicycle, this title signaled the re-direction of Mongoose bicycles to larger-wheeled, adult-sized models. Several years later, Mongoose continues to dominate the cruiser racing circuit with six National No. 1 Cruiser titles, leading to the introduction of adult-sized Mongoose all-terrain bicycles (ATBs).<br />
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In 1992, Mongoose pioneered the full-suspension market with the introduction of the Amplifier. This design is still the most-copied suspension design in the market. Several year later, Mongoose launched the Newman adult bicycle frame, which is proven to be 15% stronger than any other bike frame in the market. The design, while functionally sound, also raised eyebrows because of its distinctive look.<br />
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In the next few years, Mongoose increased its marketing focus to dominate the bicycle industry, and more important, extend beyond it. The Mongoose brand marketing initiative makes more than 100 million impressions. Mongoose’s brand awareness increased by over 130% in 1999 and solidifies the No. 2 market share position in units and dollars. Mongoose was acquired by Pacific Cycle, LLC, and continues to grow and prosper with more than 40 models of BMX, mountain, trail, freestyle, jumping, comfort, road, and cyclocross bikes.<br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-91220232868796843342011-12-01T07:15:00.000-08:002011-12-01T07:24:18.984-08:00How to Choose Your Bicycle Types<h1><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Many kind of bicycle types we can see in the street or every place surround us. Choosing type of bicycles is depend on our interest, and off course have to suitable with our requirement, especially when we choose type of bicycles based on its function. The person who will use the bicycle is one of the important things to be considered. Bike for Kids off course has a different type than for adult. Bike for Women also has a special type, mountain bike also different with road bike and so on. So, if you wanna chose your bicycle types, this list below can give you information about it.</span></h1><table cellspacing="4" class="whs2"><tbody>
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<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/kids/index.html" target="_top">Kids'</a></h4>Designed for kids with bolt-on type wheels.<br />
Includes all models with bolt-on wheels 24" and smaller.<br />
Smaller high-performance bicycles equipped with quick-release wheels are covered under the appropriate "adult" bicycle types.</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_juvenile.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: none; border-style: none; border-top-style: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td><td class="whs8" colspan="1" rowspan="2" width="251px"><h3 align="center" class="whs11">Condition 0</h3><h3 align="center" class="whs11"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="99" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/condition_0.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; height: 99px; width: 100px;" width="100" /></h3></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4> </h4><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/kids/index.html" target="_top">Kids' tricycle</a></h4>Pedaled vehicles with three wheels, designed for children</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="img_whs12" height="103px" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_tricycle.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" width="144px" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/trailerbike/index.html" target="_top">Trailerbike</a></h4>Child's cycle with only a rear wheel, designed to be towed behind an adult's bicycle.</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/trailerbike_small.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td><td class="whs8" colspan="1" rowspan="11" width="251px"><h3 align="center" class="whs13">Condition 1</h3><h3 align="center" class="whs13"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="99" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/condition_1.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; float: none; height: 99px; width: 100px;" width="100" /></h3></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/road/index.html" target="_top">Road</a></h4>"Drop" handlebar, chain and derailleurs, road caliper brakes, and 700c or 650c wheel diameter with 25c or thinner tires. Also covers belt-drive model, which is a one-speed.<br />
Not designed for carrying loads.<br />
Similar bicycles with different features are listed below.</td><td class="trek" style="border-bottom-style: Solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; width: 157px;" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_road.jpg" style="border: medium none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/track/index.html" target="_top">Track</a></h4>"Drop" handlebar, road caliper brakes, 700c wheel diameter with 25c or thinner tires, and one-speed freewheel (including belt drive) or fixed gear. No derailleurs.<br />
Not designed for carrying loads.</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_track.jpg" style="border: medium none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/speed/index.html" target="_top">Speed: triathlon or time trial</a></h4>Similar to a road bicycle, but with aerobar, triathlon, or "bullhorn" handlebar</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="img_whs14" height="91px" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_tri.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" width="144px" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/touring/index.html" target="_top">Touring</a></h4>Similar to a road bicycle, except with direct-pull brakes and tires wider than 700x25c.<br />
Designed for self-contained touring: carrying camping equipment or other gear.</td><td class="trek" style="border-bottom-style: Solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; width: 157px;" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_touring.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4> </h4><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/touring/index.html" target="_top">Urban road bicycles</a></h4>Similar to a road bicycle, except with disc brakes and tires wider than 700x25c.<br />
An urban bicycle with a "flat" handlebar is a City Hybrid Bicycle.<br />
A road bike for urban use but with a one-speed chain drivetrain is covered in the Track Bike section. A road bike with a belt-drive drivetrain is covered in the Road Bike section.</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_urban.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/hybrid/index.html" target="_top">Adult tricycle</a></h4>Adult pedal vehicle with three wheels</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><img border="0" class="img_whs15" height="97px" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_trike.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" width="144px" /></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/hybrid/index.html" target="_top">Transport</a></h4>Hybrid bicycle with extended cargo capacity<br />
Includes RIDE+ Transport</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><img border="0" class="img_whs16" height="95px" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/transport_bronze.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" width="146px" /></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/hybrid/index.html" target="_top">Cruiser</a></h4>Wide handlebar, wide saddle. Although equipped with fat tires similar to a mountain bicycle, cruisers are built for pavement riding only.</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_cruiser.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/hybrid/index.html" target="_top">Hybrid or Cruiser tandem</a></h4>Bicycle built for two with flat hybrid or cruiser-type handlebars</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_tandem_hyb.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/hybrid/index.html" target="_top">RIDE+ pedelec (Electric pedal-assist cycle)</a></h4>A hybrid, urban, or cargo- type bicycle with an electric motor that assists you when you pedal</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="img_whs17" height="95px" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/ebike.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" width="144px" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/hybrid/index.html" target="_top">Hybrid</a></h4>"Flat" handlebar with wheels of the 700c size</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="108" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_hybrid.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 108px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td><td class="whs8" colspan="1" rowspan="3" width="251px"><h3 align="center" class="whs11">Condition 2</h3><h3 align="center" class="whs11"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="99" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/condition_2.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; float: none; height: 99px; width: 100px;" width="100" /></h3></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/hybrid/index.html" target="_top">City Hybrid bicycle</a></h4>Hybrid bicycle with accessories for city riding or commuting, such as fenders, rack, lights, or bell</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="108" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_city.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 108px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/cross/index.html" target="_top">Cross</a></h4>Similar to a road bicycle, except with cantilever or disc brakes and tires wider than 700x25c<br />
With a skilled rider in mind, designed for riding off pavement</td><td class="trek" style="border-bottom-style: Solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; width: 157px;" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_cross.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" width="415px"><h4> </h4><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/mountain/index.html" target="_top">Cross country mountain</a></h4>"Flat" handlebar, direct pull or disc brakes, 1.9" (48mm) or wider tires, and front suspension or light-weight full suspension<br />
Designed for riding on rougher surfaces<br />
Mountain-type bicycles with bolt-on wheels are <a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/kids/index.html">kids' bikes</a></td><td class="trek" style="border-bottom-style: Solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; width: 157px;" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"></h6><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="108" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_mountain.jpg" style="border-style: none; float: none; height: 108px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td><td class="whs8" width="251px"><h3 align="center" class="whs11">Condition 3</h3><h3 align="center" class="whs11"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="99" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/condition_3.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; float: none; height: 99px; width: 100px;" width="100" /></h3></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/mountain/index.html" target="_top">All-mountain</a></h4>"Flat" handlebar, disc brakes, 1.9" (48mm) or wider tires,<br />
and medium-travel (at least 4 inches/100mm) front and rear suspension.<br />
Designed for riding on rougher surfaces</td><td class="trek" style="border-bottom-style: Solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; width: 157px;" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_mountain4.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td><td class="whs8" width="251px"><h3 align="center" class="whs11">Condition 4</h3><h3 align="center" class="whs11"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="99" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/condition_4.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; float: none; height: 99px; width: 100px;" width="100" /></h3></td></tr>
<tr class="whs6" valign="top"><td class="whs9" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="415px"><h4><a href="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/mountain/index.html" target="_top">Freeride, downhill, or hucking</a></h4>Mountain bicycle with a heavy-duty, reinforced frame and extra-strong parts<br />
Designed for aggressive riding on rougher surfaces</td><td class="whs10" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="157px"><h6 class="tabledata"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="94" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/bike_freeride.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; border: none; float: none; height: 94px; width: 144px;" width="144" /></h6></td><td class="whs8" colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="251px"><h3 align="center" class="whs11">Condition 5</h3><h3 align="center" class="whs11"><img border="0" class="noborder" height="98" src="http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/assets/images/condition_5.jpg" style="border-style: none; border-style: none; float: none; height: 98px; width: 199px;" width="199" /></h3></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's All About Bicycle</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- http://www.bike-manual.com/brands/trek/om/welcome/choose_bike.htm</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-53968853346120426482011-11-29T08:46:00.000-08:002011-12-04T07:24:33.312-08:00History of the BicycleBicycle is one of vehicles for human transportation. Over their 150 year long life, bicycles have been used in wide variety of tasks. Talking about bicycle, there is various versions about history of bicycle. Bicycle4you.com will give you summarize about history of the bicycle from various source.<br />
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<b><span class="mw-headline" id="Earliest_unverifiable_history">Earliest unverifiable history</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="cap">The celerifere - one of the earliest bike prototypes - </div><div class="cap">had no pedals or steering.</div><cite>Library of Congress</cite></td></tr>
</tbody></table>There are several early but unverifiable claims for the invention of bicycle-like machines.<span class="mw-headline" id="Earliest_unverifiable_history"> </span>The earliest comes from a sketch said to be from 1493 and attributed to Gian Giacomo Caprotti, a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci. Hans-Erhard Lessing recently claimed that this last assertion is a purposeful fraud.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lessing_0-0"></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"></sup> However, the authenticity of the bicycle sketch is still vigorously maintained by followers of Prof. Augusto Marinoni, a lexicographer and philologist, who was entrusted by the Commissione Vinciana of Rome with the transcription of da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus.<br />
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<div id="articlebody">The first contraption that can realistically be said resembles a bicycle was constructed around 1790 by Comte Mede de Sivrac of France. Called a celerifere, it was a wooden scooter-like device with no pedals or steering. A similar model, improved with a steering mechanism attached to the front wheel, was created in 1816 by German Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun. He called it a Draisienne, after himself, though popular parlance also dubbed it the hobby horse.<br />
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When using either of these devices, the rider perched on a seat between two wheels similarly sized wheels, and using the feet, propelled the bicycle a bit like a scooter. Drais exhibited his bicycle in Paris in 1818, and while popularly received, its design limited its use to really just flat, well-groomed paths through gardens and parks, which were off-limits to a good portion of the population in those days.<br />
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<b>The Walking Machine </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Draisienne (Hobby Horse)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>In 1817 Baron von Drais invented a walking machine that would help him get around the royal gardens faster: two same-size in-line wheels, the front one steerable, mounted in a frame which you straddled. The device was propelled by pushing your feet against the ground, thus rolling yourself and the device forward in a sort of gliding walk. The machine became known as the Draisienne or hobby horse. It was made entirely of wood. This enjoyed a short lived popularity as a fad, not being practical for transportation in any other place than a well maintained pathway such as in a park or garden. <br />
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<b>The MacMillan Velocipede</b> <br />
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</tbody></table>This two-wheeled vehicle was designed by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith. It was the first of its kind that allowed people to ride without touching their feet to the ground. Macmillan's contraption had a wood frame and iron-rimmed wooden wheels. The front wheel, which provided limited steering measured 30 inches (760 mm) in diameter, while the back had a 40 inch (1016 mm) wheel and was attached to pedals via connecting rods. In total, Macmillan's bike weighed 57 lb (26 kg). His creation gathered a lot of attention, and Macmillan helped generate additional publicity when he rode the bike 68 miles to visit his brothers in Glasgow. Copies of his invention produced by other firms soon appeared on the market, and Macmillan saw little profit from his innovation.<br />
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</tbody></table>In 1860, Michaux Velocipede<b> </b>Designed by France's Pierre Michaux who was involved in the repair of horse carriages and the manufacture of baby carriages and tricycles. He came up with his design when a customer brought a Draisienne in for repairs. After his son tried riding it and had difficulties with his feet on downhill roads, Michaux came up with the idea of connecting crank arms and pedals directly to the front wheel as a means of propulsion. <br />
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</tbody></table>In 1870 the first all metal machine appeared. (Previous to this metallurgy was not advanced enough to provide metal which was strong enough to make small, light parts out of.) The pedals were still atttached directly to the front wheel with no freewheeling mechanism. Solid rubber tires and the long spokes of the large front wheel provided a much smoother ride than its predecessor. The front wheels became larger and larger as makers realized that the larger the wheel, the farther you could travel with one rotation of the pedals. You would purchase a wheel as large as your leg length would allow. This machine was the first one to be called a bicycle ("two wheel"). These bicycles enjoyed a great popularity among young men of means (they cost an average worker six month's pay), with the hey-day being the decade of the 1880s.<br />
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<b>Safety Bicycle - A Major Advancement in Design</b><br />
The development of the safety bicycle was arguably the most important change in the history of the bicycle. It shifted their use and public perception from being a dangerous toy for sporting young men to being an everyday transport tool for men and, crucially, women of all ages. <br />
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<div id="articlebody">The next stage of bicycle development came with the creation of the safety bicycle, which transformed the bicycle from a dangerous contraption limited to the realm of reckless young men to a reliable and comfortable device that could be safely used by people of all ages for everyday transportation.<br />
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</tbody></table>Recognizing the design limitations of the high-wheeler bicycles, tinkerers continually looked for ways to improve the bike's basic form. A major breakthrough came in 1885 with John Kemp Starley's the creation of (or maybe "return to" is more accurate) a bike design that featured a rider perched much lower between two wheels of the same size, coupled with a sprocket and chain system that drove the bike from the rear wheel. This was the same basic "diamond frame" design still in use in today's bikes.<br />
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When Starley's new design was coupled with inflated rubber tires that ended the jolting and painful ride inflicted on cyclists when hard rubber tires were the norm, suddenly cycling was safe and fun again. Plus, the price of bicycles were dropping continually as manufacturing methods improved.<br />
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All these factors combined to create the golden age of cycling. People rode them for practical means and for leisure. It was transportation and recreation all wrapped up in one package. The number and influence of cycling grew so rapidly in the 1880s and 1890s that they formed groups like the League of American Wheelman (now called the League of American Bicyclists), to lobby for better roads in the days before automobiles were common.<br />
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<b>Technological Innovations in Bikes in the 20th Century</b><br />
Over the years, bicycle design, materials, components and manufacturing processes have improved to create bikes of today, increasingly sophisticated and efficient machines. And while the basic frame design has stayed the same for over a hundred years, the use of space age material like titanium and carbon fiber have created bikes far lighter and stronger than creators of the early iron and wooden models could ever have imagined.<br />
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</tbody></table>Other innovations like shifters and derailleurs allow riders to work themselves through a range of gears that allow bikes to go far faster as well as to climb much steeper hills than a single speed bike would ever have allowed.<br />
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Bike styles have morphed too, to allow the incorporation of design features that specifically enhance and embrace one particular style of riding to the exclusion of others. This specialization means that you can go into any given bike shop and select from mountain bikes, road bikes, hybrids, cruisers, tandems, recumbents, and more, all based on where and how you plan to ride.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- http://bicycling.about.com</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- http://cycle-info.bpaj.or.jp</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_bicycle</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-46321063989734195012011-11-29T08:36:00.000-08:002011-12-04T07:27:15.053-08:00It's All About BicycleThere are many kind of bicycle types we can find all arround the world. Bicycle types can be categorized by various versions. The list below gives an overview of different types of bicycle, categorized by function, by construction or frame type, by gearing, by sport and by means of propulsion.This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. <br />
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*<b> Common (utility) bicycles</b> are used for everyday use in commuting, shopping and running errands.<br />
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</tbody></table> * <b>Mountain bicycles</b> are designed for off-road use and are equipped with more durable frame, wheels and suspension systems.<br />
* <b>Racing Bicycle</b>s are designed for competitive road racing. Their need to achieve high speeds requires them to be made from very light materials and to have almost no accessories.<br />
* <b>Touring bicycles</b> are designed for long journeys. Their standard equipment consists of comfortable seats and wide range of accessories that help with carrying portable small baggage.<br />
* <b>BMX bicycles</b> are designed for stunts and tricks. They are often built with small light frames and wheels with wider, treaded tires that provide better grip with road.<br />
* <b>Multi Bike</b> is designed with sets for two or more riders. Largest bike of this type can carry 40 riders.<br />
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</tbody></table> * <b>High-wheel bicycle </b>(better known as “penny-farthing”) is an old-fashioned type of bicycle that was popular during 1880s. It featured main large wheel, and secondary small wheel.<br />
*<b> Pright bicycle </b>(or common bicycle) that has the traditional design in witch driver sits in the seat between two wheels and operate the pedals.<br />
* <b>Prone bicycle</b> in which driver is lying is used in some high-speed sport competitions.<br />
* <b>Folding bicycle</b> can be often seen in urban environments. It is designed to have small and light frame.<br />
* <b>Exercise bicycle</b> is designed to remain stationary.<br />
* <b>Electric bicycles</b> are equipped with small electric motor. User has the option to either use pedals or to coast using the power from the engine.<br />
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* <b>Derailleur gears</b> are used in most of today’s racing and mountain bike bicycles. It can offer from five to 30 speeds.<br />
*<b> Internal hub gear</b> is often used in common bikes. They provide from three to fourteen speeds.<br />
* <b>Chainless bicycles</b> are using driveshaft or a belt-drive to transfer the power from the pedals to the wheel. They often use only one speed.<br />
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* <b>Road racing bicycles</b><br />
- <b>Time trial bicycles</b> are road bicycles with an aerodynamic features that are not permitted when the racers ride as a group, such as aero bars and a disk rear wheel.<br />
- <b>Triathlon bicycles</b> have seat posts that are closer to vertical than the seat posts on road racing bicycles. This concentrates the effort of cycling in the quadriceps muscles, sparing the other large muscles of the leg for the running segment of the race. Triathlon bicycles also have specialized handlebars known as triathlon bars or aero bars.<br />
* <b>Track bicycles</b> are ultra-simple, lightweight fixed-gear bikes with no brakes, designed for track cycling on purpose-built cycle tracks, often in velodromes.<br />
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</tbody></table> <b>* Cyclo-cross bicycles</b> are lightweight enough to be carried over obstacles, and robust enough to be cycled through mud.<br />
<b> * BMX (bicycle motocross) bicycles</b> have small wheels and are used for BMX racing, as well as freestyle with tricks such as wheelies. Freestyle BMXers often ride dirt jumps and skatepark ramps, or in street-style BMXing where a rider navigates through a course of stairs and metal rails.<br />
<b> * Mountain bikes</b><br />
- <b>Bike trials riding</b> is a form of off-road cycling derived from motorcycle trials where one slowly negotiates man-made and natural obstacles.<br />
- <b>Downhill bikes</b> are a specialized type of mountain bike with a very strong frame, altered geometry, and long travel suspension. They are designed for use only on downhill courses.<br />
-<b> Freeride bicycles</b> in this category usually have very strong frames and dual-suspension with travel of six inches and up. They tend to have a shorter wheelbase than downhill bikes but otherwise have very similar geometry and components. Whereas downhill racers tend towards strong and light components, extreme freeriders tend not to worry about weight as much as strength of materials so it can withstand the huge drops and gaps that they typically perform.<br />
<b>* Artistic cycling bikes</b> are used to perform tricks (called exercises) for points in a format similar to ballet or gymnastics.<br />
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</tbody></table> * <b>A human-powered transport</b> uses only human power<br />
- <b>A pedal cycle</b>, commonly known as a bicycle is driven by legs and feet on pedals.<br />
- <b>A hand-cranked</b> bicycle or hand cycle is driven by arms and hands.<br />
- <b>A rowing cycle</b> is driven by a rowing action using both arms and legs.<br />
- <b>A treadle bicycle</b> is driven by a reciprocating, not rotary, motion of the feet.<br />
- <b>A bucking bike</b> (with one or more eccentric wheels)[5]<br />
- <b>A balance bicycle</b> (a kind of velocipede) and a Footbike use Flintstone power, as the rider pushes themselves along with one or both feet on the ground.<br />
- <b>A caster board</b> or a <b>Trikke</b> is driven forward by pushing a wheel approximately perpendicular to the direction of travel.<br />
<b> </b><b> * An amphibious bicycle </b>has paddles and wheels to facilitate operation on both land and water.<br />
* <b>A motorized bicycle</b> provides motor assistance. (Not to be confused with motorcycles or electric motorcycles and scooters.)<br />
- <b>An electric bicycle</b> is primarily propelled by the rider; although this is assisted by the use of an electric motor, usually located in the hub of the front or rear wheel. The electric motor is powered by a battery which is secured to the frame. These are available in various technologies including lead acid, nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, lithium ion and lithium polymer. Many of these are not classed as a motor vehicle, but as a bicycle if they comply with UK and European regulations.<br />
- <b>A moped propels</b> the rider with a motor, but it usually includes bicycle pedals for human propulsion.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bicycle_types</span>HUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713321870244003872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100645858006219192.post-36338674793154351222011-11-29T08:33:00.000-08:002011-11-29T08:44:13.360-08:00Milestones in Bicycle Evolution<div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrLrJo_n2llxNvmTW-PcwEM6tIeOKSFAKMZjRl_B_v_cc5BTQZGOZMQsnoVjXu4KzZPYEz_srpBY3GlJSuEsFgc6Rdyz4rQffMztkM4NnkCeZh68wGuD8P80gK9BcfUshgQRJIdH35YN2/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrLrJo_n2llxNvmTW-PcwEM6tIeOKSFAKMZjRl_B_v_cc5BTQZGOZMQsnoVjXu4KzZPYEz_srpBY3GlJSuEsFgc6Rdyz4rQffMztkM4NnkCeZh68wGuD8P80gK9BcfUshgQRJIdH35YN2/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a></div><span id="goog_1581330303"></span><span id="goog_1581330304"></span>In now days we have a various type of bicycle. What do the following have in common : a derailleur gear, an aluminum frame, the freewheel, disc wheels, anatomical saddles, clipless pedals, suspension, folding bikes? Answer: they were all ideas that originated in the late 1800s. The late English cycling historian, John Pinkerton, once remarked, <i>“Think of a new idea in bicycle design and someone will have already invented it, probably in the nineteenth century.”</i></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Below is a milestone in bicycle evolution.</div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr align="center"><td bgcolor="#000000"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><b>Innovation</b></span></td><td bgcolor="#000000"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><b>Year</b></span></td><td bgcolor="#000000"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><b>Country</b></span></td><td bgcolor="#000000"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><b>Details</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhdraissm.jpg" width="100" /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1817</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Germany</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Baron von Drais invents the “running machine” or Laufmaschine. Patented the following year. Known in various forms as: Draisine, Draisienne, Vélocipède. English version was the Hobby Horse (Denis Johnson). All have two, in-line wheels and the ability to steer.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">hand drive</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1821</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Louis Gompertz adds a hand-driven, ratchet mechanism to the front wheel of a Hobby Horse but the innovation, as with Drais’ was never really followed up.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhkirkmacs.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1839</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- 1840</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Scotland</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Kirkpatrick Macmillan is traditionally credited with a machine in which power was supplied to the back wheel via rods connected to treadle-type pedals. Thomas McCall marketed copies; an 1845 version is in the Dumfries Museum. It is questionable whether significant progress resulted from either.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">rear-wheel-drive bicycle</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1843</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Alexandre Lefebvre is credited with a rear-drive machine; he took it to America twenty years later and it still exists in the “History San Jose” museum (the earliest extant bicycle?).</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">pneumatic tire</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1845</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">R. W. Thompson invents the pneumatic tire but with no commercial follow-up.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">treadle drive</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1847</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Scotland</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Gavin Dalzell builds a two-wheeled hobbyhorse with a treadle-drive, possibly copied from the Macmillan design.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">crank-driven 4-wheeler</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1851</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Willard Sawyer exhibits his four-wheeled, crank-driven vehicle at the Great Exhibition and subsequently becomes established as a velocipede manufacturer.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Boneshaker bicycle</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1864</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">J. Townsend Trench documents his purchase of a velocipede from the Michaux family. Possibly the first record of a “production” front wheel, pedal-driven bicycle (but note that it was not presented until 1895). This style became known as the “Boneshaker.” Historians still debate the claim of Pierre Lallement that he had previously invented the first pedal-driven machine.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhlallementsm.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1866</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Lallement, now in the USA, gets the backing of an investor, James Carroll, and their patent application is granted; probably the world’s first public record of the pedal-powered two-wheeler.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bharielsm.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1870</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">James Starley produces the “Ariel” High Wheeler (aka “Ordinary” or “Penny Farthing”). Later versions had front wheel sizes of up to 5 feet.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">wire-spoked wheel</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1870</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">W.H.J. Grout patents the radially spoked, nipple adjusted bicycle wheel (unlike prior load-bearing wheels). Some credit Meyer with this design two years previously.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">ball bearings</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1872</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">German</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Friedrich Fischer first mass-produces steel ball bearings, patented by Jules Suriray in 1869.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">caliper brake</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1876</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Browett and Harrison patent an early caliper brake.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">differential gear</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1877</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">James Starley patents a differential gear; probably the first for a bicycle but the principle was not new.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">internal hub gearings</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1878</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Scott and Phillott patent the first practicable epicyclic change-speed gear fitted into the hub of a front-driving bicycle.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">folding highwheeler</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1878</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Grout patents a folding High Wheeler, the first “portable” bicycle</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhlawsonsm.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1879</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Henry J. Lawson patents a rear wheel, chain-driven safety bicycle, the “Bicyclette” (his earlier models were lever driven).</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">chain</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1880</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Thomas Humber adapts the block chain for use with his range of bicycles.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">safety bicycle</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1885</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">John Kemp Starley (James Starley's nephew) markets the revolutionary Safety Bicycle (the “Rover”) with a chain/rear-sprocket drive and tangentially-spoked, similar sized wheels. Includes many of the major features of modern bicycles.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">seamless tubing</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1886</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Germany</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The Mannessman brothers are credited with the invention of the process to manufacture seamless steel tubing. </span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhdunlopsm.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1888</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Scotland</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Commercial development of the pneumatic bicycle tire by Dr. John Boyd Dunlop.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhalumsm.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1890s</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td bgcolor="#66FFFF" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Cycles Aluminium becomes one of the earliest manufacturers of an aluminum bicycle.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">derailleur</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1896</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">E.H. Hodgkinson patents a 3-speed Gradient gear, a pre-cursor of the modern derailleur.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">internal hub gearing</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1896</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">William Riley patents a two-speed hub gear. His later three-speed version was put into production by Sturmey Archer in 1902.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">butted frame tubes</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1897</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Alfred M. Reynolds takes out a patent on "butted" steel bicycle tubes.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">freewheel</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1898</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Germany</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">First major commercialization of the freewheel by Ernst Sachs. William Van Anden had obtained the first freewheel patent in 1869. </span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhvelociosm.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1910</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The first, easy-to-use derailleur is invented by Paul de Vivie (Velocio) that shifted among four gears at the pedals.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">recumbent</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1914</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Peugeot markets their production recumbent bicycle. Charles Challand had exhibited his “Horizontal Bicyclette Normale” in Geneva in 1895.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">dual-suspension mountain bike</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1915</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Italy</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Bianchi produced a folding bicycle for the Italian Army with telescoping seatstays, a leaf spring at the bottom bracket, a spring fork and large profile pneumatic tires. Bianchi now calls it the first dual suspension mountain bike! There are earlier versions of military folding bicycles. And <b>Pierce</b> had the <b>Pan American dual-suspension road bicycle</b> at the turn of the century.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhtulliosm.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1930</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Italy</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Tullio Campagnolo introduces the bicycle hub quick-release.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7100645858006219192" name="tline4">recumbent</a></span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1932</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Charles Mochet designs the Velocar, a recumbent bicycle on which Francois Faure breaks both the mile and kilometer records.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Click to enlarge" border="0" height="75" src="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/bhschwinn33sm.jpg" width="100" /><br />
</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1933</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">- 1934</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Introduction by Schwinn of the balloon tire and “streamlined” bikes which leads to rugged bikes that can take the abuse of teenage boys and which set a forty-year trend. <b>CORRECTIONS</b> by <b>Leon Dixon</b> of the <a href="http://nbhaa.com/" target="_blank">National Bicycle History Archive of America</a>: "The implication here is that Schwinn invented something that did not exist, which is one of the biggest myths in bicycle history. Schwinn merely copied what they saw going on in Europe. Both Sears and Montgomery Ward had bicycles in 1932 that had balloon tires in the USA, a full year BEFORE Schwinn. And the streamline movement in bicycles was really pioneered by Sears and Huffman. Schwinn had a clunky diamond frame with straight tubes and a streamlined tank in 1934, but Sears Elgin (1935) and Huffman Dayton (1936) had fully streamlined frames, tanks, etc."</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">mountain bike</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1938</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Schwinn markets the "Fore-wheel" brake, "Cantilever Frame" and the "Spring Fork." Resulted in what was to be the Grandfather of today's mountain bikes.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">small-wheel folding bicycle</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1939</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">A.J. Marcelin patents “Le Petit Bi”, a 16-inch wheeled folding bicycle, remarkably similar to the Moulton and Bickerton of later years. There had already been full-size folding military bicycles in 1915.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">shifter</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1946</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Italy</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Campagnolo markets the dual-rod "Cambio Corsa" gear shifter (over ten years after the prototype) widely used for at least a decade.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">index shifting</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1949</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The Hercules Herailleur is launched; a rear derailleur with indexed shift levers. Marketed for five years.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">derailleur</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1951</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Italy</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Introduction of Campagnolo's modern Gran Sport derailleur.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Sting-Ray</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1963</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Schwinn introduces the Sting-Ray that subsequently helped launch the BMX craze. <b>Leon Dixon</b> of the <a href="http://nbhaa.com/" target="_blank">National Bicycle History Archive of America</a> notes: "This is a very serious myth. First, Schwinn merely copied the Huffy Penguin which existed BEFORE the Sting-Ray. And these bicycles were pioneers in the 20-inch bicycle revolution/genre, but certainly did not necessarily father BMX. AND... the first Sting-Ray was officially stated by Schwinn as being NOT a 1963 model, but officially known as a "1963-1/2" model. Either way, Huffy was on the market first."</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">rear derailleur</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1964</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Japan</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The SunTour Grand Prix is marketed as the first slant parallelogram derailleur, a design that has held up till the present day.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">index shifting </span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1969</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Japan</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">SunTour launch their indexed shift lever, the Five-Speed Click, and a combined freewheel-plus-rear hub, the Unit Hub. Neither of them found a market, and were abandoned. Bayliss Wiley in England had also experimented with unit hubs as far back as 1938.</span></td></tr>
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</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1970</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The aluminum Bickerton portable folding small-wheel bicycle is developed. Followed by the successful Brompton in 1976 and Dahon in 1980.</span></td></tr>
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(Bicycle Motocross)</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1970</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The movie <i>On Any Sunday</i> by Bruce Brown debuts. Although it is a motorcycle documentary, a brief scene during the beginning of the movie shows kids on Sting-Ray bikes emulating motocross. This small spark eventually evolves into full-fledged, organized BMX racing by 1974.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">mass-produced titanium frame/fork</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1974</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Teledyne markets the first titanium bike that was produced in any quantity (Speedwell of England had some Ti production frames as far back as the 1960s, welded by Lamborghini!) Litespeed brought titanium frames to a broader market in the 1980s.</span></td></tr>
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</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1975</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The first carbon-tubed, metal lugged frame appears: the Exxon Graftek. Suffered from frequent frame failure. The technology was later perfected by Look, Trek and others.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">oversize aluminum frames/bikes</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1975</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Gary Klein displays his welded and heat-treated aluminum frames with oversize tubing at the International Bike show. Klein’s frame was the result of an MIT design project in the early 1970’s under Professor Shawn Buckley. Alan (Italy) and Vitus (France) were producing their lugged aluminum frames around the same time. Cannondale launched their “Aluminum for the Masses” in 1983. (Background on the Klein/MIT connection courtesy of <a href="http://www.bikexprt.com/" target="_blank">John S Allen</a> and Donald W. Gillies).</span></td></tr>
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</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1978</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Fomac Corporation designs the Avatar recumbent. It is one of the many styles that constituted the 1980s renaissance of recumbents which included Lightning Cycles winning the HPV-RAAM relay and Easy Racers breaking the 65 mph barrier.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">high-quality folding clincher tire</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1978</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Specialized introduce the first high-quality foldable clincher tire (the Turbo) which launches the demise of the tubular.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">aerodynamic road/track bicycles</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1980</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">East Germany</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Introduction of aerodynamic bicycles with a stable construction. Culminated in the American "Super Bike" at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">mass-produced mountain bike</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1981</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The Specialized Stumpjumper mountain bike is launched nationwide, capitalizing on the Marin County vogue inspired by Californian icons, Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze, Tom Richey et al. (all of whom also produced earlier mountain bikes).</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">electronic cycle computer</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1983</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Avocet launch the first electronic cyclometer (bike computer).</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Moulton</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1983</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Moulton launches his second generation of “space-frame” small-wheeled bicycles.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">clipless pedals</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1984</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">LOOK markets their clipless pedal (following on an earlier track model launched by Cinelli in 1970; the “Death Cleats,” no automatic release). There was also the circa 1983 Cyclebinding clipless pedal designed in the USA by Rick Howell. It featured a self-righting pedal and a walkable shoe. For more on pedal history <a href="http://www.speedplay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pedalmuseum.clipless" target="_blank">visit the Speedplay Museum</a>.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">index shifting</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1985</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Japan</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Shimano introduces SIS indexed shifting (learning from their inferior product, the Positron, from 1977).</span></td></tr>
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</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1986</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Kestrel introduces their production non-lugged, carbon fiber frame and Trek market their first lugged carbon frame.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">suspended mountain bike</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1987</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Paul Turner demonstrates a full suspension bicycle with front and rear shocks. Eventually becomes a partner in Rock Shox. Diversified the sport of off-road biking.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="center" height="46" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">aero handlebars</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1987 (1984)*</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Scott USA manufactures the first mass-produced aerobars in 1987, the design, called the DH, is the brainchild of Boone Lennon. *However, the <a href="http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/RichardBrynesfirstaerobars.jpg" target="_blank">first aerobars</a> were invented in 1984 by Richard Bryne for Jim Elliot to use in the 1984 Race Across America.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">high-performance folding bike</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1989</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Hanz Scholz designs the Bike Friday "World Tourist". A reasonably compact folding bicycle that matches the performance of conventional touring machines.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">integrated brake/shift levers</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1990</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Japan</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Shimano introduces integrated brake/gear levers.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#66FFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7100645858006219192" name="tline8">electric</a> derailleurs</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1993</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">France</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Mavic markets their ZAP electronic shifting. Ceases production in 2001. Possible future follow-up by Campagnolo. Browning Research had invented a prototype electronic system in 1974. Shimano introduces it's Di2 electric drivetrain in 2008. </span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">hydraulic disc brake</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1994</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">USA</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Sachs (SRAM) introduces PowerDisc, the first mass-produced hydraulic disc brake system.</span></td></tr>
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</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">1998</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Germany</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Rohloff develops the Speedhub, 14 equally-spaced hub gears which are operated by a twist-grip with no overlapping ratios and a gear range as wide as a 27-speed derailleur system.</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="center" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">30-speed derailleur drivetrain</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">2002</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Italy</span></td><td valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">Campagnolo offers a 30-speed derailleur drivetrain with the Record 3-x-10 drivetrain</span></td></tr>
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