Yeah I know you might think I have lost it here, but now I do mean pump your light. As in charge your lights while pumping.
Now what a great idea have a light that you charge while pumping or just use your pump to charge when your batteries are running a bit low.
20 seconds...
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Now this tricycle looks a bit mad in a good way.
Instead of pedalling you have to kick/push with your legs to get the trike to move forward. It does looks fast and very suspensioned (if that is a word) which it has to be since you are laying on your chest on the...
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This is a self powered laser light, the battery that is recharged via a dynamo and this is what it does …
The laser draws an ellipse of light that is sensitive to anything crossing the perimeter. If a car comes too close, the light becomes red and all the horns will go off –...
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Today when I went out with our recycle box to our recycle bin, I found a bicycle inside.
Well it was a classic BSO and in bad nick. Unfortunately, your LBS will not take this bicycle in and give it a new life. It will simply cost too much to get it back on the...
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The Plug from Tout Terrain is probably the simplest, cleanest and neatest looking gizmo that I have seen. When it comes to things that you can plug to your dyno hub and charge other things with. Because it is integrated into a standard bicycle steer tube where you plug your USB powered device into...
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The E-WERK from Busch & Müller KG can only be the bee’s knees, if it as good as their lights.
For all those who do not want to go cycling without their mobile phones, GPS, MP3 players and other electronic devices and do not have access to a stationary charging station comes the “bike mobile”...
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In my search for finding a way to charge my power hungry iPhone while out and about. I found this, the BioLogic ReeCharge from Dahon. Now that is a cool little thing there is not much information about how many phones you can charge and how long it takes to charge the BioLogic, though...
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Well it looks like I will be in CPH next year for this. Do you think that we can get London to join in and go over there and learn something ?
Copenhagen, June 22-25, 2010
The European Cyclists’ Federation, the City of Frederiksberg and the City of Copenhagen are excited to invite you to the...
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I have been looking around for something that could charge my mobile phone and mp3 player while riding. I got a SON Dyno hub and wondered if there was anything that would collect the power I’m generating while cycling in the day time when I didn’t need the lights on.
I found this one...
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Here is the second part to the great interview about cycling in Barcelona. I say it again if they can do it we can and should do it too.
“Anna O F: I am a new user to Bicing and I think it´s fabulous, works well, really effective and a great alternative to metro or...
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