The Enicycle an Electric Unicycle
This is an incredible little electric unicycle with stabilization assist designed and built by Aleksander Polutnik’s Read more at Enicycle and at Core77.
Post Peak Oil Grocery Shopping Bike
Actually you don’t have to wait until Peak Oil to really show its ugly head to start shopping by bike. This is a very clever solution of a bike that can carry a heavy load and double as the shopping cart. Learn more about this bike
8th Grader Builds Solar-Powered Bike
This is totally cool… it’s a 4-wheel bike with solar panels, batteries, GPS, and an iPod dock no less. It’s named the SOHH which is short for Solar Human Powered Hybrid Vehicle. It was built by 8th-grade student David Dixon and his dad David Sr. The base bike is no longer manufactured but is a Swiss-built ZEM (Zero Emission Machine) 4cycle. They picked it up for $3,900 and then added solar panels, batteries, electric motor, transmission, and a bunch of electronics.
Extend Your Bike
Dipped in gasoline die-hard car enthusiasts will want to turn their heads the other way for a moment because the following is a modification human powered machine (a.k.a. a bicycle). This is a simple kit for making virtually any old bike longer and more useful. With just a little effort you can install this kit to carry up to 200 pounds of gear or groceries on the back of your bike. This little gadget could make any bike a real car competitor for short errands around town. Visit Extracycle to start your everyday adventure…
The Greenest Car is No Car
The greenest car is a bicycle. In fact when you consider all the energy that goes into the production of a car from the mining, to manufacture, to transportation, to marketing, to infrastructure, and of course the final energy requirements it’s kind of ironic that any car could be considered green.
But many of us need our cars for some situations. What we often forget is that we don’t need them for every little errand. Even if you don’t decide to divorce your car like my friends at RowdyKittens, you still may want to consider using your bike more and car less to save money, reduce your carbon footprint, and dependence on fossil fuels.
Here is a good article in the New York Times on what a carfree life is like.
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