LED Cycle

Hokey Spokes Hokey Spokes are transparent "blades" that attach to your bicycle spokes. As these blades spin during riding, a computer inside the blades modulates the internal LED lights so that design images and custom text appear.The user can decide how many spokes in a variety of colors they want to place on the bicycle wheel. Up to 6 "Blades" can be placed on each wheel. The more blades, the more visibility and persistence of vision at lower speeds. 2 Blades/Wheel look good, 3 Blades/Wheel look great, and more than three look amazing. The rider above has 3 Blades/wheel. In real life, they look even better! Blades are sold individually for $29.95*.

The MonkeyLectric light is a revolutionary bike light that keeps you visible. It features 32 of the brightest full color LEDs available and cutting edge visual effects designed by our electronic artists. The MonkeyLectric light sets a new standard for bike lighting with outstanding visibility and a rugged, practical design made for daily use in all weather conditions. It's easy to mount on the spokes of nearly any bike - Road, City, Cruiser, Mountain and BMX bikes.The MonkeyLectric light provides outstanding visibility, and it creates full color patterns on your spinning bike wheel. The digital effects are instantly customizable - with on-board buttons you can choose the colors, patterns and mood to fit any situation. The light is perfect for daily commuters, urban cyclists, anyone that rides in the evening or at night and wants to be visible.


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Bycycle For A Breifcase

The TaTo Bike...

swiss bicycle maker tato manufactures a bike designed for the daily commuter that holds the rider’sbriefcase directly inside its frame. instead of carrying your bag or attaching a carrier onto the front orback of your bike, tatos have a small void inside their frame they call cssb (central storage system for bicycles). 

Their belongings simply insert into the 400 x 320 x 95 mm space with no need to secure it further. their central resting point is ideal for maintaining a natural center of gravity. the bike framesimply juts out slightly to surround the object and the added structure protects the good in case of acollision. the bike sells for about 1400 USD.

When riding a bicycle, how should you transport your belongings? A backpack makes you sweat and hurts your back. Rear and front carriers make your bike difficult to ride and park.But the CSSB system, which is integrated into the structure of the bike frame, does not have these inconveniences. The rider is freed from any weight on his or her body. No need to use accessories to secure items, they are simply inserted from the top and do not require any attachment. They are closer to the center of the bicycle and to the ground, making the ride safer.”

One downside of the design is that the spot for a waterbottle mount on the downtube is lost to the cargo area (update: as pointed out in the comments, the bike features water bottle braze-ons on the underside of the downtube) .

Knee clearance would be my other main concern, but it looks like the opening at the top is fairly narrow so that may not be an issue. I do think the CSSB system is an interesting idea that might work pretty well for short 

commutes. It would also be neat to have an optional canvas liner that snaps or otherwise 

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The Fold able Electric Bike

It looks like it's the season for automakers like that of the world gaints to show off their electric bicycle concepts especially the fold able once, with Volkswagen now following Lexus' lead with its own Bike concept. Unlike Lexus' hybrid concept, this one is a full-fledged electric bicycle (sans pedals), and it boasts a few innovations of its own, not the least of which is that it's able to fold up and fit where you'd normally store a spare tire. 

It's also apparently able to be charged using your car's DC current in a pinch in addition to a standard AC outlet at home, and it promises to deliver a range of 20 Kms on a full charge, along with a top speed of 20 K Mph that is 20 kilometers per hour. What's more, it seems like Volkswagen is actually looking at commercial possibilities for the Bike, although it's not making any firm commitments just yet. Head on past the break for a quick look at the bike in action, and some dancing.

The Bike looks smart and intelligent for man of any age it just can carry load and finds it system really fast and responsive for any once biking style or the terrain and attitude in which u are walking.

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