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Arclight Pedals put moving bike lights under your feet

What’s the best thing to make drivers wake up and realize there’s a cyclist in front of them? Lights and reflectors are good, but what about moving lights? Arclight plugs bike lights into pedals to leverage riders’ natural movement and get a claimed 57% increase in visibility. The study referenced by Clemson University positions it

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Ducktrain may be first bike trailer that doesn’t actually attach to the bike

That’s right; a German startup called DroidDrive is in the process of engineering a small trailer that can follow a bike without being physically attached to it. The semi-automated LiDAR-detecting trailer is called Ducktrain (be honest, you think the concept is cute) and it’s currently in the prototype phase. In a Ducktrain setup, the trailer

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Bicycle Reality TV? ENVE issues casting call for show featuring the ultimate ATB adventure

Are you willing to push through 18 hours of discomfort for the sake of personal growth, transcendence, and transformation … and to win a bike? If so, you’ve got until the end of today to answer ENVE’s open casting call for a one-of-a-kind, bike-powered adventure. Five lucky contestants will get to take part in the

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Build your own Tron Bike? This wild hubless fat bike build looks the part

Want a Light Cycle (otherwise known as a Tron bike) but can’t find one at any of your local shops? Today’s your lucky day. The internet strikes again, this time in the form of a step-by-step tutorial video for engineering a DIY hubless fat bike. Visual learners can proceed directly to the video. For all […]

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Japanese trials rider Tomomi Nishikubo’s Tokyo track & field challenge, pentathlon by bike

Japanese trials bike rider Tomomi Nishikubo figured he could probably match some of the best track & field athletes in the world, so he decided to complete the Pentathlon by bike. We all know what mega international sporting competition is going on in Tokyo right now, right? But no one wants to run afoul of the […]

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