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Local company develops kit to turn bicycles into hybrids
By adamg on Tue, 12/03/2013 - 3:21pm
The Boston Business Journal introduces us to Superpedestrian, which is about to launch a rear-wheel replacement that stores energy from braking in a lithium battery - which then releases it to help bicyclists up hills or to just go extra fast. Based in Cambridge and founded by somebody at MIT, natch.
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Sorry to break your chops
But does the bike have to break to generate electricity? doesn't sound very efficient.
I think you need an afternoon caffeine break Adam. :-)
Yeah, I think that's how
Yeah, I think that's how these things work. I know that's how the hybrid cars charge.
If it's not broke, don't fix it
Break != brake. These things work on braking, not breaking...otherwise they'd be broken and they wouldn't work.
I guess Adam and I both need
I guess Adam and I both need a coffee BREAK.
Runs on Kit-Kat Bars
Give me a break, give me a break ... break me off a piece of that Kit Kat Bar
humor!
It's OK stevil, I got your joke. Seems to be going over a lot of heads though.
Yeah, it's not that fragile
Misteak fixed :-).
you'll need a driver's license
you need a drivers license to operate an e-bike in massachusetts, and you can't use them on multi-use paths.
When they have a kit that stops the cyclist for red lights..
And pedestrians, give us all a call back.
Stops pedestrians?
Hmm. Interesting. I've long thought that we could keep the sheep on the curb during the "don't walk" portion of the cycle with border collies ...
And...
Same goes for cars who have no idea what a turn signal is. Or what a No Turn on Red sign means.
We can all play this game. There are shitty drivers just like there are shitty bicyclists.
Any hybrid bike that would
Any hybrid bike that would rely on braking for its power would run out pretty quickly around these parts