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Bike trends: chainless, brake less, retrodirect, illegal bike positions

Want to know the hottest trends in bikes? Well, you have come to the right place. The picture above is Dekra's "chainless" bike which replaces your standard noisy, greasy chain with a totally self contained system. Not simple enough? Another popular trend are super simple fixed gear or track bikes that are single speed, do not coast (the wheel only turns when you pedal) and have no brakes. Not strange enough for you? How about "retrodirect" bikes which, unlike most bike where pedaling backwards either brakes the bike or does nothing, ... Read more →

Coming soon to a city near you: "The rise of the urban biker" Jeremy Korzeniewski

Bike trends: chainless, brake less, retrodirect, illegal bike positions 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Coming soon to a city near you: "The rise of the urban biker" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I stumbled upon this rather gratifying article on Wired, and thought you might like to see it too. It's apparently become "hip" to ride a bike in many large metropolitan areas. Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco and London are all burgeoning bike markets, to the point where each of these cities and ...

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