Long ago, on Rad-Forum.de someone had the idea to build a charging device which uses the energy from the hub dynamo to charge electronic gadgets. While meanwhile similar devices are available from commercial producers, was developed there as a community project. Jens During from Cottbus, Germany, documented the development on Forumslader.de [...]
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Recumbent bikes – and here especially velomobiles – often consist of special parts which are rather seldomly used in other bike types. Due to the comparably small production numbers it is not Shimano or SRAM who build these. There are smaller companies, often founded by recumbent enthusiasts, who take care of the production and [...] Recently I read abuot the Pinion P1 gear-box for the first time. It is a new bike gear system which is located in the bottom bracket (region). In contrast to the Schlumpf drives or similar products, we are not talking about 2 or 3 gears but 18 of them. Hase is going to present a new E-trike on basis of their Kettwiesel. The KLIMAX 2K will cost around 5600 Euro and will be shown on the EuroBike 2010 (see Press Release, currently only in German). I personally feel that e-bikes go beyond the subject of BentBlog.de, therefore Idid not report much about them [...] The German manufacturer of brakes and other bike-related parts, Magura, sent a newsletter today, which leaves me a little dazzled: You can win a disc brake of your choice if you send them a video showing an accident with your (at best Magura-equipped) bike or the rest of your bike… I don’t have to understand [...] The Special Bikes Show (Spezi) 2010 is coming closer and I have not yet finnished to show you who is showing what Last year in September – BentBlog.de did not exist by then – I met Wilfried Schmidt and Bernhard Rohloff by chance during a meeting at the EuroBike. As you can see on the photo, they were in a very good mood, we started talking about recumbents, technical developments and the blog I was starting [...] Liegfiets.net just published an article on Bram Moens newest activity. M5 started a webshop for lightweight components. This is the next post in the Spezi 2010 series: a lot of exhibitors sent me information on what they are going to show on their booths. I proceed with reporting on the planned exhibitions during the Spezi 2010 – and as I was asked how I chose the order of appearance, I wish to answer: quite simple, according to the order of answers on my mail to the exhibitors. |
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