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Designers Create a "More Efficient" Chainless Bike

Photo via StringBike The Bike, Unchained A group of designers in Hungary have done away with what has long been a staple of bicycle design , those oily old chains, with their creation, the StringBike . Instead of being propelled forward the traditional way, this novel new bike utilizes a clever symmetrical rope and pulley system that may make cycling safer , smoothe… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Fascinating History of the Strida Bike

The Strida bicycle is a TreeHugger fixture, the usual ride for TreeHugger founder Graham Hill and me, and the subject of many posts. Now James at Bicycle Design has published its remarkable history. Mark Sanders actually designed the Strida when he was an Industrial Design Engineering graduate student at the Imperial College London/ Royal College of Art 25 years ago, in 1985. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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