Cycling--- It's Your Ride

Fixed Gear--- Praha

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13:29 Nodding Time

I has made cafe and listened to some haver-music.........

it's still a drowsy afternoon......

Tween Run 2010

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I LOVE this!!!!

Would someone be going to wear this kind of ... gentry-suit and ride your bike with me~
In Taiwan, of course;
and In Hsinchu city is priority,
Kaohsiung.... hm.... if 阿達 & 魔獸 would joint this project.... Okay~
Taipei..... XDDDDDD is not bad as well~
come on~ give me some responses! :)

Ed Van Der Elsken/ cycle documentary film

damn....  I'm here again....
ha~ anyway, I saw this lovely short documentary film from one of my favorite BLOG.
and the background music is the weirdest version of the four seasons
Ed Van Der Elsken, was born and dead in Netherlands (荷蘭).
wiki:
"His imagery provides quotidian, intimate and autobiographic perspectives on the European zeitgeist between the Second World War and the seventies in the realms of art, music (particularly Jazz), and cafe culture. His last film was Bye (1990, 1 hour 48 min, video, 16 mm film, colour and black & white) a characteristically courageous response to his terminal prostate cancer. "

Cycling in my school ~

I enjoyed cycling in the campus ^^~
and it's a rainy & cloudy day, you know.... wet-road....

I can absolutely enjoy the skidding (on seat), of course ~
Even though I love this, 'this is a bit of dangerous!' I still have to say that ~
The swing of the rear wheel incresed by the wet !!!!
(you must experience/taste it ! so..... exciting!!!!! ^++++^)
I felt I can control the 'feet-brake' better compared to .... about 15 days ago haha~
and now, I can enjoy cycling on the road leisurely ~
(the only bad news is here has no progress at all in 'Stand'.... )

it's time to home (actually... it's dorm) ~
but there was a ...shit conversation ruined my cheerful temper.... damn~
hope it'll back before I go to bed ~
whatever.... have a nice dream, dear frineds....

The Copenhagen Wheel ~

I excerpted and highlighted some sentences from this article (MIT media relations).

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The first goal of the Copenhagen Wheel project is to promote cycling by extending the range of distance people can cover and by making the whole riding experience smoother so that even steep inclines are no longer a barrier to comfortable cycling.

Toward this end, the Wheel can store energy every time the rider puts on the brakes, and then give that power back to provide a boost when riding uphill or to add a burst of speed in traffic.

"The Wheel uses a technology similar to the KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System), which has radically changed Formula One racing over the past couple of years,” says Ratti. "When you brake, your kinetic energy is recuperated by an electric motor and then stored by batteries within the wheel, so that you can have it back to you when you need it. The bike wheel contains all you need so that no sensors or additional electronics need to be added to the frame and an existing bike can be retrofitted with the blink of an eye.

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But there are also a variety of extra functions hidden within the hub of the Copenhagen Wheel. By using a series of sensors and a Bluetooth connection to the user's iPhone, which can be mounted on the handlebars, the wheel can monitor the bicycle's speed, direction and distance traveled, as well as collect data on air pollution and even the proximity of the rider's friends.

"One of the applications that we have discussed with the City of Copenhagen is that of an incentive scheme whereby citizens collect Green Miles — something similar to frequent flyer miles, but good for the environment," says Christine Outram, who led the team of MIT researchers.

....... “For example, the Wheel has a smart lock: if somebody tries to steal it, it goes into a mode where the brake regenerates the maximum amount of power, and sends you a text message. So in the worst case scenario the thief will have charged your batteries before you get back your bike."

The initial prototypes of the Copenhagen Wheel were developed along with company Ducati Energia and the Italian Ministry of the Environment. It is expected that the wheel will go into production next year, with a tag price competitive with that of a standard electric bike. According to Claus Juhl, CEO of Copenhagen, the city might place the first order and use bicycles retrofitted with the Copenhagen Wheel as a substitution for city employee cars as part of the city's goal to become the world's first carbon-neutral capital by 2025.

The Copenhagen Wheel team at MIT is composed of Christine Outram, Project Leader, ..... The project was developed for the City of Copenhagen in cooperation with Ducati Energia and with the support of the Italian Ministry for the Environment.

got thee !

haha ~ I got my cycle yesterday !!!!!
(thanks 'bao' a lot ~ ^^)

hm... through I do not get used it now .......
(ride on the downgrade, from the school back to my dorm, is very... very dread but exciting!)

I can feel the 'efficiency', speed, and ....satisfied haha.....

anyway....

after my presentation and the meeting.......

I'll share more ecperience of it and try more skill( if possible ^^a)...