New Design Could Transform 1st Bike Ride. Who can forget the thrill and terror of that first solo bicycle ride: Mom or Dad letting go, the magic of two-wheeled freedom and, inevitably, toppling over in a kneescraping crash? Three Purdue University industrial designers who tapped into memories of their own childhood cycling misadventures have built a bike that ditches the training wheels but keeps rookies stable. Called SHIFT, it slowly transforms from a tricycle to bicycle configuration as the rider pedals faster, and then returns to trike formation as the rider slows down.
For more information on SHIFT please visit: http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/2005/050428.Shim.bike.html _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
