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No training wheels needed - New trike bike takes fear out of first solo ride
Topic: Technology 5:32 am EDT, Apr 30, 2005

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, then returns to trike formation as the rider slows down.

COOL! -LB

No training wheels needed - New trike bike takes fear out of first solo ride



 
 
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