News tagged with bike rides


Probing question: What is 'Talk and Die' Syndrome?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Ah, summer! Season of baseball, bike rides, barbecues -- and head injuries. There’s nothing like warm weather to get people outside and active, and nothing like activity to fill up an emergency room.





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Gyrowheel to keep new bike riders upright

Gyrowheel to keep new bike riders upright (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new device called the Gyrowheel could soon revolutionize the way children learn to ride bicycles, and they will be able to learn on their own, without training wheels, and in as little as ...


If it's hard to say, it must be risky

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

We all have different criteria for what we consider risky. However, numerous studies have suggested that we tend to perceive familiar products and activities as being less risky and hazardous than unfamiliar ones.


Washington turning to bike-sharing plan

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 28, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new bike-sharing venture in Washington called SmartBike DC will allow people to rent bicycles using only a membership card, city officials say.


To work your brain, work your body

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The problem: I lost my car keys. What kind of training will make my brain work better?


Pedal pusher: Engineering professor, students plan citywide bike paths

Pedal pusher: Engineering professor, students plan citywide bike paths

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An earthy mobile of cyclists hangs above Peter Furth’s office computer. A gift from his children, the dangling artifact originates from an African country where bikes are a primary mode of ...


High tech for bicycles

High tech for bicycles

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Carbon fiber composite materials (CFRPs) not only make cars and airplanes lightweight but also benefit the light weight constructions for valuable bicycle concepts. At the Composites Europe trade show in Stuttgart, ...


Why don't kids walk to school anymore?

Why don't kids walk to school anymore?

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Maybe when we were their age, we walked five miles to school, rain or shine. So why don't most children today walk or bike to school?


Cerevellum Hindsight

Bicyclists Get Hindsight with Cerevellum Device

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 17, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (14) | comments 4

A start-up company called Cerevellum is developing a cutting-edge bicycle computer that has a first-ever feature: hindsight. The device, also named Cerevellum, provides a digital view of the road to the cyclist's ...


Maths Research Tackles Problems of Bike + Car

Maths Research Tackles Problems of Bike + Car

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The efforts to get more people out of cars and on their bikes in the UK could be being hampered by Governments' own transport strategies, claims new research from the University of Derby.


MIT's big wheel in Copenhagen

Biking 2.0: MIT's big wheel in Copenhagen (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 6

Yesterday, Dec. 15, at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, MIT researchers debuted the Copenhagen Wheel -- a revolutionary new bicycle wheel that not only boosts power, but can keep track of friends, ...



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