Love+Sprockets | NYC Cycling Info

Sky News reports that Dominic Hargreaves's bike, The Contortionist, which folds into the circufmference of its wheels and can be rolled away folded, has been shortlisted for this year's James Dyson Award for innovation. If he wins, the inventor would be awarded £10,000. Hargreaves has been in contact with various manufacturers and hopes to get the bike into production soon.

Pretty slick urban commuter bike concept from Teague, found on Core77.

Pulse, Teague's new concept for an urban bike, addresses all the necessities of a standard bike commute. Taking cues from both fixed gears and cafe-racers, Its features include electric turn signals controlled from the handlebars and a luminescent frame that lights up when you need it. We especially love the specialized caged bike pedals--they're counterweighted to always sit "the right way round," allowing the rider to benefit from their three-fold increase in efficiency without suffering from having to clip into upside down pedals at every stoplight.

That's what Matt Haughey wanted to know. So he did some research to answer the question, "Does a $5,000 bike improve an amateur cyclist’s performance," by renting a Cervelo R3 for $300 a week. He shows the percentage of increase in speed/time over several distances, comparing against speed/time on his $1700 aluminum bike. On a 35 mile route, he shaved off 21 minutes, 13 seconds, a 15% difference over his performance on the aluminum bike.

There's something about cycling in traffic that fuels me. I used to get the same rush skating through the city—my first apartment was off of Times Square. I used to love that adrenaline rush I would get from skating and biking after work through midtown traffic, especially at night. The pulse of rush hour just pushes those twitch muscles to go to work.