[SDCBC] "Tikit" folding bike reviewd.

[Serge Issakov]

I found this video on youtube showing how quickly the Tikit  folds and
unfolds.  Very impressive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQscBxx7wLE

Serge



On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Robert Leone <rob_leone at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Dear SDCBCers:
>        Good evening. Those with access to large or specialty libraries might
> want to go there and see if they've gotten their June 2008 issue of
> "Mechanical Engineering" yet. There's a short article (page 48 and 49)
> titled "Origami Cycle" about the Bike Friday Tikit commuter bike.
>        "Mechanical Engineering" is the monthly of the American Society of
> Mechanical Engineers, so they don't shy away from sentences like "The
> Tikit's light weight and rapid folding ability target the biggest
> problem with integrating bicycles into intermodal transportatiuon: what
> to do with the bike when you have to transfer onto a bus, train or
> airplane." That's the lead sentence of the third paragraph.
>        I chekced www.mechanicalengineering.org -- they're currently showing
> the May issue on the web site there.
>
> Robert Leone
>
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