This is a bit of a stretch for bike technology, but Tempra Tech has come up with a self cooling can. The can can lower the temperature of a beverage instantly by 30 degrees F. Hmmm, maybe they can make waterbottles that instantly freeze… Original link via Gizmodo Tempra Tech Press Release
Posts Tagged: Cycling Tech
Sheryl Crow in tune with Dell for new promos
Could be trouble in paradise as Sheryl Crow signs a deal to promote Dell products which use Intel chips. Meanwhile, Armstrong’s Discovery team are sponsored by AMD, and Lance has his own HP AMD powered Livestrong Notebook computer. Sheryl Crow in tune with Dell for new promos – Yahoo! News
SRM Monitors on Tour Bikes
The latest tech talk article on Velonews talks about the little seat bags that are on some of the riders bikes. No they aren’t going back to being self supported, but these bags have transmitters that send back data from the the SRM monitors. When I asked Schoberer about Voigt’s information from stage 9 (when… Read more »
Gerolsteiner TTT Handlebars 2
Poking around the Velonews site, I finally found a close-up of the odd Gerolsteiner bars that were used during the Team Time Trial. The elbow pads are 30cm apart! Even more unique is that the extensions and the drops on those bars are one in the same; it is essentially a narrow, flat base bar… Read more »
DIGITALKITCHEN
Check out the portfolio of the company that created the opening montage of OLN’s coverage of the Tour. ::DIGITALKITCHEN2005:: Seems like DK has made many of the coolest commercials on TV. Most of them have a vectorized quality to them. It is like bringing a Flash animation to television.
Eurostyle Report: White Shoes
Looking at Tour de France stage 6 we can see some major examples of Euro style. Here are some pics from Velonews that show some riders wearing white shoes. Megnin is wearing socks over his shoes, but shows Euro style by wearing all white (even though it is raining) and riding an almost all-black carbon… Read more »
2005 Tour de France with Google Earth
I don’t have Google Earth yet (they stopped downloads temporarily), but folks have been mapping the Tour De France and the results are really cool. Check out the link below. Harry Love: UW Staff Member » Blog Archive » 2005 Tour de France with Google Earth
Electric Unicycle : Gizmodo
For those of you that don’t want to spin cranks or ride on two wheels you can find out how to make your own Electric Unicycle! Electric Unicycle : Gizmodo
Road to the Tour
If you watched “Chasing Lance” or the “Lance Chronicles” you saw Scott Daubert as the Trek liason that worked with Lance and the rest of the team on their TT bikes. Here he writes about the experience. trekbikes.com: Road to the Tour Plus, here is a link to Trek’s “Bike of the Tour” http://www2.trekbikes.com/flash_features/bot/index_eng.html
Fixie on the radio
OK, time for a shift in topic for just a bit. I love this fixed gear bike. I noticed it on Flickr and now I see that there is a radio interview with the photographer about fixed gear bikes. Fixie and me on the radio on Flickr – Photo Sharing!