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05-02-05, 05:26 AM
Check out this new trike/bike invented at Purdue University:
http://www.livescience.com/technology/050429_bike_trainer.html
http://www.livescience.com/images/050429_shift_pic_02.jpg
It's a new concept that starts out as a trike at low speeds, then as the child speeds up and gains some balance, morphs into a bike. It does so by folding the rear wheels inward at the bottom, making the bike behave more like a two-wheeler. You probably won't be able to buy it just yet, though; they haven't signed up any manufacturers yet.
http://www.livescience.com/technology/050429_bike_trainer.html
http://www.livescience.com/images/050429_shift_pic_02.jpg
It's a new concept that starts out as a trike at low speeds, then as the child speeds up and gains some balance, morphs into a bike. It does so by folding the rear wheels inward at the bottom, making the bike behave more like a two-wheeler. You probably won't be able to buy it just yet, though; they haven't signed up any manufacturers yet.