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Old 08-05-10, 02:27 PM
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Time for a change.
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Powered pedals.

All the talk about one of the Pro teams earlier this year cheating by using power assistance may not be that far off.

It seems that there are people around that would like to make cycling easier. One of those is a local resident to me- that has developed a pedal that is power assisted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10858682

Still in the development stage but if you want to keep up with the 20 year olds or the wife up the hills- you may soon be able to
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Should move this to the electric bicycle forum.
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This guy helped develop the spaghetti trees didn't he?

Somehow I am missing somthing. Where is the motor? Where is the storage for the generated power?
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