Anybody who has seen Tron, knows the best thing about the movie, other than the graphics, is the “Light Cycle.” Owning a bike that looks that good would cost you a pretty penny, $55,000 to be exact. You would find the gasoline powered “Light cycle” over at Hammacher Shlemmer.
The Tron bike was presented last year, after the release of “Tron: Legacy”. The creation of a real life Light Cycle came from Parker Brothers Custom Chopper. And yes, they are street-legal. The next challenge, is to make an Eco-friendly “Light Cycle.”
Challenge completed. Parker Brothers has accomplished making an electric “Light Cycle”, which coincides with the movie design, better than the gasoline powered bike. Powered by lithium batteries and a 96-volt electric motor, this beautiful creation is able to get a top speed of 100 mph. It is not street-legal at this point in time, but Parker Brothers are doing what they can to achieve that status. They warn you that it will not be able to be used for heavy duty purposes.
With the release of Gears of War 3 just 8 days away, what better way to get pumped up for it, then seeing a bike dedicated to Gears of War. Paul Teutul Jr., also know as Paul Jr, and the people at PJD have built a bike to for epic games in celebration of their release of Gears of War 3. If you do not know who Paul Jr. is, he popularly know as on of the sons on the show American Choppers series.
The ‘Gears of War’ bike was revealed at Comic-Con 2011. Paul Jr Designs, known for the designs of the Anti-Venom Bike and the Cadillac Bike, designed the bike for Epic Games, with the inspiration from Gears of War 3. With big wheels in the back, COG rims, and a paint job to match the Gears of War Delta Squad armor.
This just one of the two bikes. Best Buy will be giving the second bike away in a sweepstakes, that will will be revealed during the launch party on Spetember 19. You can watch the bike being built on Discovery Channel’s American Chopper episode, which will air September 12, 2011.
In our last little story we made the cycle a bit safer. In this story not so much. But if you need to securly transport a single bottle of wine from point A to point oh eight then you can always get down with the bike wine rack, made of leather straps and whimsy. For $25.00 it isn’t that bad of an investment for any bike toting tipplers you know.
Any real rack would have multiple ports for port this is just a sling. Or a crutch if you so choose. Either way Jesse from oopsmark.ca did a fantastic design job here
Cycling as both a hobby and a way to get somewhere in a dense urban area have experienced a renaissance of late. Could it be gas prices? Could ti be a focus on greener healthy living, or is it just practicality winning out over a cramped environment and everything else is a side effect? How about all of the above. But none of that changes the fact that Bikes can be mighty expensive things.
And locking your bike up securely is a lot harder than you would think. Bike theives are notoriously determined and find a good many ingenious ways of making off with your ride. Enter Kickstarter with yet another awesome concept.
John Loughlin has designed a unique looking bike lock, called the TiGr made from Titanium, this lightweight bow like lock is resistant to bolt cutters and extremely had to saw through. Bike theft is a crime of opportunity, and is often done quickly. The longer you can keep the would be thief around trying to get at your bike the less likely it is to be stolen.
If it gets funded then the people involved will have 3rd party testing done of the security of the device. I like the concept. if the lock itself is made of steel i would think that would be the point of attack then, and the crooks would just take your lock too, since Titantium can’t be cheap!
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Anybody who has seen Tron, knows the best thing about the movie, other than the graphics, is the “Light Cycle.” Owning a bike that looks that good would cost you a pretty penny, $55,000 to be exact. You would find the gasoline powered “Light cycle” over at Hammacher Shlemmer.
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