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Fully automatic bike by Mercedes Benz

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Scape @ Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:27 pm

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Thematic-Device @ Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:47 pm

I think I'd go for a manual ferrari

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http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CC ... CT.ID=1852

although in honesty, I love my '02 Alpe D'Huez with Vredestein Fortezza tri comp Tires inflated to 145 PSI, its like riding on steel.

   



Regina @ Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:28 pm

Yup!

   



Blue_Nose @ Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:36 pm

I personally wouldn't buy a bike with a computer... does the computer control the automatic shifting, or is it mechanical?

   



Thematic-Device @ Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:01 pm

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:
I personally wouldn't buy a bike with a computer... does the computer control the automatic shifting, or is it mechanical?


there are ones with both if im reading this right (something to do with the speed your peddling at changes the gears) and this one does it electronically.

Then there the regular computers which merely tell you how fast you're going, for how long, and how far you've gone, and leave the rest up to you.

   



becks10 @ Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:41 am

an automatic pedal bike? 8O well i never...

I never thought mercedez or ferrari made pedal bikes :lol:

   



Thematic-Device @ Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:57 pm

becks10 becks10:
an automatic pedal bike? 8O well i never...

I never thought mercedez or ferrari made pedal bikes :lol:


I was surprised the first time too, but I guess since high end sports cars, use a lot of the same materials as bikes (carbon fiber/titanium and high quality steel/aluminum) its not that much of a transition for them.

   



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