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Easter Sunday tech news round-up - featuring Ribble's Hover Bike and more

There seems to be a few new products launching today, for some reason ...
by Simon_MacMichael
Sun, Apr 01, 2018 10:15
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Unusually, given that it's a Sunday, we seem to have received a lot of press releases in the past few days that are embargoed until today. Perhaps it's something to do with Easter? Anyway, here's a round-up of products you may (or may not) be seeing in your local bike shop or online soon.

Ribble has launched a hover bike

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The company bills it as its answer to the e-bike. Register your interest here.

A new dating app aims to match cyclists with ... London black cab drivers

Outdoor clothing and equipment brand Alpkit is replacing its customer service staff with Automated Customer Service Heroes

Bkool's latest route takes cyclists to the moon

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 The company's chief route scientist, Luke Gold, said: “We are thrilled to be able to give riders a once in a lifetime journey. For all those looking to ‘fly to the moon and play among the stars’, the Bkool simulator is the answer.”

And one for you engineering types ... See.Sense has launched its Primo Encabulator

Here it is explained in layman's terms ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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ConcordeCX | 6 years ago
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They're all a bit limp because April Fools' Day is on the same date every year and they get too long to think about it. In the future the date will be generated at random by a global network of giant supercomputers, and announced in retrospect.

They've been trialling it for a couple of years, but still need to work out some bugs. For example, it announced two April Fools' Days for 2016, June 23rd and November 8th.

 

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BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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The fact there has already being a design (by czech engineers) from 6 years ago for an e-assist hover-bike makes this a pathetic attempt.

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There's already a production full electric hover-bike right now.

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Beecho replied to BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

There's already a production full electric hover-bike right now.

Do you have the evidence to back that up? yes

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hawkinspeter replied to Beecho | 6 years ago
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Beecho wrote:
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

There's already a production full electric hover-bike right now.

Do you have the evidence to back that up? yes

This is a bit old: https://www.wired.com/2013/06/flying-bike/

 

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Nick T | 6 years ago
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Santander launched the Aqua Bike hire today as well

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dreamy | 6 years ago
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All just a bit obvious. You need a Brexit angle to make these stories believable.

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handlebarcam | 6 years ago
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I would say someone at Ribble has poor Photoshopping skillz, but it looks more like they've been struggling to fully utilize the power of Microsoft Paint.

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