Bicycle Technologies
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eBikes
We look at the global e-biking boom, with electric bikes becoming a common sight on New Zealand's roads and bike trails. With Ted and Margaret Watson, Neil Pollett and Simon Kennett. Audio
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Vibrations on Mountain Bikes
Paul Macdermid is measuring the impacts of vibrations experienced by mountain bikers Audio
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Posties' eBikes
24 Aug 2013Posties could soon be zipping about on their rounds on electric bikes. With NZ Post cycle mechanic, Rod Bardsley. Audio
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Electric bikes in Europe
27 Oct 2012Europe is going crazy for e-bikes or electric bikes. Last year some 700,000 ebikes were sold in Western Europe alone. Peter Walker from the Guardian's been looking at the phenomenon. Audio
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Izhar Gafni
22 Oct 2012Israeli cycling enthusiast and inventor who has designed the world's first cardboard bicycle. Audio
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Cycling standing or sitting?
14 May 2011We hop on a hi-tech racing bike in a human performance sports lab with lecturer Phil Fink of Massey University. So what's the difference between pedalling a bike sitting down in the saddle versus… Audio
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Bicycles: Robert Penn
14 May 2011'It's all about the bike' for Robert Penn. Robert's a lifelong bike nut who's been assembling his dream ride and explores the history, design and culture of the bicycle in the process. Audio
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DIY Bikes
9 Dec 2010If you want something done right, do it yourself. Or in the case of Simon Courtney of Christchurch, if you want a custom made bicycle in less than four years, build it yourself. An avid cyclist, Simon… Audio
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One In Five: freedom on three wheels
31 Oct 2010Brooke Haverkort might be a teenager, but she's still riding a trike. It's keeping her mobile and making her the envy of her schoolmates. And it's all thanks to her trike designer dad, Chris. Now… Audio
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Electric bike world tour
19 Feb 2010Guim Valls, Spanish adventurer. Will this spanish eco-adventurer be the first person to circumnavigate the world by electric bike? Audio
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Gearing up
7 Mar 2009Ian Austen's looked at how a new automatic gearshift for bicycles is performing at the Tour of California. Audio
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Bicycle business
6 Dec 2008The invention of the bicycle and we speak to bamboo bike designer Craig Calfee. Audio
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On Your Bike
11 Oct 2008In Oakland, customised, pimped-out bicycles called "scraper bikes" are the latest craze. Audio
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Cardboard Bike
29 Jul 2008Design student and inventor Phil Bridge has developed the first cardboard bike. Audio
This Way Up host Simon Morton by the big bicycle sculpture in Taupo.
Photo galleries
- Bikes in Schools
- Cycling People & Places
- Todd Niall on the Otago Rail Trail
- Off The Beaten Track: Motu Cycle Trails
- Nights guest Alex Revell competing in a Cyclocross event in Belgium
- Bicycles in New Zealand's History