Biking made easier
Posted on by Kolbe
For a lot of us biking to work sounds like a great way to save money, reduce your carbon footprint, and avoid a lot of pesky traffic. The problem for some of us though is that it also takes a lot of work. Well, a Boston based start up company called Superpedestrian started shipping a new product earlier this year that takes some of the work out of bike commuting. It’s called the Copenhagen Wheel, and it turns your human powered bike into a human/electric hybrid. The Copenhagen Wheel snaps onto a typical twenty-six inch bike wheel. The wheel is controlled with a simple smart phone app; it also learns about your pedaling style as you ride. When it senses that you are going down hill, it will help you brake and as doing such it will recharge itself and store some energy. Then, conversely, when it senses you’re going up hill, it will kick in that stored energy and assist you going up that hill taking some of the work off you and your legs. The accompanying app allows you to control how the added boost works, maybe you want a constant added push, or a boost just when going up hills, or maybe you want to stay at a constant speed without doing all the work yourself; the app will allow you to do that. So if you’ve considered biking but just think it’ll be too much on your legs, consider looking into the Copenhagen Wheel.