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While folding electric scooters are now a common sight, most of the things still have fully rigid frames that just bang over obstacles on the road. The Splach e-scooter is different, though, in that it incorporates front and rear coil-sprung suspension… Continue reading Smooth-riding e-scooter features full suspension system
Yes, that’s a Kawasaki KX450F with a Hossack-style front end supporting a set of regular telescopic forks. Australian motorcycle suspension tuner Laurie “Suspension” Smith has created this confronting-looking jigger, claiming it makes for a better ride… Continue reading Aussie suspension guru builds hybrid double-sprung dirtbike front end
Although most mountain bikes now feature suspension forks (and often rear shocks), road bikes are typically – but not always – still fully rigid. That said, a few devices have been created to help them soak up unwanted road vibrations. Here are a few w… Continue reading 5 bicycle components designed to smooth out rough rides
In addition to driving home the need for Steadicam or Optical Image Stabilization, this eighty-year-old video illustrates some elegant solutions the automotive industry developed in their suspension systems. Specifically, this Chevrolet video from 1938 is aimed at an audience that values science and therefore the reel boils down the problem …read more
Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Automotive Suspension is All About Waves
As a budding automotive enthusiast, you finally took the plunge and scored yourself a sweet project car. After going through it from top to toe, you’ve done your basic maintenance and it’s now running like a top. Now you’re getting comfortable, you’ve set your sights on turning your humble ride …read more
400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook’s audit, it says. Continue reading Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps
If your interest lies with robotics there are a multitude of different platforms for you to build. [Teemu Laurila] was frustrated with what was on offer, so designed his own with four-wheel double wishbone suspension and mecanum wheels for maximum flexibility.
It’s a design that has been through multiple revisions …read more
Continue reading A 3D-Printable Mecanum Wheeled Robot Platform
Electric bikes may be taking the world by storm, but the world itself doesn’t have a single way of regulating ebikes’ use on public roads. Whether or not your ebike is legal to ride on the street or sidewalk where you live depends mostly on… where you live. If you’re …read more
Continue reading Russian eBike Goes Everywhere, Possibly Legal
Autonomous mobility pods of the future could gain themselves exceptional tight-space maneuvering capabilities if Protean’s 360-degree integrated wheel systems come to fruition. Each one packs steering, suspension, motors and pneumatic ride-height adjustment into a single unit.
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Continue Reading Protean’s all-in-one drive, suspension and steering modules spin 360 degrees
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Continue reading Protean's all-in-one drive, suspension and steering modules spin 360 degrees
“Gravel bikes” are becoming increasingly popular, as they combine some of the toughness of mountain bikes with the speed of road bikes. Given that they travel on dirt trails and unpaved roads, though, some suspension might be good – and that’s what Cannondale’s new Topstone Carbon offers, in a novel fashion.
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Continue Reading Cannondale’s new gravel bike features unique rear suspension
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Continue reading Cannondale's new gravel bike features unique rear suspension