http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/million_dollar_olympic_bicycle_so_specialised_no_ordinary_person_could_ride_it-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:35:38 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/million_dollar_olympic_bicycle_so_specialised_no_ordinary_person_could_ride_it-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7037 Dylan Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:37:06 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/06/million_dollar_olympic_bicycle_so_specialised_no_ordinary_person_could_ride_it-2.html#comment-7037 <p>For the record, all bikes for the velodrome are without brakes and gears. An added bonus is that if you stop pedalling you stop moving - really meaning that if you are moving you have to pedal. Add to this that every decent cyclist (including all Aussies) will be using custom made bikes shaped to fit their personal body shapes and there doesn't seem to be much new with this one.</p> For the record, all bikes for the velodrome are without brakes and gears. An added bonus is that if you stop pedalling you stop moving – really meaning that if you are moving you have to pedal. Add to this that every decent cyclist (including all Aussies) will be using custom made bikes shaped to fit their personal body shapes and there doesn’t seem to be much new with this one.

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