2006-11-03 04:09:38 · 22 answers · asked by KATHIE M 1 in Sports ➔ Cycling
1.Inventors: McEvoy; Paul (San Marcos, CA)
2. Inventors: Beard; Daniel John (Southampton, Hampshire, GB)
3. More results.
2006-11-03 04:58:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A-bike is a light-weight folding bicycle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair in the United Kingdom and released on July 12, 2006. It claims to be the world's lightest, at just 5.5kg (12 pounds) and folds down to 67x30x16cm (26x12x6") — so small it can fit into a ruck sack. The A-Bike was designed by a team at Sinclair Research Ltd over 5 years, and was originally announced in 2004. Earlier design concepts included a scissor-folding style bike which was called the X-Bike.
Before the A-Bike's introduction, folding bicycles, while popular and useful for many riders, have been essentially conventional bikes with hinging mechanisms and 16" wheels. Although they might fit in your car's trunk, or can be checked as baggage with the airlines, most still weigh as much as a lightweight conventional bike, so while the size was more convenient, they were not the breakthrough some makers claimed. Before the A-Bike, there have been a few other unique folding bike designs, such as the Strida, but even it weighs 22 pounds.
2006-11-03 12:28:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually it wasn't just one person. It was a group of people that invented it a a company called Giro Bikes. Giro a Private Partnership that was founded on December 7 2004. Hope this helps!
2006-11-03 13:20:31 · answer #3 · answered by dustjt90 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whoever the first guy with a bike and a light to ride it at night. It was probably a pretty easy discovery.
2006-11-03 12:39:51 · answer #4 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles Shinn
2006-11-03 12:51:25 · answer #5 · answered by lover 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An individual who got knocked down or fell down/off while riding their bike in the dusk/dark.
2006-11-03 12:51:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Edison.
2006-11-03 12:24:46 · answer #7 · answered by DavidNH 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some kid with a bike, a flashlight, and some black electrical tape.
2006-11-03 13:11:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone who liked to ride bike at night, then got runned over, then their kids thought about that so that no one else gets runned over at night again!!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-03 13:41:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone who cycled a lot in the dark and often fell after he / she bumped into things he / she could not see in the dark
2006-11-03 13:02:19 · answer #10 · answered by Manisha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋