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NuVinci in Germany

August 30, 2007 on 5:17 pm | In News, Events, Where to buy, Channel / Dealers | No Comments

I am very proud to announce that the NuVinci hub will be available on one of the oldest bike brands around. As of the next model year, the NuVinci hub will be found on the Raleigh Carlton bicycle in Germany. In fact we were their 10 days ago for their dealer show. Raleigh in Germany is part of Derby-Cycle, one of the biggest bicycle manufactures and marketeers in Europe. They are impressive. First of all their dealer days are huge. It is a seriously big event. In a way you could say that after Eurobike and IFMA it must be the third largest bicycle event in Germany. The organization, the food, the hospitality is second to none. We had two Raleigh NuVinci bikes on the test stand and one of the show stand.

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Eurobike

August 30, 2007 on 4:38 pm | In Events | No Comments

The summer is over (if it ever begun in Europe), people are back from their holidays, so it is time for Eurobike again. People love Eurobike and Friedrichshafen but this year the short comings in infrastructure were painfully obvious. Hotels are almost impossible to find. So everyone has to come and go by car to their hotel/. Traffic is at a standstill. Every year it is bad, but it never has been this bad. This morning it took us two hours to ride maybe 20 km tops. Parking lots are overflowing and some people had to walk 30 minutes to get to the show. Then

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The Human Engine & NuVinci: an experts view from SRM

August 7, 2007 on 12:38 pm | In Uncategorized, video | No Comments

As you might know, we are working hard on a video about what riders think about the NuVinci. We are especially interested what experts on the human engine have to say about always of being in the right gear. As anyone knows who has ever studied a car catalogue or magazine. Every motor spins at its most efficient at only one RPM. Same for our body. So we started with Ex Pro Joona Laukka who is in charge if the Cycling segment of Polar Heart rate monitors to explain this more. Last week we travelled to Germany to talk to Uli Schoberer. Uli founded SRM 20 years ago. SRM is now the ergo meter of choice for athletes the world over to measure their power output and find out the most efficient way to ride a bike. There are not many people who understand the ‘human engine’ more than Uli. So we are happy to have him ride an ATC NuVinci bike.