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NuVinci Spirit, originally uploaded by cycleologist.

So I finally built up my NuVinci demo bike – it’s the Continuously-Variable hub on a HPVelotechnik Spirit. It’s an interesting bike to ride – normally, you ride in a gear, then change gear to make things harder or easier, but with the NuVinci I found myself adjusting it almost continuously. It’s very smooth and seems very efficient – no noise from the hub at all…

London mayor Ken Livingstone is thinking about setting up a bike fleet scheme similar to Paris’ very successful one, according to the Guardian…