Poor Leonardo da Vinci. In the 1500s, hardly anybody ponied up the ducats so he could test out his inventions. And yet if he were around today, he’d have a corner office at Apple.
It's no surprise that two-wheel types are frothing over The Ride by Ellsworth, a revolution in bicycles that ditches the standard chain and derailleur setup for a transmission built of separately rotating spheres, based on one of da Vinci’s engineering doodles.
The result? Faster acceleration, easier climbs, no herky-jerky gear-switching -- basically, the smoothest ride of your life.
written on Monday May 7, 2007
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