So...You missed your opportunity to ride Gunter Mai's 2.96 kilogram Lightbike. You hadn't heard about it. Or you did, but couldn't find his website. Or you did, but can't read German. Or you couldn't afford it. (I didn't ask. You know what they say: If you have to ask, you can't afford it.) Or you had some other commitment.
Well, don't feel bad. You didn't miss your opportunity to ride the world's lightest bike after all. As we speak, a new, revolutionary velocipedic machine is being made from the lightest material known to humankind.
How light is it? Try 100 times lighter than Styrofoam (you know, that stuff in your helmet). And it's stronger than carbon-fiber, beryllium or any other metal that's every been used to make a bike or part on which you've spent your hard-earned money.
What is that wonder metal?, you ask. It's a nickel-phosphorus alloy. Even more important, though, it's drawn into tubes one-hundreth the breadth of a human hair and woven into a latticework that can withstand enormous stresses.
No one has said when a bike made from this material will be ready to ride, but here is a prototype.
To learn more about it, click here.
Well, don't feel bad. You didn't miss your opportunity to ride the world's lightest bike after all. As we speak, a new, revolutionary velocipedic machine is being made from the lightest material known to humankind.
How light is it? Try 100 times lighter than Styrofoam (you know, that stuff in your helmet). And it's stronger than carbon-fiber, beryllium or any other metal that's every been used to make a bike or part on which you've spent your hard-earned money.
What is that wonder metal?, you ask. It's a nickel-phosphorus alloy. Even more important, though, it's drawn into tubes one-hundreth the breadth of a human hair and woven into a latticework that can withstand enormous stresses.
No one has said when a bike made from this material will be ready to ride, but here is a prototype.
To learn more about it, click here.
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