The 2009 Zero X is so green that you can eat its battery. Luckily its performance is more appetizing; it’s the fastest electric dirt bike ever.
We teamed up with Fast Company, where you can read about the business and technology behind the bike, and Hell For Leather, for this review.Like the Quantya Strada Wes and I rode around his loft, the Zero X is powered by a Lithium Ion Battery. While they share a few common specs, the X is actually a very different bike. For starters, at 151 lb., the X is 44 lb. lighter, makes 23 HP with 50 lb-ft of torque (twice that of the Quantya) and does 0-to-30 in less than 2 seconds. That’s performance more akin to a 250cc two-stroke, but without the clouds of burnt Castrol R.Â
It’s pure power to weight. The 18 lb chassis uses thin-walled aluminum construction standard in auto-manufacturing, making it so light I can pick it up with my fingertips…Â More info
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According to the Sacramento police, Lance Armstrong’s stolen time-trial bike was returned to the police station today by an unnamed person whose name was not being released because of an ongoing investigation.
On Saturday night or early Sunday morning, Armstrong’s Astana team reported four bikes stolen from a Ryder truck including Armstrong’s time-trial bike and …Â More info
Not much in the way of news today, so I’ll be wasting some of your good old time with a very far-fetched idea of mine. During my years of schooling, I learned that archaic humans had started evolving from the great apes around 400,000 years ago. (I guess now is also where I should say that if you’re a creationist, don’t take this too seriously.)
The general idea belief among human evolution is that humans split off as a distinct species from other primates and evolved into what we are today. Upright, bipedal, bigger brained with less body hair and all that jazz. And according to many, humans are still evolving (only we don’t notice it because it’s not an overnight process. But think about it, how many of us actually need an appendix or our tailbone? If we follow the course of evolution, and if humanity lasts long enough, we eventually won’t have those anymore. At least that’s what the Internet says, and everything I read on the Internet is true…)
Unfortunately, BMX bikes weren’t readily available when Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus were walking the Earth, so the needs of the modern day BMXer were not throughly addressed when our ancestors made the decision to evolve into humans. As a result, our bodies aren’t designed correctly for the rigors of BMX. I’ll begin with the shins…. More info
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