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gizmag.com - 3/10/2009
The world’s most advanced bicycle to be unveiled
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March 7, 2009 We first reported on the high performance bicycle being created and built by F1 engineering specialists, BERU f1systems in December. Now we can disclose the bike will be fully revealed next week at the launch of the U.K. Science Museum’s free exhibition “ Fast Forward: 20 ways F1 ...

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This Is the World's Most Advanced Bike and it Has an On-Board Computer [Bikes]
Gizmodo — BERU's Factor 001 is scheduled to be unveiled next week in the UK, and purportedly has GPS, motorsport-grade sensors and a radio transmitter, which all go back to an on-board computer. Gizmag says the Factor 001 can collect various bits of info, such as ergonometric, biometric, physical force and environmental data, then take all that and analyze it in ways to help the rider's performance. BERU normally works on F1 components, so the bike was designed entirely in-house by F1 engineers using F1-grade materials. The bike weighs under 7kg, and ...

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