June 9, 2008

Training For A Cycling Event? You Need One of These...

A new bike, made by cycle maker Koga Miyata, has been built for Dutch track cyclist Theo Bos in hopes he brings home the gold medal from the Beijing Olympics. Bos just missed the gold middle in the Athens Olympics 4 years ago.

It took 3 1/2 years to develop this bike, which reportedly had an initial budget of $100,000. The final product cost a million dollars and comes without a brake, gears or lights. The bike, called "Kimera", reportedly has the lowest air resistance of any bike in the world.

After the Olympics, Koga plans to produce the bike (or a similar version) for the mass market, at a price of about 10,000 euros. I will start training for a triathlon as soon as I get one of these bikes :) Start saving your spare change and you too could be riding one of these in your next event ... if they dont get banned by then :)

Note: This video may look like it doesnt work, but seems to take a minute to load. If you want to check out this sweet bike, wait a sec to see the video :)

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