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24 Year Old Student From London Creates a Foldable Bicycle

Posted August 06, 2009 8:14 AM

From Newlaunches.com:

Dominic Hargreaves, a 24 year old student from London has just designed an amazing bicycle that can be completely folded into its 26 inch circumference. This innovative design has earned this young achiever a nomination for this year's James Dyson Award for innovation, which may bag him a whopping £10,000 ($ 17000 approximately). Dominic came up with this idea when his bike collapsed and is now it touch with manufacturers to mass produce these foldable bike.

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Re: 24 Year Old Student From London Creates a Foldable Bicycle

08/09/2009 9:05 AM

I've seen a foldable bike here in the UAE, but it was made in Taiwan, it had tiny wheels, making it quite difficult to ride.

*this* one is cool. I look forward to owning one of these, soon.

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