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I’m at the stage in my life where the possibility of having kids is quite real. It takes a lot of planning for me to get into “big projects” and kids are the biggest project of all. So I’ve put some thought into a few things like how to do groceries for a family and how to get places with a child in tow without owning a car. Though I’m still up in the air on whether to even have a child<\/em>, if the situation arose I have decided that I would buy a trike bike. But the only ones I ever see are the old-school models which old men ride around on collecting empty beer bottles.<\/p>\n

Well, I discovered this trike beauty called Trix<\/a> (photo above). It is made by a company called The Product Group<\/a>. It took first place at the 10th annual International Bicycle Design Competition in Taipei, Taiwan. It would be great to see people using these all over the city, or even courier companies and restaurants that do deliveries.<\/p>\n

Another innovation (completely unrelated to having a kid) is a hydrogen fuel cell unicycle called the Embrio One-Wheel Concept developed by Bombardier. While not human-powered, it is something that could be of personal use in dense urban centres. Obviously, we’d experience similar boundary-pushing incidents like we have for pocket bikes<\/a> and Segways<\/a>. But the most practical use of this contraption would be in the business world at large facilities, I would assume. But with gas prices hitting $1.10 a litre<\/a> who knows what our transportation future holds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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