14 DAY TRIAL // If we're going to be honest here, we have to admit that bicycles are pretty much the greenest means of transportation ever. They are as silent as it gets, and they don't produce any emissions.
Still, the way folks with the Bambootec consortium in the Mexican state of Yucatán see things, there is one way to make bicycles even more environmentally friendly than they have been for decades now.
Not to beat about the bush, these brainiacs have designed and built a bamboo bicycle that doubles as an energy generator and that makes it possible for folks to recharge gadgets simply by pedaling.
Thus, this bicycle, featured in the photos accompanying this article, harvests the kinetic energy produced when pedaling and converts it to electricity, Alpha Galileo explains.
This electricity can serve to recharge mobile devices, power a smartphone's external battery, and even keep a navigation dashboard that measures the time and distance of the ride operational.
It is understood that the greenheads who designed and made this bike chose to work with bamboo in an attempt to make the bicycle lighter and less prone to heat while at the same time increasing resistance.
The bicycles makers say that their invention can easily support a weight of 120 kilograms (about 265 pounds) and that it produces over 10 volts of energy.
The bad news is that the innovative two-wheeler is not yet available for purchase. On the bright side, word has it that the folks behind Bambootec are now gearing up to begin mass production of their bamboo bicycle.
Fear not, the moment the Yucatán-based Bambootec consortium starts actually marketing such environmentally friendly bicycles, you will learn about it here.
