Chain-less Bicycle

Tempo

Performance Hybrid Bike 
$849.00 SALE $809.00

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The Tempo is designed with more sporty riding in mind. This bike offers the perfect blend of performance and versatility for commuting and recreational riding and touring. The Tempo combines Shimano's Nexus 8-speed Premium gearing (identifiable by its red stripe) with an RST CT-Free front suspension fork with 75mm of travel to provide an incredibly smooth, quiet and thoroughly enjoyable ride. 

This hybrid bike is a combination road bike and off-road bike. Built on a 700C road bike frame, this bike offers 3 inches of travel on the RST front suspension fork, 1" rise handlebars for control and safety, 1 1/4" tires for smoother, quicker rides, and Shimano's Inter-8 gearing to deliver a smooth, enjoyable, worry-free ride. The Tempo's 8-speeds are controlled using Shimano's Rapid Fire Shifter, offering fast and precise transitions thorugh a versatile range of gearing (30-92 gear inches) for tackling hills as well as cruising at fast speeds. The RST front fork also offers a lock-out feature for times when you want a stiffer feel from the front fork. Most of all, with its fully enclosed shaft drive and internal gearing, there is no grease to get on your hands or clothes and no derailleurs or sprockets to clean and maintain. This is why the Tempo is a perfect bike for all-weather commuting or just getting away from it all for a while. In short, this bike is designed for years of fun-filled worry-free riding, without the maintenance and greasy mess of chains and derailleurs. 

Tempo is the perfect choice for someone who wants the comfort and convenience of a h

Google Expands Its Wiki Approach to Map Making (India Edition)

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by Erick Schonfeld on August 27, 2008 at TechCrunch

When it comes to the availability of good mapping data, not all parts of the world are created equal. That's why Google is taking a wiki approach to filling out the white spaces on its maps, particularly in developing nations. Back in June, it launched Map Maker for a small group of island nations where there isn't great existing cartography data. But now it's added India to the countries that can be modified on Google Maps. As Google gains more experience with this experiment, more countries may be added in the future. Although it is starting in regions that have poor map data, hopefully it will figure out a way to add this capability for every region of the world. (Even in the U.S., which is not yet editable in this fashion, Google Maps is not perfect).

Map Maker lets anyone add or edit roads, points of interests, and other features on Google Maps. You can mark tourist destinations (like the Taj Mahal), restaurants, factories, helipads, even shrubbery. There is a drop-down list of dozens of feature types to choose from for consistent tagging and easy searchability. Map Maker also lets you define particular regions and neighborhoods by drawing or tracing them using the satellite imagery as your guide. UnlikeGoogle My Maps, any changes to Map Maker are automatically added to Google Maps for everyone to see (although Google reserves the right to moderate contributions).

Here is a video from Google India explaining the service and a list of the 57 countries that can now be edited in Map Maker (image below) .