Simply sensational: A tricycle that morphs into a bicycle — on the fly!![14curr_slide2 14curr_slide2](http://www.bookofjoe.com/images/14curr_slide2.jpg)
Talk about original: American designers Scott Shim, Ryan Lightbody and Matt Grossman last month won the grand prize in a bicycle design competition held by the Taiwanese government. Their Shift bicycle (above and below) is a children's training bike with paired back wheels that splay when the bike is at rest. When the bike is moving an articulating hub draws the wheels inward to mimic a single wheel and "make the aesthetics cool," said Shim in Bradford McKee's short piece on the bike that appeared in yesterday's New York Times. ![Shift Shift](http://www.bookofjoe.com/images/shift.gif)
Waycool. |