The Syfy Online NetworkSCI FI WireDVICEFidgit

We love technology. We want to know about it, write about it, and shake it till it breaks. Part of the Syfy Network, DVICE has a worldwide team of writers who constantly immerse themselves in the tech world, distilling the sometimes-excessive information out there to bring you only what you need to know.

Video
 

Related Sections: Outdoor  Vehicles

Pedal-powered snowplow is greener than most sit-down models

kev-on-plow_v2.JPG

Hate plowing snow? Love biking? This pedal-powered snowplow made from a lawnmower chasis and a shovel could be the solution for you. It's certainly not as easy to use as this Roomba-style plow, but then, the only power it uses is from your legs, making it easy on your electricity and gas bills.

On first glance, this contraption looks like it's one inch from falling apart. But its designer, Kevin Blake, is an engineer at bicycle-maker Trek. That means that it probably works and that if we're lucky we may see more of them in the future.

2 Wheels, via Bicycle Design

 
Send-A-Friend
(1) COMMENTS

topdeck:
Pedal-powered snowplow is greener, snowier than most sit-down models...More »


Comments

By topdeck at 1:12 AM ON 02/27/08

Pedal-powered snowplow is greener, snowier than most sit-down models


Leave a Comment


Type the characters you see in the picture above.

(Please be patient, it may take a moment for your comment to appear.)

Get the latest tech news
on your cellphone!
Text DVICE to 72434
DVICE on your iPhone
Follow DVICE on Twitter
Editor: Peter Pachal
editor@dvice.com
©2010, Syfy. All rights reserved.