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treehugger.com - 11/20/2009
Move Like a Cheetah with this Incredible Human Powered Vehicle [Photos]
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Is it a tricycle? Is it a weird bike? It's neither. Called Pardo, as an abbreviation of the word guepardo (which is cheetah in Spanish), this human powered vehicle seeks to imitate the movement and feeling of the animal. See how it works and more pics in the extended.... Read the full story ...

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Mountain Bike Like a Cheetah
Mountain Bike 4 U — ... bike wheels and tires while the rear wheel is a smaller knobby wheel. While there isn’t a traditional suspension system in place, the curved plywood (?) looks like it should flex and soak up some of the inevitable chest hits. The Pardo is also foldable so it doesn’t take up too much space in the trunk on your way out to the trail. Even without brakes or gears this thing looks pretty awesome - sign me up for one when (if) they go into production! Images and info via treehugger.com. Check out the link for more pics. Related ...

The Cheetah: Making Recumbent Bicycles Cool (and Scary)
Bike Rumor — ... It even folds up for easy storage. Why a cheetah? Says the designer: “Parting with the fascination us human beings have with nature and our eagerness for imitating it, I began to study the cheetah and its habits during hunt. From then on I wanted to know what the cheetah feels on the hunt process and wanted to try to transmit that through my design.” More on Treehugger.com , via ...

Sexual locomotion
Cyclelicious — You lay down on this Argentine-designed Cheetah trike and make humping motions to make it go. More at Treehugger. Video of Pablo Lopez's "Pardo" device in action might be fun to watch. ...

Hens and Chickens
Bicycle Design — ... TreeHugger mentioned the Pardo, a prone position human powered machine of some sort. I am not sure I want to trade my bicycles in for one of these, but it does look like it would be fun to try out. ...

Hen and Chickens
Bicycle Design — ... TreeHugger mentioned the Pardo, a prone position human powered machine of some sort. I am not sure I want to trade my bicycles in for one of these, but it does look like it would be fun to try out. ...

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recumbentblog.com 11/18/2009 — This is a Argentinian “Pardo”…an abbreviation of the word guepardo (which is cheetah in Spanish). Given the way it is pedalled (rather more like rowed) in an inverted recumbent position, I’m thinking this is another niche within a niche product. Confused… ...