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									<strong>It's a bicycle...it's a motorcycle...it's a revolution.</strong>
									<div style="padding: 2px;">Go faster, farther, and steeper than ever before with PiCycle’s™ new hybrid belt drive. Meld human and electric energy to seamlessly create an unmatched experience.</div>
<span style="text-align: right;"><p><em><a href="http://picycle.com/hybrid-drive">Discover more...</a></em></p></span>
									
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									<strong>A design that's totally tubular</strong>
									<div style="padding: 2px;">With all the electronics inside the tube the components stay weatherproof, allow the battery to stay cool, and optimize your handling.</div>
<span style="text-align: right;"><p><em><a href="http://picycle.com/design">Discover more...</a></em></p></span>
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									<strong>Superpower at the flick of your fingertip</strong>
									<div style="padding: 2px;">Turn A to B into 0 to WHEE. With PiCycle&trade;'s powerful battery, you have the equivalent to several professional cyclists helping you pedal. Don't break a sweat, and have more fun than ever as you casually pass full-spandex clad cyclists on their left.</div>
<span style="text-align: right;"><p><em><a href="http://picycle.com/hybrid-drive#superpower">Discover more...</a></em></p></span>
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									<strong>There's even an app for that</strong>
									<div style="padding: 2px;">An integrated app that runs on any smartphone gives you an intuitive readout of the speed, charge level and efficiency. Also, it pushes data to the cloud and provides remote diagnostics so we can alert you if your bike needs maintenance.</div>
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									<strong>Give back to the battery pack</strong>
									<div style="padding: 2px;">With the push of a button power flows back to the battery pack and charges the bike. This extends your range, lets you recover downhill energy, and gives you grid independence.</div>
<span style="text-align: right;"><p><em><a href="http://picycle.com/electronics#regen">Discover more...</a></em></p></span>
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									<strong>Charge anytime, anywhere</strong>
									<div style="padding: 2px;">E-bike infrastructure is already in every house and outlet around the world. Simply plug into any standard wall outlet, whether in public, in a café, or at home.</div><span style="text-align: right;"><p><em><a href="http://picycle.com/electronics#charge">Discover more...</a></em></p></span>
									
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									<strong>Miles Per Penny is the new M.P.G.</strong>
									<div style="padding: 2px;">Liberate yourself from the wallet draining cost of oil and instead power your pocketbook.</div>
									<span style="text-align: right;"><p><em><a href="http://picycle.com/wealth/">Discover more...</a></em></p></span>
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										<strong>Cooler wheels for a warmer planet</strong>
										<div style="padding: 2px;">PiCycle™ is designed and manufactured with the highest of lifecycle and sustainability standards.</div>
										<span style="text-align: right;"><p><em><a href="http://picycle.com/sustainability/">Discover more...</a></em></p></span>
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