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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Varanasi-Brodie-2010-111-copy.jpg30082000We've written before about the wonders of bike technology. So, you may already know that the bicycle is the most energy-efficient form of travel ever devised. Bikes are pretty good work horses too, though we don't use them as such in North America to the extent others do around the world. Or at least not yet!