Belt-driven bicycle with a compact design that, like STRiDA, featured a belt drive. Other folding-bike manufacturers that have implemented a belt drive include U.S. company Bike Friday and Netherlands-based Bernds. In 2007, Gates Corporation developed a high-modulus synchronous belt and sprocket system called the Carbon Drive System. The belt’s pitch allowed for lower tension requirements to help prevent skipping. Lightweight, patent-pending sprockets have mud ports, openings under each tooth, which work to slough off debris. In 2009, an increasing number of bicycle companies, including Trek and "f"8 Cycles, offered belt-driven bicycles. While builders initially focused on single-speeds and internal hubs, in early
Extreme Risk (Star Trek: Voyager) Extreme Risk (Star Trek: Voyager) "Extreme Risk" is the 97th episode of the science fiction television series "", the third episode of the . A probe launched by the Federation starship "Voyager" is stuck in the atmosphere of a gas giant planet; because of the value of the resources it has collected, the crew attempts to come up with solutions to recover the probe. Lt. Tom Paris presents the designs for a specialized shuttlecraft, the "Delta Flyer", that he has been designing over the past few months that would be able to withstand the gas giant's atmosphere. The rest of