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																		Vanhawks 
																		beefs up 
																		team 
																		with top 
																		industrial 
																		designer 
																		and 
																		revolutionary 
																		technology
 
 By Gui 
																		Pierri/Tech 
																		Writer
 Tell Us 
																		USA
 
 DETROIT 
																		(Tell Us 
																		USA) - 
																		Vanhawks 
																		is the 
																		industry's 
																		first 
																		smart 
																		carbon 
																		fiber 
																		bicycle 
																		built 
																		for 
																		commuters 
																		with 
																		safety, 
																		comfort, 
																		and 
																		connectivity 
																		in mind.
 
 The 
																		Valour 
																		is 
																		connected 
																		to iDS, 
																		Android 
																		and 
																		Pebble 
																		through 
																		Bluetooth 
																		and 
																		tracks 
																		rider 
																		statistics 
																		in 
																		real-time 
																		including 
																		the 
																		route, 
																		distance, 
																		speed, 
																		and 
																		time. 
																		Valour's 
																		LED 
																		handlebar 
																		indicators 
																		are 
																		connected 
																		to the 
																		smartphone's 
																		GPS 
																		navigation 
																		and give 
																		riders 
																		turn-by-turn 
																		directions, 
																		reducing 
																		the 
																		distraction 
																		of 
																		having 
																		to look 
																		at a 
																		smartphone 
																		screen. 
																		The 
																		Valour 
																		also 
																		includes, 
																		the 
																		industry's 
																		first 
																		sensor-driven 
																		blind 
																		spot 
																		detector, 
																		which 
																		alerts 
																		the 
																		rider of 
																		any 
																		object 
																		in their 
																		blind 
																		spot 
																		through 
																		haptic 
																		feedback 
																		in the 
																		handle 
																		bar 
																		grips.
 
 And now, 
																		Vanhawks 
																		brings 
																		on Mark 
																		Remennik 
																		as Chief 
																		of 
																		Design. 
																		Mark has 
																		over 6 
																		years of 
																		experience 
																		working 
																		on 
																		groundbreaking 
																		industry 
																		innovations 
																		at 
																		Cervelo. 
																		He plans 
																		to work 
																		with the 
																		team to 
																		bring 
																		cutting 
																		edge 
																		designs 
																		for the 
																		future 
																		of urban 
																		transportation. 
																		Mark has 
																		helped 
																		design 
																		some of 
																		the 
																		worlds 
																		most 
																		advanced 
																		bicycles 
																		at 
																		Cervelo 
																		Cycles. 
																		As the 
																		sole 
																		Industrial 
																		Designer 
																		at 
																		Cervelo, 
																		his role 
																		was to 
																		combine 
																		Aerodynamic, 
																		Composite 
																		and 
																		Structural 
																		Engineers' 
																		R&D work 
																		into 
																		beautiful, 
																		user 
																		centric 
																		consumer 
																		products.
 
 
  
 The 
																		commute 
																		is 
																		difficult, 
																		and 
																		Valour 
																		is 
																		carefully 
																		constructed 
																		to 
																		combat 
																		even the 
																		most 
																		strenuous 
																		ride. 
																		The 
																		bicycle 
																		is 
																		crafted 
																		to 
																		prioritize 
																		human 
																		ergonomics 
																		and is 
																		designed 
																		to 
																		relieve 
																		pressure 
																		on your 
																		back 
																		muscles, 
																		spine 
																		and 
																		buttocks, 
																		without 
																		compromising 
																		the 
																		frame's 
																		strength.
 
 “Our 
																		cities 
																		are 
																		growing 
																		faster 
																		and 
																		faster, 
																		we need 
																		to solve 
																		the 
																		inevitable 
																		phenomenon 
																		of urban 
																		congestion. 
																		Vanhawks 
																		is at 
																		the 
																		forefront 
																		of 
																		tackling 
																		these 
																		problems 
																		with 
																		innovative 
																		products” 
																		said 
																		Sohaib 
																		Zahid, 
																		CEO and 
																		co-founder 
																		of 
																		Vanhawks. 
																		“Mark 
																		not only 
																		brings 
																		an 
																		in-depth 
																		understanding 
																		of the 
																		industry, 
																		but an 
																		impressive 
																		portfolio 
																		of 
																		products.
 
 
 
 “The 
																		Vanhawks 
																		Valour 
																		represents 
																		a new 
																		era of 
																		urban 
																		transportation, 
																		solving 
																		some of 
																		the 
																		fundamental 
																		problems 
																		of 
																		getting 
																		from 
																		point A 
																		to B in 
																		urban 
																		centers.” 
																		said 
																		Mark. “I 
																		think 
																		this is 
																		well 
																		represented 
																		in the 
																		incredible 
																		response 
																		the 
																		Kickstarter 
																		campaign 
																		received. 
																		The 
																		Valour 
																		seamlessly 
																		marries 
																		innovations 
																		in the 
																		traditional 
																		design 
																		elements 
																		of the 
																		bicycle 
																		with 
																		groundbreaking 
																		connected 
																		features. 
																		Clearly 
																		the 
																		project 
																		has 
																		captured 
																		the 
																		imagination 
																		of our 
																		backers 
																		as they 
																		were 
																		willing 
																		to put 
																		down 
																		more 
																		than 
																		$1000 to 
																		help 
																		make it 
																		a 
																		reality.”
 
 Valour 
																		is 
																		available 
																		for 
																		pre-order 
																		for 
																		$1249 
																		for 
																		single 
																		speed 
																		and 
																		$1499 
																		for 
																		multi-speed 
																		at
																		
																		www.vanhawks.com
 
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