The Zike , or SinclairZike , was a light weight electric bicycle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair and marketed by his company Sinclair Research Ltd in 1992. It was a commercial failure, selling only 2,000 units while originally intended to be produced at the rate of 10,000 a month. It was ended six months after introduction. ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi magazine 3135411.stm title Faces of the week Clive Sinclair publisher BBC work BBC News Online date 2003 08 08 ref ref cite news title Remember the C5? The Zike? url http technology.timesonline.co.uk tol news tech and web personal tech article1072794.ece accessdate 15 December 2010 newspaper The Times date July 13, 2006 ref References reflist External links http www.nvg.ntnu.no sinclair vehicles zike.htm Planet SinclairZike Technology stub Category 1992 introductions Category Sinclair Research ... more details
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wikify date August 2011 Zike is a company that produces a line of scooter hybrids. The company, based in Greenville, SC, was founded by inventor and CEO Nathan Scolari. ref name discovery Rogell, Eric. The Zike Saber is a Mashup of a Scooter, Bicycle and Stair Stepper Discovery Channel Blog. 8 8 2011. http wordpress.discovery.com dsc gear gadgets the zike saber is a mashup of a scooter bicycle and stair stepper.html ref ref name morethanbike Davis, Angelica. Zikes They re more than just a bike Greenville News. 10 30 2010. http www.facebook.com note.php?note id 162469627120475&comments ref There are four initial models Flyby, Hotshot, Slingshot, and Saber available. ref name discovery ref name parentdish AOL ParentDish. Hot New Toys for 2011. 2 18 2011. http www.parentdish.com 2011 02 18 hot toys 2011 ref Fox Business News called Zike one of 10 Tech Free Toys Your Kids Will Love , ref name foxbusiness Fox Business News. 10 Tech Free Toys Your Kids Will Love. 2 17 2010. http www.foxbusiness.com slideshow personal finance 2011 02 17 10 tech free toys kids love ixzz1Uk5rYUXI ref and Zike has been featured on The View. ref name gvillebusiness Daniels, Katrina. Emerging Companies Zike Scooters. Greenville Business Magazine. July 2011. http www.ipubviewer.com publication ?i 73900&p 66 ref References See http en.wikipedia.org wiki Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links Zike Official Site http www.zike.net Davis, Angelica. Zikes They re More Than Just a Bike. Greenville News. 10 30 2010. http ... free toys kids love ixzz1Uk5rYUXI Daniels, Katrina. Emerging Companies Zike Scooters. Greenville Business Magazine. July 2011. http www.ipubviewer.com publication ?i 73900&p 66 Rogell, Eric. The Zike ... dsc gear gadgets the zike saber is a mashup of a scooter bicycle and stair stepper.html Zike A New Cycle With Greenville Ties http www.wyff4.com video 25050795 detail.html Brandon ... more details
Sinclair may refer to Places Lake Sinclair , near Milledgeville, Georgia Sinclair, Iowa Sinclair, Wyoming Sinclair Mills, British Columbia Sinclair Township, Minnesota People Sinclair surname , list of people with this surname Clan Sinclair , Scottish family Clive Sinclair , electronics pioneer Lord Sinclair , a title in the Peerage of Scotland Sinclair Lewis , Nobel Prize winning American writer Upton Sinclair , Pulitzer Prize winning American writer Companies Sinclair Broadcast Group , operator of American television stations Sinclair Oil Corporation Sinclair Oil , American petroleum company Sinclair Radionics Ltd, British electronics company founded in 1961 Sinclair Research Ltd, British consumer electronics company founded in 1973 Schools Sinclair High School , Uddevalla, Sweden Sinclair Community College , Dayton, Ohio, U.S. Sinclair Secondary School , Ontario, Canada Highways Sinclair Freeway Interstate 680 California Interstate 680 Ships USS Sinclair USS Sinclair a United States Navy destroyer named for Captain Arthur Sinclair Fictitious characters Augustus Sinclair , a fictional character in the 2010 video game BioShock 2 Jeffrey Sinclair , a character from US TV series Babylon 5 The Persuaders Cast and characters Lord Brett Sinclair from the 1971 TV series The Persuaders Dinosaur Family in Jim Henson produced Dinosaurs TV series Dinosaurs TV series. See also Saint Clair Saint Clare disambiguation Santa Clara disambiguation disambig ca Sinclair de Sinclair fr Sinclair ko it Sinclair nl Sinclair ja pl Sinclair pt Sinclair ru sv Sinclair ... more details
For the Somerset Maugham Award winning author Clive Sinclair author Infobox person name Sir Clive Sinclair image sinclair.600pix.jpg caption Sinclair meeting young inventors in Bristol, England in 1992 birth name Clive Marles Sinclair birth date Birth date and age 1940 7 30 df y birth place near Richmond ... partner children Belinda, Crispin, Bartholomew parents George William Carter Sinclair br Thora Edith Ella Marles relations callsign signature website footnotes Sir Clive Marles Sinclair born 30 July ... Wireless and Instrument Practice , Sinclair founded Sinclair Radionics in 1961, where he produced the first slim line electronic pocket calculator in 1972 the Sinclair Executive . Sinclair later moved into the production of home computer s and produced the Sinclair ZX80 , the UK s first mass market home computer for less than 100 , and later, with Sinclair Research , the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum the latter .... Sinclair stated in 2010 that he does not use computers himself, using the telephone in preference to email . ref cite news first Simon last Garfield title Sir Clive Sinclair I don t use a computer ... feb 28 clive sinclair interview simon garfield work The Guardian accessdate 2011 05 23 quote I don t use ... telephone me if they want to communicate. location London ref Knighthood Knighted in 1983, Sinclair formed Sinclair Vehicles and released the Sinclair C5 , a battery electric vehicle that was a commercial failure. Since then Sinclair has concentrated on personal transport, including the A bike , a folding ... on public transport. Early life, family and education Sinclair s father and grandfather were engineers both had been apprentices at Vickers the shipbuilders. His grandfather George Sinclair was an innovative ... Sinclair s son Bill Sinclair wanted to take religious orders or become a journalist. His father ... worked for the Ministry of Supply . ref name para1 Dale 1985, pg.1 ref Clive Sinclair was born to George William Carter Sinclair known as Bill and Thora Edith Ella Marles in 1940 near Richmond ... more details
at his company. In 1992 the SinclairZikeZike electric bicycle was released, Sinclair s second attempt at changing means of transportation . The Zike was a commercial failure much like the Sinclair ...Infobox company name Sinclair Research Ltd type Limited company logo Image Sinclair.svg 180px Sinclair logo foundation Cambridge , England 1973 location London , England key people Sir Clive Sinclair , Founder ... br Electronics products ZX Spectrum Sinclair ZX Spectrum br Sinclair QL homepage http www.sinclairzx.com Sinclair Research Sinclair Research Ltd is a British consumer electronics company founded by Sir Clive Sinclair in Cambridge . Originally incorporated in 1973 as Ablesdeal Ltd., it remained dormant until 1976, and did not adopt the name Sinclair Research until 1981. In 1980, Clive Sinclair entered the home computer market with the Sinclair ZX80 ZX80 at 99.95, at the time the cheapest personal .... The combination of the failures of the Sinclair QL computer and the TV80 led to financial difficulties in 1985, and a year later Sinclair sold the rights to their computer products and brand name ... CRASH issue 28 month May year 1986 author John Minson title Sir Clive Sinclair resigns from the home computer market accessdate 2006 11 12 ref Sinclair Research Ltd still exists today as a one man company, continuing to market Sir Clive Sinclair s newest inventions. History align right cellborder 0 ... All profit and turnover data from ref name corphist cite web url http www.nvg.ntnu.no sinclairsinclair corphist.htm title Sinclair A Corporate History work Planet Sinclair accessdate 2006 12 15 ref small Founding and early years See also Sinclair Radionics On 25 July 1961, Clive Sinclair founded his first company, Sinclair Radionics Sinclair Radionics Ltd. in Cambridge . Sinclair Radionics developed ... in September 1973 for just such an eventuality to Westminster Mail Order Ltd this was changed to Sinclair ... Board became involved in Radionics in 1976, Sinclair encouraged Chris Curry , who had been working ... more details
Thomas Sinclair may refer to Thomas Sinclair politician , Northern Irish Member of Parliament Tom Sinclair , American athlete Tom M Sinclair , Own s Sinclair s Pub hndis Sinclair, Thomas ... more details
Harold Sinclair may refer to Harold Sinclair, see fluid coupling Harold A. Sinclair , actor See also Harry Sinclair disambiguation hndis Sinclair, Harold ... more details
Suzanne Sinclair may refer to Suzanne Sinclair New Zealand politician Suzanne Sinclair US politician , American political candidate hndis Sinclair, Suzanne ... more details
Taffy Sinclair may refer to Dr Taffy Sinclair, a character in The Metatemporal Detective by Michael Moorcock Taffy Sinclair, a character in The Fabulous Five and other works by Betsy Haynes hndis Sinclair, Taffy ... more details
David Sinclair may refer to David Sinclair actor 1934 1996 , British actor David Sinclair footballer born 1969 , former Scottish football player David Sinclair footballer born 1990 , Scottish football player David Sinclair keyboardist David Sinclair Numb3rs , a fictitious FBI agent in the TV series Numb3rs David Sinclair biologist David A. Sinclair David A. Sinclair 1874 1902 , Scottish immigrant and secretary of the Dayton YMCA after whom the Sinclair Community College is named See also Sinclair surname hndis Sinclair, David DEFAULTSORT Sinclair, David fr David Sinclair ... more details
George Sinclair may refer to George Sinclair mercenary c.1580&ndash 1612 , Scottish mercenary who saw action in Sweden George Sinclair professor d. 1696 , Scottish mathematician Sir George Evelyn Sinclair 1912&ndash 2005 , British Member of Parliament for Dorking Sir George Sinclair, 2nd Baronet , British Member of Parliament for Caithness George Robertson Sinclair , cathedral organist and inspiration of one of Elgar s Enigma Variations George Sinclair is the name of several Earl of Caithness Earls of Caithness hndis Sinclair, George ... more details
Infobox family name name Sinclair image Clan member crest badge Clan Sinclair.svg image size 150 caption ... SINCLAIR.htm ref nolinklanguage yes The Scoto Norman surname Sinclair comes from the Clan Sinclair ... the land of Roslin, Midlothian by the King of Scots. The style Sinclair is the most common styling ... begin col 2 A Adam Sinclair , MTV socialite Adam Sinclair , hockey player Adelaide Sinclair , Order of the British Empire OBE , Canadian civil servant Alex Sinclair , colorist for comics Alfredo Sinclair , Panamanian artist Alice Sinclair , supermodel Alison Sinclair , professor of Modern Spanish Literature and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge Andrea Sinclair, a prostitute, the mother of Chanelle Hayes Anne Sinclair , French tv personality and wife of Dominique Strauss Kahn Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso , Scottish politician and leader of the British Liberal Party Arthur St. Clair , early American general and President of the Continental Congress Arthur Sinclair , early American naval hero Ashraf Sinclair , Malaysian actor B Baron Sinclair of Cleeve , businessman, civil servant and Peerage peer Barry Sinclair , cricketer Belinda Sinclair , British actress Brian Sinclair , famous veterinary surgeon Bob Sinclair disambiguation Bruce Sinclair disambiguation C Cameron Sinclair , famous architect Carl St.Clair , Music director, conductor Catherine Sinclair , author Cecile Sinclair , Dutch glamour model Charmaine Sinclair , adult actress Christine Sinclair born 1983 , Canadian soccer player Christopher A. Sinclair , American businessman Sir Clive Sinclair born 1940 , founder of Sinclair Research Ltd Clive Sinclair author col end col begin D Dave Sinclair , musician David Sinclair disambiguation , multiple people Des Sinclair , South Africa international rugby union player Donald Sinclair hotel owner , former owner of the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay col end col begin col 2 E Edward Sinclair , English actor Elliot Sinclair , fictional character Eon Sinclair ... more details
Michael Sinclair is the name of Michael Sinclair British Army officer , British World War II officer, notable for being held captive in Colditz Castle Michael Sinclair American football , retired American football player hndis name Sinclair, Michael ... more details
Margaret Sinclair may refer to Sister Margaret Sinclair 1900 1925 , Scottish Roman Catholic nun The maiden name of Margaret Trudeau hndis Sinclair, Margaret ... more details
James Sinclair may refer to James Sinclair footballer born 1987 , English footballer Jimmy Sinclair 1876 1913 , South African cricketer James Sinclair martial artist born 1960 , English martial artist James Sinclair politician 1908 1984 , Canadian politician James Sinclair fur trader 1811 1856 , Canadian fur trapper James H. Sinclair 1871 1943 , U.S. Congressman from North Dakota James Sinclair conductor , American classical music conductor James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness 1821 1881 , Scottish Liberal politician, scientist and inventor See also Jim Sinclair disambiguation hndis Sinclair, James ... more details
William Sinclair may refer to William Sinclair bishop died 1337 , bishop of Dunkeld William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness 1410 1484 , Scottish nobleman William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness 1459 1513 , Scottish nobleman William Sinclair father 1804 1878 , Scottish author and rector of Pulborough, Sussex William Pirrie Sinclair 1837 1900 , MP for Antrim and Falkirk Burghs William Sinclair son 1850 1917 , Anglican priest and author W. E. N. Sinclair 1873 1947 , Canadian barrister, solicitor and politician William Sinclair fur trader , chief factor of the Hudson s Bay Company William H. Sinclair , president of the Galveston street car company hndis Sinclair, William ... more details
Henry Sinclair may refer to Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney 1345 1400 , Norwegian nobleman Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney c. 1375 1422 , Norwegian nobleman Henry Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland 1907 1984 , Scottish peer Henry Sinclair bishop 1508 1565 , lord president of the court of session and bishop of Ross See also Harry Sinclair disambiguation hndis Sinclair, Henry ... more details
Jim Sinclair may refer to Jim Sinclair activist , American autism rights activist Jim Sinclair artist illustrator , Comic book illustrator for DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, and various other companies. Jim Sinclair politician , Canadian Non Status Indian and M tis politician See also James Sinclair disambiguation hndis Sinclair, Jim de Jim Sinclair he ... more details
John Sinclair may refer to John Sinclair bishop died 1566 , Ordinary Lord and later Lord President in the Court of Session Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet 1754 1835 , politician and writer on agriculture and finance Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet 1825 1912 , Scottish politician and landowner John Sinclair MP 1842 1892 , Liberal MP for Ayr Burghs John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland 1860 1925 , Scottish politician John Sinclair environmentalist born 1939 , Australian environmentalist John Sinclair poet born 1941 , American poet, activist and radio DJ, subject of John Lennon song John Sinclair , a song by John Lennon on the Some Time in New York City album John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso born 1953 , often referred to as John Thurso, British Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland Yasus Afari John Sinclair, born 1962 , Jamaican dub poet John Sinclair German fiction , fictional protagonist of a popular German penny dreadful John Sinclair musician born 1952 , musician, played with Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heep John Sinclair mayor 1827 1906 , mayor of Brisbane John Alexander Sinclair 1897 1977 , British spy John Ewen Sinclair 1879 1949 , Canadian politician John Gordon Sinclair born 1962 , Scottish actor John Howard Sinclair 1848 1924 , Canadian politician John McHardy Sinclair 1933 2007 , British linguist, Professor of English Language John West Sinclair 1900 1945 , silent screen actor John Sinclair New Zealand 1843 1925 , New Zealand carpenter, builder, station manager and harbourmaster John Sinclair, Lord Murkle died 1755 , Scottish judge disambiguation Category Human name disambiguation pages Sinclair, John de John Sinclair fr John Sinclair pl John Sinclair ... more details
John A. Sinclair may refer to John Alexander Sinclair , head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1953 to 1956. John A. Sinclair , British World War 2 airforce gunner, recipient of the George Medal John A. Sinclair , a member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame John Archibald Sinclair , a List of mayors of Halifax, Nova Scotia mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia hndis Sinclair, John A. ... more details
Sinclair Township may refer to one of the following places In Canada Sinclair Township, Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario historical In the United States Sinclair Township, Jewell County, Kansas Sinclair Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota Sinclair Township, Stutsman County, North Dakota See also St. Clair Township disambiguation Sinclair disambiguation geodis Category Township name disambiguation pages ... more details
Peter Sinclair may refer to Peter Ross Sinclair born 1934 , Rear admiral, first commandant of ADFA, Governor of New South Wales Peter Sinclair New Zealand 1938 2001 , New Zealand television personality Peter Sinclair 1819 1819 1906 , Canadian Member of Parliament for Queen s County, 1873 1878 Peter Sinclair 1887 1887 1938 , Canadian Member of Parliament for Queen s, 1935 1938 Peter J. N. Sinclair born 1946 , British economist Peter Sinclair sound artist , English sound artist in Marseilles, France Peter Sinclair actor 1900 1994 , British actor hndis name Sinclair, Peter ... more details
There have been seven Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Sinclair , six in the Baronetage .... The Sinclair Baronetcy , of Dunbeath in the County of Caithness, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 3 January 1631 for John Sinclair. The title became extinct on his death in circa 1652. The Sinclair Baronetcy , of Canisbay in the County of Caithness, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 2 June 1631 for James Sinclair. The seventh Baronet succeeded as twelfth Earl of Caithness in 1789. See this title for further history of the baronetcy. The Sinclair , later Sinclair ..., see Sinclair Lockhart Baronets . The Sinclair Baronetcy , of Longformacus in the County of Berwick, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 10 December 1664 for Robert Sinclair. The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of the seventh Baronet in circa 1843. The Sinclair ... 1675 for James Sinclair. Sir John Sinclair, 4th Baronet born 1763 succeeded in the title in 1767 but nothing further is known about him or the baronetcy. The Sinclair Baronetcy , of Dunbeath in the County of Caithness, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 12 October 1704 for James Sinclair, with remainder to his heirs male whatsoever. He was a descendant of George Sinclair, 4th Earl ... was assumed by John Sinclair, of Barrock, great great grandson of George Sinclair of Barrock, brother ... and present Baronet is second in line of succession to the earldom of Caithness. John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland , was the eldest son of Captain George Sinclair, youngest son of the sixth ... of the eighth Baronet and the sister of the ninth Baronet. The Sinclair Baronetcy , of Ulbster in the County ... information on this creation, see the Viscount Thurso . Sinclair Baronets, of Dunbeath 1631 Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet died c. 1652 Sinclair Baronets, of Canisbay 1631 Sir James Sinclair, 1st Baronet died 1662 Sir William Sinclair, 2nd Baronet died c. 1677 Sir James Sinclair, 3rd Baronet died c ... more details
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