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Bike inspired creativity

November 13, 2015

What to buy this Christmas for your bicycle-loving kith or kin? How about the new book, Bike inspired creativity - a tribute to the designers, inventors and dreamers whose ingenious bike-inspired creativity all too rarely receives public attention. The book tours the world in search of concept bikes, research on materials, examples of...

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Bamboozled by bicycle mudguards? Try a Mandy Fender

November 13, 2015

The Mandy Fender is a self-assembly bamboo mudguard that can be adapted to fit any bike. The question of why more bicycles in Britain aren't sold with factory fitted mudguards remains one of life great unanswered mysteries. Sure, they add a marginal amount of weight and spoil very slightly the lines of a sleek road bike, but at this time of...

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Ethical cycle clothing: Win a Route cycling cap

November 6, 2015

Ethical cycle clothing is perfectly in keeping with a pursuit that is environmentally benign. Route is an ethical cycle wear label based in Scotland helping to keep the cycling cap alive. Their caps are handmade in Glasgow using Harris Tweed, bamboo silk and organic fair trade cotton. We're fans of the company's free ‘repair or replace’...

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Winter cycling 1915-2015

November 6, 2015

The pioneer adventure cyclists of the 1890s who took to the snowy wilds of northern Canada without the benefit of modern clothing and 80 years before the advent of mountain bikes knew a thing or two about cycling in the extreme cold. The Great Gold Rush drew 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada...

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City friendly cargo bike folds in ten seconds

November 6, 2015

The term city friendly cargo bike can seem like an oxymoron. If you live in a dense urban environment, chances are you could find a use for full-size cargo bike and yet it’s unlikely you will have storage facilities for a trike. The Cargo Node is a collaboration between folder specialists Tern and cargo bike gurus Extrabike that offers the...

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Car seat that shouts if you’re having a heart attack

November 6, 2015

Cities are becoming such a stressful environment for drivers that the latest design of car seat has an in-built electrocardiogram (ECG) to monitor health. If the system detects the early signs of a heart attack it alerts the driver. According to researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), heart attack and...

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BikeVault: 21st century bicycle security

October 30, 2015

BikeVault is 21st century bicycle security; an app-enabled Boris Bike-style docking system that allows you to set off for the shops without a heavy lock. BikeVault offers vastly superior security to portable locks. Once you’ve downloaded the free app to locate your nearest space, you nsert your bicycle between two towers and scan your free...

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Honda Cub: 87 million motorcyclists can't be wrong

October 27, 2015

The Honda Super Cub is a small lightweight motorcycle that has sold in huge numbers since its launch in 1958. It surpassed 87 million last year making it the most produced motor vehicle in history. Honda has now unveiled the EV-Cub Concept a the next chapter in this incredible journey. The secret of the Cub's success is its simplicity; a...

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Halloween bicycle - walking dead, cycling survivors

October 26, 2015

Should the zombie apocalypse kick off this Halloween, the only way to travel will be by bicycle. The qualities that make bikes such a civilized way of commuting or popping to the shops, also make them perfectly suited to avoiding zombies; they don't rely on oil or roads, carry a good payload and are so quiet they do not attract attention...

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Aura Belt: Flashing clothing for cyclists

October 23, 2015

The Aura Belt is the perfect way to mark the end of British Summer Time this weekend (25 October). The Aura is a nylon webbing belt with a flexible LED and fibre optic lighting system embedded within. It can be set to emit a constant glow, slow pulse or a strobing flash. An...

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