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Cycle thieves will soon face Skylock - a smart technology-equipped D-Lock that texts its owner if it is being tampered with. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] While the fundamental design of the bicycle has remained unchanged for 100 years, a range of recently launched high-tech accessories promises to keep you and your bike safer on the...

The Sada is a radical design that seeks to bring performance and grace to the folding bicycle. Every design involves compromise, but the quest for small size and quick operation is often at the expense of handling and seating position. The Sada bike folder bicycle aims to improve on tried and tested designs by Brompton and Dahon by using...

With many more bicycles on the road now the the cycling season is getting into full swing, a light-hearted guide for cyclists on how to deal with abuse from motorists suggests forgoing verbal retaliation in favour of psychological warfare. According to the guide, which is available as a guide at the excellent systemcomic.com : When people...

Most people save fuel by investing in a more efficient car, using a satnav or lowering their speed, but over the last decade, the courier company UPS has saved 37 million litres of diesel by insisting that its drivers avoid making turns against oncoming traffic. Waiting for a gap in oncoming traffic before making a turn costs the company...

Foiled by secure cycle locks, an increasing number of bicycle thieves in London are pinching parts, particularly seats, but artist Clem Chen is fighting back with his snarling dog design. The surreal seat, called Bite It is strange enough to make a thief pause for thought if not flee in terror. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] Visit Clem...

Improvements to the Toyota Aygo mean that from next year the small city car will be capable of almost 100 miles per gallon. The three-cylinder,1 litre petrol engine uses an Atkinson Cycle to help eturn up to 93 mpg – a rate of consumption equivalanet to CO2 emissions of less than 72 g/km. If 93mpg for a petrol-powered city car sounds...

Airbus is best known for the 850-seat A380 passenger aircraft, but its E-Fan prototype seats only one and is powered entirely by batteries. The French aerospace company is developing electric and hybrid technology to improve the poor environmental performance of conventional jet engines. Commercial electric aircraft capable of carrying...

If you've gazed at BMXers fearlessly tackling half-pipe jumps and wondered whether there's a way of getting air on a bike with less risk of broken bones, take a look at these resourceful riders from America. http://youtu.be/DTZ1qr7FYgg [quote type="cycle_insurance"] Cycle insurance from the ETA covers theft and accidental damage (including...

Engineers have devised a bicycle lock that offers no access to its chamber - a design that is effectively 'unpickable'. An advanced prototype of the lock is demonstrated on Youtube and a limited number of pre-production examples are to be offered for sale over the coming months. http://youtu.be/7JpfkGAuhV8 Do bicycle thieves pick locks? Is...

With cool weather predicted this Bank Holiday weekend, what better pick-me-up than a solar kettle for your bicycle? The solar kettle looks like a conventional thermos, but fold-out reflectors harness the sun's energy and allow you to enjoy up to three cups of freshly-brewed tea on every ride. Just as long as the sun comes out. The solar...