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The decision to ban bicycles from over 95 per cent of London’s Games Lanes will put cyclists’ lives at risk, according to the ETA (Environmental Transport Association). More than nine out of ten Games Lanes are situated on the outside of traffic queues, but cyclists will not be allowed to enter these ‘offside’ Games Lanes for what are...

No luxury car maker worth its salt is without a bicycle in its line-up so, not to be outdone by the likes of Ferrari and Porsche, Aston Martin is publicising its one-77 supercar with a road bike of the same name. The car maker describes the bike as ‘the world’s most technologically advanced road bicycle’, but with a retail price of £26,000,...

From the electronica of Kraftwerk’s Tour de France to Queen’s rock anthem “I Want to Ride My Bicycle”, cycling has inspired many famous works of music. More unusual is for bicycles themselves to make tunes. Stephen Meierding is a New York City-based artist, photographer, editor, and videographer who has done just that, and made a short film...

A new and imaginative way of encouraging people to move to electric cars was demonstrated by Citroen last month when it leased 200 of its fully-electric C-Zero cars for only £60 a month. The scheme is run in collaboration with a peer-to-peer car sharing provider Multicity so participants have the option of hiring out their C-Zero when they...

A pedal-powered helicopter’s maiden flight of 50 seconds this week may not herald a new mode of transport for the envorinmentally-aware super rich, but it did take its creators one step nearer winning the Sikorsky Prize – $250,000 that will go to the first human-powered helicopter capable of flying at a height of 3m for more than one...

Rolls Royce has always been happy to install a discreet drinks cabinet into its luxury cars, but for the first time cyclists can now buy a Handlebar Minibar - a cycling accessory that transforms a bicycle's grips into a tiny minibar of sorts. The idea behind the £5 Handlebar Minibar is devilishly simple; two tiny drinks flasks are held...

Cycle Show 2012 – book tickets in advance & save 28th-30th September 2012. NEC, Birmingham The Cycle Show will return to the NEC, Birmingham on 28th – 30th September 2012 with a number of heavy-weight bike brands, such as Specialized, Trek and Madison, joining the line up from last year. This year the show will host an array of new...

Do you remember the days when tinkering with a car was a simple affair? When replacing a car wing meant simply bolting a replacement part in place? When getting a new ignition key involved having one cut rather than programmed? Well so does Toyota. The car giant has developed a tiny concept car that owes more to a child’s toy like...

Audi may have won the famous endurance race Le Mans last weekend with a hybrid, but to rather less fanfare a small city has just broken the record for the furthest distance travelled by an electric car in 24 hours. Two Renault ZOEs, which cost £13,650 after the Government’s Plug-in Car grant has been taken into account, spent 24 hours on a...

Top Gear is known the world over for its inimitable style of high-octane car worship, so it is heartening to read in its printed namesake, a magazine with over 1.7m readers in this country alone, a glowing review of the latest bicycles. Of even greater surprise was the special billing received by the Hornster – a bicycle customised to an...