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Top ten caravans for summer 2016

We British might have a love/hate relationship with caravans, but here’s a top ten to melt the heart of even their harshest critic. The Inka Looking like a pear drop caravan of the 1960s on steroids, the Inka (see above) can be towed by off-road vehicles to reach almost anywhere off the beaten track. The Gidget The Gidget is an Australian-built caravan that…

Hot weather cycling: Create drinking water as you ride

Hot weather cycling is a joy and by far the best way to travel in a heatwave. To help you stay hydrated, the Fontus Ryde bottle harvests moisture from the air to create safe drinking water. The bottle clips to the top tube where it draws in the air stream from around the bike. In the right climatic conditions, the clever design can produce one pint…

Cyclotron: Future bicycle today

Bicycles have changed very little over the last century and for good reason – the basic design works pretty much perfectly as it is. However, the team behind the Cyclotron wondered what a bike would look like if it was designed today starting with a completely blank sheet. They set themselves a brief to redefine the concept of ‘motion on two…

Transform any bicycle into a cargo bike

Cargo bikes are bulky to store and relatively expensive to buy. Not so the Lift, which transforms any bicycle into a cargo bike in less than a minute. The LIFT will retail for $899 – the equivalent of about £675.  Although for that price it is possible to buy an excellent complete bike, it’s  less than a third the price…

Tesla Model X now cheaper, but only just

Tesla has lowered the price of its remarkable all-electric luxury SUV by unveiling the Model X 60D, an entry level 60 kWh version that forgoes 37 miles of range, but remains capable of 200 miles on a full change. The Model X 60D may have a slightly shorter range, but there are no other compromises in performance. The 60D can accelerate to 60 mph…