The cusp of autumn is a particularly pleasing time of year for the everyday cyclist, tempered only by the dark and wet commutes ahead. I love the imaginative bicycle wheel lights we’ve reported on over the last few weeks, but they are all the wrong side of £100. Inspired by the films below I’ve bought a handful of glow sticks…
Brompton’s managing director, William Butler-Adams, has said that many are too quick to write off UK manufacturing as dead and buried and if you look a little closer you’ll find a lot of small, entrepreneurial companies that are exciting, innovative and prosperous.
Relatively few electric bicycles are bought in Britain, but last year over 30 million battery-boosted bikes sold around the world and Ford this week became the latest car manufacturer to unveil its own design.
Hundreds of cities in up to 40 countries are today expected to take part in World Car Free Day 2011, an event first organised in Britain by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA).
The sensible way to cycle 112 miles on the same day that you plan to swim 2.4 miles and run a marathon is to have a robot do it for you. Two weeks after some of the world’s toughest athletes take on Hawaii’s Ironman Course, a tiny robot will do just that when it attempts to swim, run and cycle over 140 miles.