Skiing and snowboarding are not green activities, but you can take steps to reduce their impact on the environment. Travel Getting to the resort is the most detrimental aspect of skiing. The (largely) nuclear-powered Eurostar makes getting to the Alps a low-carbon way of getting to the slopes, and even a car carrying its full complement of passengers makes a trip to…
Winter driving conditions can be as taxing for your car as they are for you. The following tips should be of help to you both: Antifreeze During the winter you use more windscreen wiper fluid so make sure that you have anti-freeze or windscreen washer fluid anti-freeze mix, in your car’s water bottle. You don’t want to find yourself stuck…
A puncture-proof tyre similar to those fitted to the American Humvee military vehicle will soon be available for your mountain bike. Colorado designer Brian Russell has developed what he describes as an Energy Return Wheel that he hopes will soon be fitted to cars – and bicycles – around the world. Russell claims the wheel will save motorists fuel and…
Firework season marks the time of year when it’s all too easy to get caught out without bicycle lights, so why not take inspiration from a DIY shoe modification that allows you to produce showers of sparks as will? Instructables.com allows makers around the world to share building instructions for their wonderful, and sometimes weird, creations for free. This particular…
Given the paltry £1 or £2 per head of population that the government spends on cycling in England, it’s hardly surprising that British cyclists suffer substandard infrastructure and road conditions, but it doesn’t stop news of Dutch plans for heated cycle lanes feeling like (road) salt rubbed into the wound. The Dutch province of Utrecht is considering installing ‘passively-warmed’ cycle lanes, a…