News Archives - February 2014

Fixie bicycle pizza cutter

It’s the perfect culinary accessory for the fashion-conscious cyclist loading up on carbs ahead of a long ride: The Fixie pizza cutter is a miniature version of the fixed-gear bikes beloved of couriers and urbanites. The £15 fixie pizza cutter boasts an authentic-looking Aerospoke track wheel at the front and a choice of hipster-unfriendly paint schemes: Watermelon (mint and pink) or Bumblebee…

Mercedes F-Cell has an exhaust pipe you can drink from

Having celebrities drive a particular brand of car is a tried and tested method of advertising, but it’s rare to see them drinking from its exhaust pipe. Hollywood stars Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson have driven across California’s Death Valley drinking only the emissions produced by a Mercedes F-CELL – an electric car powered by hydrogen that emits only water over its 250-mile tank range.…

‘Paper shredder’: A snowboard made from cardboard

It’s easy to assume cardboard is good for packaging and little else, but designers are challenging this preconception by pushing the material to its engineering limits and using for bicycles and snowboards. Snow board company Signal has collaborated with a packaging company to produce paper shredder – a disposable and recyclable paper-based board that works better than it ought to.…

Speed Up Bag: A go-faster nose cone for your bicycle

Looking like an aircraft nose cone for your bicycle, the Speed up Bag claims to be the world’s most aerodynamic handlebar cycling bag by reducing air resistance enough to increase road speed. Conventional cube-shaped handlebar bags are two-and-half times less aerodynamic then Speed up Bag. The effect of the cone improves the air resistance by 15%, and thereby increasing average speeds…

Fab Velo in the rain: A DIY roof for your bicycle

There must be few cyclists this year who have not yearned for a roof. Mark Richardson is no different, but, unwilling to pay for an off-the-shelf human-powered vehicle (HPV), he has built his own fab velo using a discarded bicycle, wheelchair and office furniture, and much ingenuity. Richardson is an engineer with a passion for DIY personal transport, micro-scale production…