If you’re one of the hardy souls cycling undaunted by the current cold snap, doff your cap to the pioneer adventure cyclists of the 1890s who took to the snowy wilds of northern Canada without the benefit of modern clothing and 80 years before the advent of mountain bikes. The Great Gold Rush in the late 1890s drew 100,000 prospectors…
The average person in Britain already travels 10,400 km each year, a figure that does not include flights abroad, so how can you get away on a break while remaining environmentally conscious? Where the journey is an adventure Mile-for-mile, air travel is the most environmentally damaging form of transport there is – so the simplest way to travel in a…
Mazda has developed a new plant-derived plastic that will help curb its use of oil resources and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The ‘biotechmaterial’ can be dyed to give a higher-quality finish than traditional painted plastic. To be suitable for exterior parts, plastics also require weather, scratch and impact resistance. The new process produce parts that are as durable as conventional…
The advent of autonomous cars has the potential to reduce congestion, emissions, fuel costs and, most importantly, road deaths – the World Health Organisation estimates that over one million people are killed each year on the roads. The idea of using driverless ‘crash-proof’ cars to address these problems might seem fanciful, but the most significant barrier to their successful introduction…
A ludicrously expensive gold-plated bicycle has gone on sale for £250,000; enough to buy the average house in Britain or more than 1,000 bikes. The gaudy creation, from plating specialists Goldgenie, boasts a “meticulously applied a lustrous layer of 24k gold to the entire structure, from the tip of the drop handlebars to the wheel stays, and every other part…
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