News Archives - January 2015

Mogo: A caravan to haul bicycles

The Mogo is an ultra-light caravan that sleeps two and yet is small enough to squeeze into a single garage. Its really clever trick, however, is the way it doubles up as a cargo trailer for bikes, surfboards or kayaks. Aimed at ‘active glamping’, the tiny caravan promises a good night’s sleep after a day of sporting activities using your own gear. The £7,000…

Cycling goes underground at subterranean bike park

Cycling might be counterculture, but never before has it been quite as underground as the Mega Cavern mountain bike park – a 350,000 square feet subterranean trail system in Louisville, Kentucky. The disused limestone quarry has 90-ft ceilings, a constant year-round temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and as a former dumping site for hardcore from local building sites, no shortage…

Cable car bedroom at 9,000ft

At 9,000ft, the cable car bedroom unveiled this week by airbnb is the world’s only bed and breakfast that stands to qualify you for the mile-high club. The world’s tallest hotel is the 1,165ft-tall Marriot Marquis in Dubai, but even its penthouse suite is dwarfed by the cable car bedroom, which, at almost two miles above sea level, offers guests unparallelled views…

Cycling suffrage in 2015

City cycling can be a challenge at the best of times, but women cyclists in Cairo today fear sexual harassment more than road danger. The fact that the sight of a woman on a bike is considered by many in Egypt to be socially unacceptable, is not stopping cycling advocates Go Bike from promtoing bicycles to both sexes. Go Bike…

LEAFXPRO: A bicycle rain hood for the school commute

LEAFXPRO is a bicycle rain hood designed to get the kids to school by bike when the heavens open. Frustrated at how often bad weather meant they left their bikes at home in favour of polluting transport, the Leafxpro’s development team drew inspiration from nature to create a leaf-like protective film. The aerodynamic performance of the wedge-shaped nose and air…