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Looking every inch like a scene from a New York loft, the Stowaway bicycle hoist scoops up your bike and stores it flat against the ceiling. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] A nifty counterweight pulley system means you only ever lift half the weight of the bike and a braking system means your pride and joy won’t crash to the floor if you let...

Lohner Stroler electric bicycles are designed to look like the small commuter motorcycles of the 1950s. And given the ubiquity of the retro-styled Vespa in today’s major European cities, perhaps the Austrian company is onto something. If commuters are to be convinced the electric bicycle is more than a toy for weekends, the answer might be...

Stop start city riding is a thing of the past for the 200 cyclists issued with electronic traffic light controllers to automatically turn stop lights green. Alongside Santander, Issy‐les‐Moulineaux, Athens and Genoa, Aarhus in Denmark is taking part in the EU's RADICAL programme to introduce high tech solutions to city planning. And radical...

The FLUX is a waterproof, 29-litre rucksack that also happens to be the largest bicycle rear light in the world. Urban cyclists have taken to attaching lights to their bags, but the FLUX takes the idea to a new level. Light from a bank of LEDs is dispersed by a fibre optic panel measuring 30 cm by 10 cm. The USB-rechargeable light can be...

Engineers in China who left a length of steel cable lying across a busy road inadvertently created a novel way of protecting their local zebra crossing. A group of approaching vehicles, that had no intention of stopping for the pedestrians, were picked up and tossed aside like toys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhuYzIQ1Zos Why requests...

The Dooring Alert System (DAS) is a new gizmo that aims to tackle car door danger. Flashing lights fitted inside a car's rear window and wing mirror alert the approaching cyclist that a door may open into their path. The device will soon be available for pre-order via Kickstarter, but the immediate solution to the peril of opening car doors...

In a populist move to reduce insurance premiums for drivers, changes to the personal injury claims process proposed by George Osborne are likely to have a detrimental effect on injured cyclists seeking compensation. The government plans to remove the right to recover general damages for soft tissue injuries in an attempt to stop spurious...

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Ahead of a major trial of autonomous vehicle on public roads in Sweden comes news that Volvo will take responsibility for damage caused by its driverless cars. In 2017, 100 drivers in the Swedish city of Gothenburg will each receive a Volvo XC90 which has the capability to drive itself. Volvo will not be the first car maker to have tested...

The Piaggio Wi-Bike is a glimpse of how the world should get to work. If you are one of the four million British commuters who travel less than three miles to work by car, and you're unable or unwilling to ditch four wheels in favour of a conventional bicycle, electric assist offers an ideal alternative. If you've never ridden an electric...