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Lycra is 55 years old this year and as it crosses into middle age, and probable crisis, it has re-invented itself as digital clothing. French company Cityzen Data has transformed an otherwise unremarkable Lycra cycling top into a digital shirt bristling with micro-sensors to monitor the wearer’s temperature, heart rate, speed, acceleration...

For the one third of Londoners who do not have a car, and those others in the capital for whom motoring is an expensive, if necessary, evil, a public electric car hire scheme is to be launched. Paris already has Autolib – a pool of 2,000 electric cars sited across Paris and its suburbs, which drivers are able to rent at any time. Bolloré,...

Now that spring has sprung, and the warmer weather invites picnics in the park and jaunts to the local pub by bicycle, it seems a good time to brush up on the law surrounding cycling and alcohol. In law, a bicycle is defined as a carriage for use on the highway, but cyclists are not in charge of ‘mechanically propelled‘ vehicles so, in law,...

If the sudden onset of seasonal weather this weekend leaves you undecided over whether to get out on your bicycle or spring clean your house, why not combine the two? Jay Nelson has combined his love of cycling with stuff he had lying around his house to build Golden Gate – a tiny mobile camper big enough to carry two surfboards on its roof...

Motor Shows allow car manufacturers to play top trumps, with maximum power and top speed winning the most newspaper headlines. The Geneva show this week is no different, but in amongst the Lamborghinis, the true stars are the latest brace of city cars. Cars like the VW Golf and Mini have become middle aged – compared to their specifications...

A fashion for nostalgic cycle rides is growing across the channel. While we have the Tweed Run, an event held in London each year that grows in popularity by the year, the French have the Anjou Velo Vintage bicycle festival. With a strong emphasis on recapturing the style and atmosphere of the early days of cycling, period-correct dress...

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...

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...

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...

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. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] http://youtu.be/3nrKSPARRh8 Conventional cube-shaped handlebar bags are two-and-half times less aerodynamic then Speed...