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As more and more of us save money on commuting costs and gym memberships by ditching cars, trains and treadmills in favour a bicycle, designers are looking to incorporate pedal power into other areas of our lives…from coffee tables to aircraft. Pedal power . Made from recycled cedar and leather, WeBike invites you to power your web surfing...

It’s a supercar that has blood red Ferrari-style bodywork, a superlight chassis and gull-wing doors, but will turns heads for an entirely different reason; the pedal-powered Fahrradi is zero emissions. The Fahrradi Farfalla FFX is the work of Austrian artist Hannes Langeder. The remarkable car will be on display at the Lentos Museum of Art...

City cyclists who battle to get themselves noticed on the roads can now resort to the ultimate deterrent against inattentive truck drivers; a bicycle equipped with a horn that is louder than Concorde. At close quarters the Hornster bicycle emits a level of sound so powerful that, if used in anger, it could deafen any motorist who veered too...

If you are a motorway driver who regularly gets so close to the vehicle in front that you have to dab your brakes to prevent a collision, Honda has a new car for you. Driving too close to the car in front is dangerous and can cause a concertina effect in the cars following behind that can bring the motorway traffic to a complete standstill....

With renewed interest in bike-sharing schemes around the world, how best to promote this new way of travelling to the young? According to COGOO, a smartphone-operated bike-sharing service currently being developed at Yokohama National University, the answer is BMX-controlled music that mixes well with street culture and is fun to play. The...

A pretty-looking, single-seat electric car is to go on sale that is as small in size as it is low in price; the Zagato Volpe measures 2.13m by 1m and when it goes on sale it will cost £5,600. As well as the fully electric version, the Volpe will be available as a petrol or LPG hybrid. The electric Volpe has a top speed of 30mph and a...

Our members, supporters and customers often raise the issue of how much the motorist should pay for roads. Below we have listed the most frequently asked questions along with a few more to help inform you of the ideas behind, and the consequences of, road-user charging. What is road-user charging? This charge is simply a method of charging...

The idea of incorporating lights into a cycle helmet seems like a good one, but there are very few designs of this type available to buy. Los Angeles industrial designer and avid cyclist Nathan Wills decided to create a helmet with built-in head and tail luminous panels that were highly visible from the front back and sides of the cyclist....

The day-to-day challenges facing the camping cyclist include carrying lightest possible equipment and finding level ground on which to pitch the tent, but a new design of pop-up tent designed to be towed behind a bicycle doubles up as a capacious trailer and incorporates levelling jacks that compensate for uneven ground. By using two wheels...

As part of an inquiry examining road safety in Britain, a cross-party committee will next week take oral evidence about the issues facing the cyclists on roads in town and country. High-profile cyclists giving evidence to the committee include newscaster Jon Snow, and Times newspaper editor James Harding, but if you have something to say on...