A new e-bike claims to provide a boost to your cycling when you need it, without having to be recharged from the wall. A marriage of Italian design and Swiss engineering has given birth to the Velocipede Fogliaverde – a classically styled e-bike inspired by the elegant, high quality cult bicycles of yesteryear. E-bike style The Velocipede Fogliaverde is a…
The QiCycle electric folding bicycle boasts cutting edge technology, uses the same batteries as Tesla, and retails for the equivalent of £335. With the growing realisation that pollution from car use must be drastically reduced, China is embracing the electric bicycle; 200 million e-bikes are currently on the roads in China, a tenfiold increase in the last decade. The speed of uptake…
Blubel is a new handlebar-mounted satnav for cyclists that navigates your every turn and learns from you and the cycling community to find the safest routes. Cyclists have not developed a reliance on satnavs. Maybe we’re creatures of habit who usually stick to the same local routes. Maybe it’s because getting lost by bicycle is rarely the stress it is…
Sherlock is a hidden GPS tracker for bicycles that allows you to locate your bike at any time. Tipping the scales at 50 grams, Sherlock is small enough to be installed easily and securely within the handlebars of your bicycle. Hidden behind plain handlebar plugs, the tracker is invisible to the thief who doesn’t know what he’s looking for. The device matches itself…
The ETA has been voted to be ethical in Britain for the second year running by the Good Shopping Guide. Beating household-name insurance companies such as John Lewis and the Co-op, the ETA earned an ethical company index score of 89. The ETA was established in 1990 as an ethical provider of green, reliable travel services. Twenty six years on, it continues to offer cycle…
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