If you baulk at the idea of sporting a conventional Lycra skinsuit while cycling, you’re unlikely to be in the market for a design that is even more revealing, but it may be that these new swimwear-themed versions will keep you safer on the road. Women cyclists given wider berth on the road Research carried out by Bath University revealed that drivers leave a…
Everything about the Hövding airbag for cyclists is extraordinary: It cost £10m to develop; its sensors record the wearer’s movements 200 times a second and, with a price tag of £260, it costs more than many bicycles. The ground-breaking approach to head protection for cyclists has resulted in Hövding already selling 2,000 of its airbags, a significant proportion of which…
Slowly but surely, cycling is growing in the British consciousness as something desirable, fashionable and approachable – a fact reflected by the welcome return of a festival of cycling culture in the capital next weekend. In the heart of London’s buzzing east end, Spin LDN (March 28th-30th) is the festival that shows that cycling is not solely for the middle-aged…
Attempts to improve on the efficiency of the bicycle are doomed to fail, but the Halfbike’s combination of cycling and ‘bike jogging’ appears to offer a fun alternative way to move around the city; like a cross between a unicycle and a child’s scooter, the design promises to bring ‘joy to urban mobility’. Surprisingly nimble and fast, the Halfbike is…
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 and location. The data collected will be used…
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