The ECLAIREUR is a stylish, double-breasted and illuminated jacket aimed squarely at the smart urban cyclist. The jacket is waterproof and breathable, featuring back and side vents, a removable reflective arm band that stores in discreet pouch within the sleeve, and built-in lights – white LED lights at the front and a bank of red ones at the back. However,…
The Vintage Electric E-Tracker marries 100-year-old styling with modern battery technology to create an exciting electric bicycle/moped hybrid. The £2,700 bike offers a tantalizing glimpse of what commuters could be riding to work if legislation recognised, and promoted, electric vehicles other than cars. Evoking the elegant lines of the board track racing motorcycles of the early twentieth century, the Vintage…
Say what you like about London Mayor Boris Johnson, but there is little doubt he is a dyed-in-the-wool cyclist – as vulnerable to the curse of the flat battery as the rest of us. Johnson was exposed as having ridden without a rear light by a cab driver, who called the mayor during Ask Boris, his weekly phone-in show on…
A pair of entrepreneurs are seeking funding for their ‘dynopod’ concepts – pedal-powered workstations that exploit the efficiency of a bicycle to power a range of tools including laptops, food processors and water pumps. It is estimated that 80% of us in Britain now work in offices, and spending six hours or more per day stationary at our desks, anchored…
Design students have devised a bicycle with a storage compartment incorporated into its front wheel. There is no requirement for a car to have headlamps to pass an MOT, or be driven legally during daylight hours, but that doesn’t stop manufacturers including them on every model they sell. They simply assume most motorists want to drive at night. So why…
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