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Airbag cycle helmet 8 times better

Airbag cycle helmet technology has been found to be up to eight times more effective than current polystyrene designs following tests carried out by Stanford University. The airbag cycle helmet tests were carried out using a crash test dummy dropped from varying heights up to a maximum of two metres. Almost every current cycle helmets are made from expanded polystyrene (EPS)…

Tesla Model X: It’s the car Tony Stark would drive

Earlier this month we were lucky enough to experience the Tesla Model X – one of the most technologically advanced electric cars in the world today. Fresh off the boat and the first of its kind to arrive here from America, the Model x  is like nothing else on the market today. Everything about the design, from it’s distinctive double-hinged, gull-wing doors…

Sainsburys returns to cargo bikes after 100 years

After more than a century, Sainsbury’s is to resume a customer delivery service using cargo bikes. Sainsbury’s first delivered groceries using cargo bikes and tricycles in 1900, but the revived service has been updated and digitized for today’s time-pressed shopper. Using the Chop Chop app, customers in London can request, pay for and track an order for up to 20 items, and have…

Are bicycle mudguards a relic of bygone days?

Are bicycle mudguards a relic of bygone days? They might add a little weight, and spoil the lines of a sleek road bike, but given how often it rains here, the reason why so few bikes sold in Britain come without them fitted as standard is a mystery. The penalty for cycling without bicycle mudguards at this time of year is a damp and gritty streak…

ETA: the world’s fastest bicycle

The ETA is the world’s fastest bicycle; a bullet-shaped design that this month scooped first place in the World Human-Powered Speed Challenge when it clocked 89.59 mph. The world’s fastest bicycle is an embodiment of ingenuity, athleticism and determination. At 25 kg, the ETA is at least twice as heavy as the bicycles most of us ride, but unlike the average MTB, hybrid or road bike,…