For W Hotels' "WOW Bikes," Ron Arad designs a bespoke bicycle that reimagines the wheel using nothing but curved sprung steel. And anyone who stays at the hotel can ride it.READ»
I don't admit this too often, but my bike obsession is beyond embarrassing. To wit: In order to create my current ride, I spent about $1600 and a full year of my life searching out the perfect parts and gnashing my teeth over the ...READ»
In an unprepossessing brick block, in an equally nondescript industrial estate on the West of London lies the factory and headquarters of Brompton Bicycles. It's tucked behind a Mercedes-Benz van depot, and I only know I'm in the ...READ»
Through mid-August, one of the galleries at the Museum of Arts and Design is being given over to the bike nerds--and specifically, two of the biggest bike nerds in the world: Michael Maharam, best-known as the owner of Maharam ...READ»
Wondering whether it's a good idea to ride your bike to work? Bicycling Magazine has put together a handy list of the top 50 bike friendly cities in the U.S. (Spoiler alert) Congratulations, Minneapolis, Minn.! Some of the choices ...READ»
Sanyo's just finished installing the bicycle sheds of the future: "Solar Parking Lots" that capture sunlight and turn it into electricity to charge up 40 electric bikes parked beneath. Shelter, green power, and the health-benefits ...READ»
Biking is a great way to get around--until you get sideswiped by a car. Enter Kolelinia, a wacky-sounding urban transportation concept that proposes bike lanes on steel wires in the sky.
Believe it or not, the system could ...READ»
So much depends upon a reddish-brown bicycle: namely, the comfort of your ass on a rough trail. So how do modern mountain bikes take the grunt out of backwoods biking?
If we're talking about the Bionicon Supershuttle, above, the ...READ»
Today at the COP 15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, M.I.T. students introduced the technologically advanced Copenhagen Wheel. In addition to including various sensors and Bluetooth capability, the tire stores kinetic energy ...READ»
It seems like the ultimate contradiction--a presumably environmentally-conscious bike rider in Portland, Oregon gets riled up because she can't go through a local fast food chain's drive-through window on her two-wheeled ride. She ...READ»
While many of the bikes used in the Tour become available to consumers, you won't be able to buy the custom paint jobs: Lance Armstrong rode a flashy Livestrong yellow and black bike designed by Marc Newson, and a butterfly emblazoned one by Damien Hirst that literally has wings!READ»
