British plumber and inventor Colin Furze is at it again. This time he's made an ice bike. That's a bicycle with wheels made from rounded blocks of ice. He first tried it out on the street, but the ice ...

Cycling isn't just for hipsters and hippie-granola types any more. Riding a bike is rapidly becoming one of the most popular ways to commute in the world. It's part-environmental concern, part-get fit ...

It might sound strange to say that a sewing machine, a factory in Coventry and a trip to France shaped how the world moves today. But these three things led to an invention which hundreds of thousands ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Earlier this month, both Harvard economist Edward Glaeser and ...

In a nation-wide online survey conducted by BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme, looking at the most significant innovations since 1800, the humble bicycle has won its second title as the people's ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. The Twin Cities isn’t only a leader in bicycle use, however ...

Long-distance leisure bicycling is fun but can also be painful on the butt. So a local inventor just copywrighted an ...

MOUNT VERNON – Jim Brown is planning quite the bicycle ride this spring – from Mojave, Calif., to Washington, D.C. That’s not an easy feat for a 67-year-old man. But it’s not the length of the route ...

When Denver’s Gates Corp. in 2008 debuted a belt-drive system to replace century-old chains on bikes, the company promised a “game changer” for the cycling industry. But the chainless revolution – ...