Innovation

Have you seen Bradley Wiggins’ new custom carbon fibre shoes?

Sir Wiggo gets himself some custom carbon shoes for the European Championships

Video: Women in cycling – Beyond Shrink & Pink

Three women from cycling design talk about gender and bikes

World and British human-powered speed records broken – again (+ video)

University of Liverpool team twice breaks its own record despite having to rebuild bike following a crash

Bianchi teams up with insurer Bikmo Plus to provide year’s free cover on top-end bikes (+ videos)

World's oldest bike manufacturer partners with year-old insurer in UK first

Navigation, tracking, alarm and light help SmartHalo urban cycling device easily surpass Kickstarter funding goal

Campaign raises multiple times its $67,000 funding goal

Interactive map shows every London crash in which a cyclist was killed or seriously injured since 2005

Map shows the locations and severity of road collisions in the capital over the past decade

World human-powered speed record broken (+ video)

British record also falls to The University of Liverpool Velocipede Team

ASA rejects complaints over “scaremongering” Proviz cycling jacket video

Interactive video aimed to show difference in visibility of rider wearing Proviz 360 jacket

Bike shop allegedly offering “spouse receipt”

According to one Twitter user a small bike shop is offering to doctor receipts to take home to spouses with new purchases

Santander Cycles to trial lasers to reduce blind spot danger

Hire scheme partners with Blaze Lazerlights in trial which will see 250 of London's hire bikes fitted with lasers

The handlebar sonar unit that measures passing distance

Device has been developed to help with the enforcement of passing laws

Would you rent out your bike? Danish firm looking to raise funds for Uber-style cycle hire business (+ video)

AirDonkey is a platform to share your bike and earn money from it

Honda unveils cyclist-friendly concept car (+ picture gallery)

Civic Tourer Active Life can stow two road bikes inside and doubles as mobile workshop

Video: Liverpool students prepare for fastest human-powered vehicle attempt

Liverpool Velocipde Team heading to Battle Mountain in Nevada later this month

‘Cycle-in office’ has dedicated entrance ramp for cyclists

Alphabeta building aiming to attract tenants from Tech City and The City

Wind tunnel and innovation centre for Flanders Bike Valley

Bike businesses come together at high-tech development hub in Belgium

Cyclist doing trackstand leaves Google’s self-driving car confused

Tech giant welcomes incident as it continues to refine software to predict bike riders' behaviour

Hands on: Cycliq Fly12

New front light and camera unit has tons of new tech crammed in

Hands on: Rotor Uno groupset

We've been playing with the prototypes of Rotor's new mechanical groupset. Here's what we learned.

The mad bikes of Eurobike: Concept 1865 e-Velocipede

What would the first bikes have looked like given the technology we have now?

Video: Internet creates fat bike with tiny front wheel

The XTERRAIN500 with its 10" wide mini front wheel also exists in real life to tackle soft sand, snow, mud...

Google Pothole? Firm files patent to turn cars into automatic pothole reporters

Vertical movement sensors combined with GPS could help create constantly-updated pothole database

TfL unveils junction designed to eliminate left turn danger for cyclists

First of its kind to be built in the UK with "hold the left turn" and early release from traffic lights to protect cyclists

Shower, parking and changing facilities for 34 cyclists in two parking spaces

British company Active Commuting came up with units for workplaces that replace two car parking spaces

Self-powered phone charger that uses cycling motion launched on Kickstarter

Cydekick uses 'frictionless' electromagnetic induction via bicycle wheels

Breathalyser bike lock intended to prevent drunk cycling

Contacts friend who can then dissuade you from riding by employing 'the power of love’

TrackerPad – a small GPS sticker you can apply to your bike in case of theft

But is it genuine? Kickstarter community questions whether it can really be made

Freight Transport Association agrees – government needs to incentivise safer lorry design

FTA says companies would buy safer lorries if they were more "commercially viable"

Live on-bike Tour de France footage could be broadcast in two years’ time

GoPro working towards having a camera on every bike in the peloton

Spin – the Cycling Festival back in 2016 with Manchester instalment

Renamed Spin - the Cycling Festival, twin events in May expected to attract 30,000 visitors