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Garmin Edge 200 bike computer offers cut price GPS tracking for cyclists

August 22nd, 2011 10:30am No comments

Garmin Edge 200 bike computer offers cut price GPS for cyclists

If your budget won’t stretch to their snazzy, high-end bike computers like the Garmin Edge 800, the company are offering a new cut-down GPS unit, the Garmin Edge 200.

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London Cycle Hire Widget adds LiveView for second screen, two wheel heaven

December 2nd, 2010 4:41pm No comments

London Cycle Hire Widget adds LiveView for second screen, two wheel heaven

What do you get when you cross one of our fave Android transport apps – Cycle Hire Widget – with Sony Ericsson’s intriguing second screen gadget, the LiveView?

By the looks of it, a nifty and fast way to find and park bikes on the London Barclays Cycle Hire scheme. Huzzah!

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The Sinclair C5 electric vehicle is back as the X-1!

November 5th, 2010 1:01pm 3 comments

The Sinclair electric vehicle is back!

Sir Clive Sinclair’s first stab at cheap, clean personal transport, the Sinclair C5 which was released 25 years ago, was so far ahead of its time that it was met with ridicule and proved a huge commercial flop .

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We salute the Barclays/TFL London cycle hire scheme

September 21st, 2010 12:15pm 1 comment

Loving the London TFL/Barclays cycle hire scheme

Keen to catch up with the Pope protest on Saturday, I had my first go on the Barclays/TFL bike hire scheme, hopping on a free bike and dashing across town to get snapping.

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Garmin touchscreen Edge 800 GPS for cyclists “rocks”

August 27th, 2010 11:31am No comments

Garmin touchscreen Edge 800 GPS for cyclists looks a winner

Back in the day, cyclists keen to keep a record of their travels had to employ a map for directions and listen to the relentless click of a metal wheel clip nudging against a mechanical device for recording the miles travelled, but Garmin’s touchscreen Edge 800 cycling GPS unit cuts a far more modern dash.

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Nokia’s £13 bicycle dynamo mobile charger for lycra-clad techies

June 3rd, 2010 2:14pm 7 comments

Nokia's £13 bicycle dynamo mobile charger for lycra-clad techies

We love cycling and we love gadgets, so Nokia looks to be pedalling into a world of win with their new bicycle charging kit.

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