Now that I am riding a mountain bike, sitting upright and travelling more slowly, I can start doing it with a bit of style. No more sipping water out of a bottle, I could enjoy a gracious cafe au lait and croissant while I rode if I had Philipp Drexler's "breakfast on wheels" or "Bikefast" attachment. More →

Now that we have written that headline to tickle your RSS reader, We will talk about orange juice. According to Lucy Siegle of the Guardian, "Making a litre of fresh orange juice requires 958 litres of water for irrigation and 2 litres of tractor fuel. Then there are the pesticides. Orange production uses more than any other food crop.with obvious potential knock-on effects for both the biodiversity of the orange groves (bear in mind some 8 per cent of the More →

If you thought the hyperbike was inventive but impractical, here is a crazy human powered vehicle which has made the leap from from the drawing boards to the marketplace. While a windsurfer still seems a more practical fuel-free transport for one on the water, this gadget does have the advantage that you can have your fun and exercise without any wind. The Aquaskipper can be purchased at inventist new ($495.95) or refurbished ($349.95) for any extreme sport More →