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 ...

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 ...

The rise of the bike in the late 1800s changed women's approach to both private and public life, Sue Macy says in this adaptation of an excerpt from her new book "Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the ...

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 ...

The Twin Cities isn’t only a leader in bicycle use, however, but also a major innovator in bicycle design and technology. The seven inventions profiled below have, or will have, an impact on the ...