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Google's Sexy Bicycle Giveaways and Africa's Versatile Bike Trucks
The Internet search engine company Google, now a reputable green icon with its solar powered Mountainview headquarters, last year gave away bicycles to its staff in Europe, Asia and Africa as part of its efforts to reduce the impact of transportation on the environment. Nearly 2,000 members of Google permanent staff benefited from this scheme that also provided free helmets emblazoned with the famous brand name. (12/06) MoreYou may also like
When is a bike not a bike? When it's electric
The Sydney Morning Herald | 20/06/08 
THEY might look like a solution to the rising oil price and global warming, but a court ruling has found some motorised bicycles cannot be legally used ... More
How to wear a bike helmet
kval.com | 12/06/08
Wearing a bicycle helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Do you know ... More
Common bike helmet mistakes that put riders at risk
kpic.com | 29/05/08
You wear a helmet when you ride a bike because you expect it to protect your head if you fall or crash. But safety experts warn as many as half of all ... More
Who'll dare to bare for naked bike ride?
Thisishampshire.net | 15/05/08
IT is the cheeky, head-turning protest that has a serious message.
Sporting nothing but their birthday suits and helmets, scores of people will take ... More
On yer bike, Della Bosca
Daily Telegraph | 15/05/08
His cute red and white socks bunched up around his ankle and his little black and red helmet perched on his head - it's not the suited-up man we're used ... More
A bike helmet built for road hazards
news.com | 31/08/06 
From the outside, the Smart Helmet looks ordinary. It's a black, shiny BMX helmet designed to block wind noise. It has a chin bar with a built-in microphone ... Read
Sophie rewarded for bike safety
Swindon Advertiser | 11/01/07
Safety conscious Sophie Grange won a new bike as a reward for wearing her helmet while on the roads. Four-year-old Sophie was riding near her home in Upper ... Read
Their Kingdom for a Bike: It's Polo on Two Wheels
The New York Times | 03/05/07
You do not have to be a king to play polo. You do not need a 300-yard grass field, a long-handled mallet or a helmet. In fact, you do not even need a horse. ... Read
Daredevil cycles down mountain at 130mph
The Telegraph | 24/09/07
An Austrian man has set a new world record by riding his mountain bike at more than 130mph down the side of a mountain. Markus Stoeckl, 33, used a slope ... Read
Dutch Tackle Bike Theft Menace
Bike Europe | 12/06/08
After a seven year effort, the huge bike theft problem in Holland is finally being tackled in an integrated way. With over 700,000 bikes stolen every year, ... More
Paris Offering a Free Ride
Ethical Traveler | 01/02/07
In an effort partially intended to curb vehicle congestion and pollution in the French capital, city hall has rolled out a scheme to offer more than 20,000 ... Read
Hoy suffers in silence after record effort
Telegraph | 17/05/07
After an uncomfortable night when 72 hours of chronic fatigue and delayed altitude sickness finally caught up with him, Chris Hoy, the man who smashed ... Read
Blum forced to end longtime bicycle philanthropy
The Acorn | 07/06/07
Eleven years from the day his project started, philanthropist Mark Blum of Agoura Hills is now too ill to continue operating Mission With Bikes. Through ... Read
Anonymous foe attempts to taint work of French drugs lab
International Herald Tribune | 23/11/06
The plot thickens - oh, how it does thicken. Whoever hacked into the computer at the French anti-doping laboratory at Châtenay-Malabry and sent out ... Read