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Thursday, 14 September 2017

BBC News

• Bike frame made from Glenmorangie whisky casksThe bike's frame has been manufactured using casks from a distillery in the Highlands.

Peterborough Telegraph

• On our bikes - on Cycle to Work DayToday, Wednesday September 13, is Cycle to Work Day, which encourages adults across the UK to get on their bike and give cycle commuting a go for one day.

Green Miscellany

• Winter is coming – the solar-powered cycling jacket that glows in the darkAt £270, the Solar-Charged Jacket by Vollebak is expensive, but what it claims to be able to do is amazing; the jacket stores sunlight to glow in the dark. With just two hours charge it can still be glowing up to 12 hours later. And even on cloudy days, daylight is bright enough to charge it up 
• The bicycle umbrella – it actually existsLike a bicycle, the umbrella is a design of such beautiful simplicity that it no longer needs to evolve, but that doesn’t stop people trying to make improvements. For more than three millennia people have protected themselves against rain with umbrellas, but it’s only recently that some have suggested they should be adapted for use by cyclists. Following the launch a… The post The bicycle umbrella – it actually exists appeared first on ETA.