- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
Google Self-driving bicycleGoogle's self-driving bicycle: bike or fiction?
Okay so obviously April 1 has passed, leaving us with some laughs, some groans, and one more day waking up and remembering that no, Donald Trump is not a hoax. However, here’s one that managed to escape our April Fool’s Day round-up. We think it’s too good not to share.
For one day only, Google was offering an ingenious self-driving bicycle, its independent driving mode useful for when you need picking up and your bike is elsewhere, for working on the go and, as one enthusiastic mother points out, for taking the kids places by themselves.
New products, new bikes, new laws – road.cc’s April Fool’s Day cycling hoax round-up
Featuring lifelike footage of the bike trundling along like a two-wheeled R2D2 (or BB8), we think it’s rather brilliant; so in case you missed it first time, too, here it is:
Laura Laker is a freelance journalist with more than a decade’s experience covering cycling, walking and wheeling (and other means of transport). Beginning her career with road.cc, Laura has also written for national and specialist titles of all stripes. One part of the popular Streets Ahead podcast, she sometimes appears as a talking head on TV and radio, and in real life at conferences and festivals. She is also the author of Potholes and Pavements: a Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network.
it seems that most places just rely on sufficient policing to reduce the issue...
Many manufacturers, including Scribe, can give you methods to reduce the noise level. On Scribe, and other ratchet designs it's usually just adding...
It wouldn't work at all where wtjs lives...
Pretty sure AI could skim through hours of footage in a few seconds to identify suspicious events. Of course someone in authority has to care in...
Bonsai samurai? Or is it just a case of "they seem to get smaller every year"?
Sorry to see Endura struggling. They're based in Linvignston, not Edinburgh, which puts them very close to where I grew up....
I dunno - seems like it's coming round on a regular basis...
The mistake is to focus on the US....
I mean it seems silly to complain in detail when we're firmly in the territory in the UK of "you will have to live with this the rest of your life ...
I thought students were supposed to be intelligent?