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 ...

Two Wheels Good. By Jody Rosen. Crown; 416 pages; $28.99. To be published in Britain by Bodley Head in August; £25 In 1896 one of Joseph Pulitzer’s most influential newspapers, the World, reported a ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Causing a Stir In August 1895, a cyclist named Ann Strong caused a stir when she compared the value ...

MOUNT VERNON – Jim Brown is planning quite the bicycle ride this spring – from Mojave, Calif., to Washington, D.C. That’s not an easy feat for a 67-year-old man. But it’s not the length of the route ...

PORT ORANGE, Fla., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eric Wettlaufer, the owner of Insane Chains, has just patented a new invention that will change the way cyclists customize their bike chains. It's a ...

Here on SHIFT, we’ve covered conversion kits that turn your regular bike into an ebike to help you power up hills. But what about when it starts to snow? Well, there are conversion kits for that too.

When Denver’s Gates Corp. in 2008 debuted a belt-drive system to replace century-old chains on bikes, the company promised a “game changer” for the cycling industry. But the chainless revolution – ...