We have launched the second volume in a new series of books opening up Low-tech Magazine’s archive by theme.
For being such a seemingly ordinary vehicle, the wheelbarrow has a surprisingly exciting history.
The human power required to achieve a speed of 30 km/h in a velomobile is only 79 watts, compared to 271 watts on a normal bicycle.
We don’t need any new cycling infrastructure. What we need is to clear the current road infrastructure of inefficient vehicles and replace them with efficient ones.