Cycling

If you're a bicycle commuter, then you likely wear a backpack when riding. There are some items, however, that are better carried on the bike itself. A new setup is designed with this in mind, combining a backpack with detachable bike-mountable bags.

One of the great things about bicycles is the number of open-minded inventors they attract, who think, "Maybe it would work better if we did it this way …" The past year saw a bumper crop of the resulting products – here are our picks for the 10 most innovative.

Although cyclists sure do like multi-tools, they don't necessarily like having the things cluttering up their pockets or hydration packs. That's where Wolf Tooth's new EnCase System comes in, as it sits inside the bike's handlebars.

A helmet designed for maximum ventilation won’t be the best in terms of aerodynamics, but an Australian researcher is working on a dynamic version that could offer cyclists both, by changing shape at different stages of a race.

The just-announced Dart tool, made by Stan's NoTubes, is designed to better-fix larger punctures in mountain bike tires.

It's getting increasingly common for cars to have both dash-mounted and rear cameras – so why shouldn't bike helmets get in on the action?

Wahoo Fitness' fully-customizable Kickr Bike stationary bicycle is designed to emulate your regular bike.

CeramicSpeed's DrivEn pinion-style shaft-drive system now has the ability to shift between gears, bringing it much closer to real-world usability.

The NEO Bike Smart from Garmin is an indoor trainer that is part exercise bike part virtual simulator.

Invented by siblings Joe and Christine Edell, the AirLock is both a tire pump and a cable lock.

Swedish bike maker Vélosophy has used hundreds of thousands of used coffee pods to produce a line of stylish urban bikes.

Whether you're pedaling hundreds of miles or just to the corner store, one thing that can really throw you off is a set of large, heavy, rattling bike bags. Evoc approaches the problem with common-sense design: thinning and sleeking its new packs and securing them to the bike via Boa dials.