Weak rupee effect: Imported bicycles to cost 10% more

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 18:14

Imported bicycles are set to get dearer soon with importers deciding to hike prices of bicycles, including of high-end ones, by at least 10 percent in the wake of depreciation of the rupee against the dollar.

Swedish man caught having sex with bike

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 16:14

A masturbating man was caught on camera, rubbing himself against the seat of a bicycle.

Flying bike closer to reality?

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 13:54

The bike is powered by two battery-run propellers on the front, two on the back and one on each side.

Now, electric bicycle that can fly

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 12:33

Three Czech Republic companies have teamed up to make a prototype of an electric bicycle that can fly.

Students block road for non-distribution money for bicycles in Bihar

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 20:26

Scores of high school students Tuesday blocked NH-31 for several hours in Bihar`s Kishanganj district to protest against non-distribution of money for bicycles to them under the Mukhyamantri Cycle Yojana (MCY), police said.

Mexicans ride bikes to avoid traffic jams

Last Updated: Monday, September 3, 2012, 11:24

In Mexico City, where more than four million cars, vans and trucks clog the street everyday, the simple everyday task of going to work can be hell on wheels - which is why the bicycle is coming into its own.

TN govt to provide free bicycles to ITI students

Last Updated: Friday, August 10, 2012, 12:41

AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu proposed providing free bicycles to over 21,000 students studying in state-run Industrial Training Institutes.

ID proof required to purchase bicycles in Jaipur

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 17:05

Jaipur police have asked all bicycle dealers in Pink City to collect a copy of identity proof and photo from customers at the time of purchase.

Now, ID proof must to buy bicycles in Jaipur

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 13:01

Police is unwilling to take chances with bicycles after the recent explosions in Pune and the 2008 blasts in this Rajasthan capital.

Bamboo bicycles launched in Manipur

Last Updated: Friday, April 6, 2012, 13:05

Manipur has launched bicycles made out of bamboo in a bid to introduce green sensibility in the state.

Hero Cycles enters luxury market; launches new brand

Last Updated: Monday, February 20, 2012, 21:03

Hero Cycles Monday said it has forayed into the premium bicycle market by launching a new product -- Red Dot -- priced at Rs 43,000.

Hero Cycles to tie up with insurance firms to cover poor

Last Updated: Monday, August 15, 2011, 11:55

The world's largest bicycle maker Hero Cycles Monday said it is in talks with insurance firms to provide health cover to its rural customers as part of its initiative to uplift the poor.