What you're looking at is a new airbag system integrated directly into a "race-ready" skinsuit, not bolted on like other solutions. It was developed for road cyclists by Van Rysel, with the help of airbag technology specialist In&motion. It's currently being tested on pro riders ahead of a general consumer release sometime "within the next two years."

Its development comes after the UCI, pro cycling's governing body, put out a call in February seeking gear that could help protect riders traveling faster than ever.

The current version is in final validation ahead of potential race deployment. It has a total weight of about 700 grams (500 gr …

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A wise person once observed that cycling in my neighborhood in Seattle is like going uphill both ways. It's the absolute truth. My house? On a hill. The business district I want to get to? On a different hill. The route to the coffee shop? Hills galore. And inevitably, as I'd grind through another steep climb, swearing under my breath, I'd hear an electric motor whir behind me.

Someone on an e-bike - usually one of the few Lime bikes in the city not thrown onto the middle of a sidewalk - would tear past me. Not sweating and red-faced. Not cursing the existence of hills. They might not even be pedaling! The nerve, I'd think. I swore them al …

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